New England Patriots links 10/02/19 - Cleanup on aisle 4; Moving on to Washington

TEAM TALK

• Game Preview: Patriots at Redskins. Series history, key matchups, tale of the tape; More.
• Patriots make a series of roster moves.
• Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Tuesday at Gillette: Ground game a team effort.
• Megan O’Brien tackles this week’s Patriots Unfiltered Q&A: Mayo’s influence on the defense and kicker concerns.
• Conference Call Transcripts: Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels and Mike Pellegrino.
• Sights & Sounds: Week 4 vs. Bills. (5.56 min. video)
• Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Bills. (8 min. video)
• Journey to the NFL: Ja’Whaun Bentley takes us back to where he grew up to meet his family, as well as to learn about his journey to the NFL. (5.19 min. video)
• Patriots Playbook: John Rooke, Erik Scalavino and Ryan Hannable offer their nitpicks on the win over the Bills; Plus, Kerry Byrne (ColdHardFootballFacts) calls in with eye opening stats on the record breaking Pats’ defense. (2 hours)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Bills Recap; Offense in trouble? (2 hours)

LOCAL LINKS

• DJ Bean previews Patriots-Chiefs this week “because the Redskins stink”. /Hahaha.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) First impressions of the Redskins: Redskins opposing QB rating for the team is 111.4 and the team is allowing 63 percent of opposition third-down attempts.
• Andy Hart sees the Patriots offense still searching for a productive identity.
• Sean T. McGuire says the good news is, with this defense not needing to rely on its offense, the Patriots have some time to figure it out.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) The Patriots are only scratching the surface with Josh Gordon.
• Zachary DuPont notes Josh McDaniels isn’t worried about Josh Gordon’s slow start to 2019, “Honestly, I need to do a better job of finding ways to get him the ball.”
• CBS Boston reminds us Benjamin Watson is rejoining the team after his four-week suspension.
• Doug Kyed suggests quarterbacks should really stop throwing deep on JC Jackson.
• Ryan Hannable reports Kyle Van Noy was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week, making it the second straight week, a Patriots player earned a weekly honor.
• Ryan Hannable passes along a report from Field Yates that the Patriots are bringing back safety Jordan Richards. /Belichick arrogantly out to prove he can win with anyone.
• James Simon relays the reactions of fans who not-so-gently suggest they are not fond of safety Jordan Richards’ return to the Patriots.
• CBS Boston shares a report that the Patriots are working out free agent kickers amid Stephen Gostkowski’s strugles.
• Mike Reiss tells us Tom Brady has been wearing the same shoulder pads since they were issued to him as a freshman at Michigan in 1995 - before five of his current teammates were born. /Look for NFL to ban them.
• David Ruiz (LastWordOnSports) AFC Edition: What we know from the first four games.
• Matthew Geagan notes Andy Dalton calls out a “Filthy Brady” audible during Monday Night Football. How’d it work out? ‘After the change at the line, RB Joe Mixon took a hand off for a five-yard gain. In true Bengals fashion, the drive ended with Dalton fumbling inside the red zone.’
• Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate shares some first quarter thoughts with Traci McCartney. (31 min.)
• One Patriots Place podcast: Steve Balestrieri and Thomas Murphy break down the Bills game. (51.38 min.)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Peter Botte (NY Post) Will anyone stop the Chiefs and Patriots?
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Patriots welcome “element of speed and experience” Benjamin Watson brings.
• Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) Week 4 Players of the Week. Kyle Van Noy included.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The 2019 NFL Quarter-Season Awards. Most Valuable Unit: Patriots secondary.
• Gordon McGuinness (Pro Football Focus) PFF’s NFL Team of the Week: NFL Week 4. J.C. Jackson gets some love.
• Jenny Vrentas (SI) The trouble with tanking.
• Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Browns, Lions, Panthers among teams you must take seriously.
• NFL Nation (ESPN) Tabasco shots, baths and gross gloves: The best rituals and superstitions on all 32 NFL teams.
• Jimmy Traina (SI) Booger McFarland’s praise for the Bengals didn’t sit well with ‘Monday Night Football’ viewers. “For some reason, McFarland thought it was a good time to heap praise on the Bengals while they were getting blown out by the Steelers in a loss that would move them to 0-4.”
• Kevin Seifert (ESPN) NFL to hire new vice president to coordinate training and development of officials.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Report: NFL investigators have not interviewed Antonio Brown.
• Michelle Williams reports prosecutors in the Robert Kraft case appeal suppression of massage parlor video as evidence.