New England Patriots links 10/30/19 - Week 9 Patriots at Ravens: Rubber hits the road

TEAM TALK

• Game Preview: Patriots at Ravens. Series history; Scouting the matchups; Tale of the tape.
• Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Tuesday at Gillette: Patriots lock sights on another physical Ravens team.
• Transactions: Patriots release K Mike Nugent and TE Eric Tomlinson; Release OL Aaron Monteiro from practice squad.
• Conference Call transcripts: Bill Belichick - Bret Bielema - Josh McDaniels.
• Paul Perillo explains that the lack of production in the running game isn’t all on Sony Michel, according to his coaches.
• Erik Scalavino talks about how the scary-good Patriots ‘Boogeymen’ lead the NFL’s top D.
• Megan O’Brien tackles this week’s Patriots Unfiltered Q&A: Preparing for the dangerous Ravens.
• Sights & Sounds: Week 8 vs. Browns. (4.38 min. video)
• Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Browns. (7.26 min. video)
• Patriots players discuss their favorite Halloween costumes. (1 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Patriots bold predictions: Week 9 vs Baltimore Ravens. /I’m all in.
• Andrew Mahoney takes a closer look as the quality of the Patriots opponents is about to ramp up.
• Tom E. Curran breaks down the brutal running game numbers and asks Ivan Fears what it will take to fix their broken rushing attack.
• CBS Boston untangles the Patriots roster shuffling yesterday that cleared a roster spot, possibly for N’Keal Harry.
• Doug Kyed resets the Patriots’ depth chart at the midway point of the season.
• Christopher Mason notes you can’t quantify heart, but according to Bill Belichick, you might be able to see it in the film room. Belichick says ‘competitive speed’ is a better measure of heart than a stopwatch.
• Mike Reiss passes along a report that the Patriots have agreed to terms with veteran Nick Folk, to replace released kicker Mike Nugent.
• Eric Wilbur thought it would have been ‘delicious’ theater if the Patriots traded Tom Brady straight up for Jimmy Garoppolo before the deadline yesterday, but “instead though, here’s Nick Folk.”
• Evan Lazar posts his Pats-Browns Film Review: In-Depth look at Mohamed Sanu’s Patriots debut. “By positioning both Sanu and Edelman in the slot, the Patriots can pick on matchups and create traffic against man coverage while flooding areas of zone coverages.”
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Week 8 Report Card: Jamie Collins was the head of the class again, logging 13 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for a loss and two QB hits.
• Phil Perry’s Patriots Report Card, Week 8: Tom Brady’s pocket movement and accuracy still dynamite.
• Brent Schwartz (PatriotsWire) Patriots offensive report card vs Browns: Julian Edelman thrives in rain.
• Brent Schwartz (PatriotsWire) Patriots defensive report card vs. Browns: Jamie Collins terrorizes former team.
• Logan Mullen reveals what Tom Brady told the offense before the win-sealing drive vs, the Browns: “Mental and physical toughness all night.”
• Michael Hurley is happy that his hope for a Week 17 Patriots-Dolphins ‘Perfection Bowl’ remains intact after Miami’s Monday night face-plant.
• Zachary DuPont reports Tom Brady leads all NFL players in 2019 jersey sales.
• Nick Goss picks the trade deadline winners and losers and analyzes the best & worst moves.
• Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and guest Steve Balestrieri talk Patriots on a trade-deadline Tuesday. (30 min.)
• Patriots Talk podcast: Tom E. Curran talks trade-deadline moves, non-moves; Rumor Pats offered a first-round pick for Trent Williams not true; Matt Cassel says Tom Brady plays for Pats or no one else; More. (36.38 min.)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Jason Gay (Wall St. Journal) The great, useless Tom Brady freakout of 2019.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Patriots cutting kicker Mike Nugent.
• Barry Werner (TouchdownWire) NFL 2019: Midterm report card grades for all 32 teams. /Who loves you? I clicked through 21 stupid slides just to tell you the Patriots were graded an A freaking Plus. That’s who loves you.
• Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) 2019 NFL Midseason Predictions: Second-chance expert picks for division winners, playoffs, Super Bowl. 5 out of 7 pick NE to get to the Super Bowl, only 1 predicts NE will win it.
• Riley McAtee (The Ringer0 The seven single-season NFL records that could be broken in 2019.
• Albert Breer (SI) NFL trade deadline takeaways: Jets stand Pat, Rams deal Talib to clear cap space.
• Conor Orr (SI) NFL trade deadline winners and losers.
• Danny Kelly (The Ringer) The winners and losers from the NFL trade deadline.
• Dan Graziano (ESPN) 2019 NFL trade deadline winners and losers: How the Rams got ahead.
• Kevin Clark (The Ringer) Passing the Torch: How a decade of QB play reinvented the NFL.
• Rick Suter (TouchdownWire) Top 5 offensive lines of Week 8. No. 2. New England Patriots.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) The Debrief: Bill Belichick’s throwback Pats; plus, assessing deadline trades
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Rams send Aqib Talib and a pick to Dolphins.
• Nate Davis (USA Today) 100 famous NFL players who played for teams you forgot about.