TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino breaks down the Pats-Jets film: New wrinkle on the old Jets Sweep.
- Paul Perillo tells us who won their matchups: Defense forces three turnovers in convincing win over Jets.
- Conference Call Transcript: Bill Belichick.
- Angelique Fiske collects the best of the 2018 Patriots through social media and memorable stories.
- Patriots Foundation launches VIP raffle experience for AFC Divisional playoffs.
- Locker Room Celebration following the win over the Jets. (1.32 min. video)
- Patriots honor longtime official Walt Coleman: Robert Kraft presented Coleman with a game ball to commemorate his last regular season game. (30 second clip)
- Game hype video - 2018 Playoffs: Everything we got. (30 second clip)
LOCAL LINKS
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots-Jets Film Review: Were Tom Brad’s struggles put to rest?
- Doug Kyed gives us his Pats-Jets takeaways and metrics: Trey Flowers flashes value before free agency. /REO Speedwagon wrote a song about this: “Don’t let him go!”
- Evan Lazar’s Advanced Stats Report: Patriots stars finish off the regular season in style
- Michael Hurley serves up some still-warm leftover Pats-Jets thoughts: Tom Brady is still Tom Brady.
- Jerry Thornton (Barstool Sports) Knee jerk reactions to Week 17: Patriots vs. Jets, –All that noise of the last 360 days just amounted to a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
- Alex Reimer admires Bill Belichick’s absolute disdain for the Jets.
- Zack Cox explains why Tom Brady loves playing with Phillip Dorsett: Brady hasn’t missed when targeting him, since Week 4.
- Tom Keegan talks up true shutdown corner, Stephon Gilmore, who is without question the Patriots’ most consistent and outstanding player this season.
- Mike Reiss hears from Trent Brown and Jason McCourty, who are excited to be in the playoffs for the first time.
- Darren Hartwell looks at their logic-defying win-loss splits and shares the good news: New England played its best football against its best opponents.
- Ryan Hannable highlights WEEI guest Bill Belichick on how the story of the 2018 Patriots has yet to be told.
- Ryan Hannable recaps an eventful year for the Patriots.
- Andrew Callahan announces his Patriots regular-season awards: MVP, Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, Best Play and more.
- Darren Hartwell points out that according to the oddsmakers, the Pats’ chances of winning the Super Bowl keep getting better.
- Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) Which NFL teams benefit from roughing the passer most often? Hint: It’s NOT the Pats.
- Kevin Duffy issues his Patriots Report Card: Grading the strong finish to the regular season.
- Phil Perry grades the Patriots in his Week 17 Report Card: Hello bye ... on to the playoffs.
- Nick O’Malley hands out his Patriots-Jets report cards: Defense scores straight A’s after dominating Sam Darnold.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Week 17 Report Card in 38-3 drubbing of the Jets.
- Nick Goss notes Jets CEO admits always chasing the Patriots keeps him up at night.
- Doug Kyed looks at the in-house candidates that would likely be next in line to replace Josh McDaniels and Brian Flores, if either should leave for other opportunities.
- Karen Guregian believes it would be hard for the Pats to lose their coordinators, but says Belichick has weathered raids of his coaching staff before.
- Tom E. Curran writes about Brian Flores and the complex landscape for black coaching candidates.
- Rich Thompson Patriots Notebook: Preparation has many possibilities.
- Doug Kyed NFL Rumors: Patriots coordinators linked to these head coaching vacancies.
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) Patriots announce 2019 opponents.
- Steven Thompson and Chris Blackey (DiehardBostonsportsFans) Boston Sports Blitz podcast: Pats throttle the Jets; On to the playoffs. (1 hour, 13 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Austin Gayle (Pro Football Focus) Trey Flowers ends contract year on high note, bound for massive pay day.
- Analysis Team (Pro Football Focus) Refocused, NFL Week 17: New England Patriots 38, New York Jets 3.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) The plays that explain Week 17: Tom Brady regains some mojo.
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: Broncos’ coaching search details, What to expect from John Harbaugh, More NFL news and notes.
- Dan Graziano (ESPN) Week 17 overreactions: Which QBs could be on the move in 2019?
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) NFL Playoffs Debrief: What you need to know about the tourney.
- Dan Graziano (ESPN) Eight things we learned during the 2018 NFL season, one for each division: The Dolphins finished second but are the furthest AFC East team from catching the Patriots.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) The five biggest questions heading into the NFL’s Wild-Card Weekend.
- Staff (The Ringer) The Ringer staff’s 2018 NFL awards predictions.
- Compilation (ESPN) Ranking the amazing runs, throws, sacks of the 2018 NFL season.
- Jeremy Willis (ESPN) The best quotes of the year in the NFL.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) The Starting 11: Where do the NFL’s eliminated teams go from here?
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Josh McDaniels to interview with Packers Friday.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) Vance Joseph was John Elway’s latest swing-and-miss. /Anyone still calling him ‘the don’?
- Gerry Dulac and Ed Bouchette (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Sources: Antonio Brown benched after he skipped practices. Week began with dispute with QB Ben Roethlisberger.
- Ron Cook (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) More antics from Antonio Brown, and it is getting tiresome. /yeah, but Pats have all the tensions, right?