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TEAM TALK
- Patriots-Jets Thursday Injury Report.
- Players to Watch: Patriots at Jets.
- Mike Dussault’s Keys to the Starting Lineup: Week 7 - Patriots at Jets. 1. Defense leads the way.
- Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Thursday at Gillette: Patriots expecting a battle on Monday night.
- Press Conference transcripts: Bill Belichick - Devin McCourty and James White.
- Angelique Fiske highlights Deatrich Wise Jr. spreading positivity at his inaugural block party at the Mattapan Teen Center.
LOCAL LINKS
- Evan Lazar’s Patriots Game Plan: Sam Darnold gives the Jets hope and that’s enough to give Monday night’s matchup some juice.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots–Jets Week 7 key matchups: Who has the razor’s edge? Patriots running game remains an iffy proposition.
- Thomas Murphy (DiehardBostonSportsFans) Monster keys to Pats-Jets: Didn’t we just do this? 1. Keep TB12 clean.
- Andy Hart’s Patriots 6-pack Preview: Keeping the turnover trend rolling would be a huge first step toward a nice road win in New York.
- Robert Marcello (FullPressCoverage) Patriots Enemy Profile: New York Jets. The Monday night matchup has changed quite a bit; not looking like an easy game for the Pats anymore.
- Matt Dolloff warns the Patriots will be facing a more dangerous Jets defense on Monday night.
- Phil Perry reports Josh Gordon was absent from practice yesterday, but Phillip Dorsett and Rex Burkhead were back.
- Matt Vautour updates the Patriots injury report: Josh Gordon, Matt LaCosse (DNP), Julian Edelman, Phillip Dorsett, Rex Burkhead, Patrick Chung (limited)
- Matt Vautour finds that after four weeks of suspension, a week in limbo and one week of unemployment, Benjamin Watson is glad to be preparing for a football game again.
- Michael Hurley hears from Ben Watson explaining how his children helped him learn a lesson during his week away from the Patriots.
- Matt McCarthy reports Ben Watson gets more guaranteed money in his new contract.
- Zack Cox notes Jets coach Adam Gase explains how difficult Julian Edelman is to defend.
- Alexandra Francisco hears from Devin McCourty on the Jets rematch: “I think [Adam Gase] does a good job of knowing what we do, not just running good plays but putting his best players in plays together.”
- Ryan Hannable highlights WEEI guest Tedy Bruschi on how he believes the Patriots offense needs to be like the early 2000s.
- Matt Cassel makes sense of Michael Bennett’s ‘philosophical disagreement’. /Good read.
- Mike Reiss sees Michael Bennett as the Patriots best trade chip, and looks at what the level of interest is there from other teams.
- Phil Perry suggests that it’s time for the Broncos to make Emmanuel Sanders available.
- Doug Kyed addresses his Friday Patriots Mailbag: Why tight end is bigger trade need than wide receiver.
- Ryan Hannable and Andy Hart’s Off Day Mailbag: Is Dont’a Hightower being overlooked?
- Nick Goss relays Bill Belichick’s surprisingly candid response to reports of Demaryius Thomas’s critical comments that ripped the team over his trade to the Jets.
- Justin Leger notes Panthers TE Greg Olsen told Dan Patrick that the Bears nearly traded him to the Patriots in 2010.
- Sean Glennon (ThisFootballBlog) Week 7 picks & previews. Pats win by 13.
- Patriots Press Pass: Alex Barth and Evan Lazar preview Patriots vs Jets and discuss why this time will be different. (6.24 min. video)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate discusses Pats-Jets with Russell S. Baxter. (27 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) Game Plan: Fall league meeting notes; NFL’s officiating issues; MMQB Mail; More.
- Dennis Waszak Jr. (AP) 5 things to know ahead of the Patriots-Jets Monday night showdown: 2. The Patriots defense dominates on third down.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) Your Week 7 Matchup Guide: The battered Eagles and Cowboys try to batter each other. Pats-Jets in the ‘Afterthoughts’ category.
- Ben Linsey (Pro Football Focus) NFL defense rankings through Week 6. No. 1 Patriots.
- Gil Brandt (NFL.com) Patriots, Bills, Niners, Bears among top NFL defenses of 2019. No. 1 Patriots.
- Dave Archibald (InsideThePylon) “Less than zero”: Bill Belichick, Ernie Adams, and analytics
- Kristopher Knox (Bleacher Report) Every NFL team’s most promising youngster. Patriots: DE Chase Winovich.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Patrick Mahomes’s knee injury could be a disaster—for the Chiefs and the NFL.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Top 10 defensive rookies. /No Pats.
- Dave Archibald (InsideThePylon) The deep pass: The best play in football?
- Josh Hermsmeyer (fivethirtyeight) Reports of the fullback’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) The NFL players on the cusp of superstardom. /No Pats.
- Michael McCann (SI) How might the NFL handle the accusations of domestic violence against Trent Brown?