New England Patriots links 1/23/19 - Patriots’ mental toughness displayed on 3rd-down offense

TEAM TALK

• Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: We’re on to Atlanta.
• Conference Calls Transcripts: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Brendan Daly.
• Patriots Foundation launches Super Bowl charity raffle.
• Sights and Sounds: AFC Championship vs. Chiefs. (5.41 min. video)
• Locker Room Celebration after the AFC Championship win over the Chiefs. (2.25 min. video)
• Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Chiefs. (9.27 min. video)
• Patriots Right Now: Looking back before we look ahead. (10.58 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss puts the focus on how the talented and balanced Rams offense will be a formidable challenge for the Patriots defense.
• Evan Lazar’s Super Bowl Preview: the Patriots match up well against the Rams.
• David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Super Bowl LIII: Patriots offensive line vs Rams defensive line.
• Zack Cox writes about the massive strides made by the Rams since the Patriots’ last matchup in 2016, when Jeff Fisher didn’t know the names of the Pats’ RBs.
• Doug Kyed contrasts the mega differences in Super Bowl experience between the New England and L.A.
• Zack Cox comes up with 36 things we might have forgotten about the first Pats-Rams Super Bowl.
• Matt Dolloff lauds the Patriots’ third-down offense that came through in the clutch.
• Lukas Weese (LastWordOnSports) Patriots mental toughness carries team to Super Bowl LIII.
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Film Review: Total team effort in Patriots AFC Championship win.
• Nick Goss notes Rams safety John Johnson III calls Tom Brady ‘definitely beatable’.
• Tom Keegan makes fun of the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ Patriots.
• Ryan Hannable believes Tom Brady’s AFC championship performance gave us a glimpse into future, and he’s not going away anytime soon.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Please, let Tom Brady introduce himself.
• Ryan Hannable relays Josh McDaniels praise for Sony Michel and why he wasn’t used much late in the game.
• Nick O’Malley passes along a report from Ian Rapoport that Greg Schiano has emerged as the top candidate to replace Brian Flores.
• Ryan Hannable tells us what Bill Belichick said to the Patriots in the locker room after the win.
• Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) Was luck at play when the Patriots were saved by an offsides penalty?
• Joshua Schrock easily debunks the internet’s latest Tom Brady-Refs conspiracy theory.
• Michael Hurley explains why New Orleans has the right to complain forever about that brutal non-call.
• Phil Perry’s Patriots AFC Championship Game Report Card: Job well done by the coaches.
• Keith Pearson Patriots Notebook: Josh McDaniels’ biggest test lies ahead.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Rick Morrissey (Chicago Sun Times) Thank goodness for Patriots, the much-needed object of our hatred.
• Staff (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Super Bowl 53: 5 things to know about the Patriots and 5 things to know about the Rams.
• Staff (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Who are the Super Bowl 53 game officials?
• Sam Farmer (LA Times) Super Bowl LIII: Rams and Patriots really aren’t all that different.
• Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Go for It: Sean McVay’s Achilles’ Heel is his fourth-down decision-making.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick on Aaron Donald: Pretty much unblockable.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots ran more offensive plays than any team since 2002.
• Robert Mays (The Ringer) Past made present: The Patriots dynasty still owns the AFC. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick followed an all-too-familiar blueprint...
• Greg Bishop (SI) The Patriots are underdogs in their own minds, and that’s what matters.
• Mike DiGiovanna (LA Times) Some overlooked plays from the wild AFC Championship.
• Andrew Joseph (ForTheWin) New angle of Dee Ford’s offsides penalty confirms the official’s call.
• Robert Mays (The Ringer) The Starting 11: The Chiefs’ loss was heartbreaking, but the Saints’ was devastating.
• Charles Curtis (ForTheWin) 8 Smart decisions that got the Patriots to the Super Bowl. 1. Retaining Josh McDaniels.
• Ryan Dunleavy (NJ.com) Super Bowl 2019: Patriots’ ever-changing running backs makes Giants’ Dave Gettleman’s ‘crock’ stance look wrong.
• Conor Orr (SI) Is the NFL just too hard to officiate?
• Move the Sticks (NFL.com) Bucky Brooks and Daniel Jeremiah preview the Super Bowl LIII matchup. (4.55 min. video)
• Adam Rank (NFL.com) Best NFL MVP seasons: Kurt Warner, Dan Marino lead the way.
• Zack Rosenblatt (NJ.com) Ranking NFL’s best QB-coach combos: Patriots’ Tom Brady-Bill Belichick, Rams’ Jared Goff-Sean McVay, Eagles’ Carson Wentz-Doug Pederson, more.
• Matt Stypulkoski (NJ.com) Ranking all 6 current major NFL coaching trees: Patriots’ Bill Belichick, Chiefs’ Andy Reid, Raiders’ Jon Gruden | What about Bill Parcells?

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Michael McCann (SI) Will latest case of laser pointer usage finally cause NFL to take action?
• Gregg Senko (TheGruelingTruth) Overtime in the NFL. /Good read.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Since NFL tweaked rule, most playoff overtimes ended on first-drive TDs: ”...there have been eight postseason overtimes, and five of them have ended with a touchdown on the opening drive.”
• Chuck Carlton (Dallas News) NFL overtime is a step away from rock-paper-scissors. “The future face of the NFL for the next decade or two spent overtime Sunday sidelined and yelling for a stop, hoping for a chance that never came.” /Oh, cry me a river...
• Drew Davison (Star-Telegram) NFL will give overtime rules an ‘extensive going over,’ Cowboys’ Stephen Jones says.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Coin toss would remain important if OT rule is tweaked.
• Michael McCann (SI) Don’t expect legal remedies in aftermath of Rams’ win over Saints.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Rule 17 does not prevent Commissioner from taking action over judgment errors.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Timing of initial hearing makes NFC title game do-over impossible.