TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Patriots vs. Cowboys. Series history, scouting the matchups, tale of the tape.
- Patriots activate OL Isaiah Wynn; Place WR Gunner Olszewski on IR.
- Patriots soar in local ratings in win over Eagles
- Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Tuesday at Gillette: Patriots giddyup on Cowboys; Gunner reportedly headed to IR.
- Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Unfiltered Q&A: Wynn’s return, improving the run game and more.
- Conference Call Transcripts: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Mike Pellegrino.
- Sights and Sounds: Week 11 vs. Eagles. (5.10 min. video)
- Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Eagles. (12.42 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Doug Kyed offers the voice of reason: The Patriots are flawed. There’s also little reason to worry about them. These things are not mutually exclusive. They’re both true.
- Michael Hurley is confident Tom “Feelings” Brady will have his breakout game ... just not this week. /Good read.
- Evan Lazar’s Film Review: What went wrong for the Patriots offense and where they go from here. ‘The Patriots offense is on-pace to score its fewest points since 2006’.
- Zack Cox tells us what the Patriots can expect from Isaiah Wynn’s return.
- Andy Hart didn’t fall for Gronk’s announcement and isn’t buying Antonio Brown’s apology, but says all’s well in Patriot Nation with the return of Isaiah Wynn, “the savior of the second half of the season”.
- CBS Boston highlights Josh McDaniels going deep on the state of the Patriots offense.
- CBS Boston reports rookie punter Jake Bailey was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, a fitting reward for his stellar performance against the Eagles.
- Matt Vautour lauds Jake Bailey and Nick Folk for suddenly making kicking a strength again in New England.
- Zack Cox relays how Josh McDaniels and Bill Belichick felt about N’Keal Harry’s first game: A promising start, but plenty of room for improvement.
- NESN suggests it’s time to put on your tinfoil hats: Antonio Brown apologized to Robert Kraft with an Instagram post Tuesday morning and Patriots players are liking his post.
- Nick Goss notes Antonio Brown took to social media Tuesday to apologize to Robert Kraft for ‘bad media and the drama’.
- Ryan Hannable makes a huge assumption that Tom Brady took no personal responsibility for his part in the offensive troubles, and then adds how that doesn’t help the team. /helluva leap there.
- Fitzy (YouTube) NFL Fan Therapy: A rebound win for the Pats. (3.12 min. video)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and Steve Balestrieri talk Gronk, Brady and ‘Dem Boys. (33 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Belichick: Malcolm Jenkins recognized Patriots’ trick play, almost blew it up.
- Conor Orr (SI) When it comes to innovating, the NFL is frozen in time: Pass interference review was supposed to be one of the NFL’s biggest innovations. Instead it’s shown the league’s inability to respond to any number of crises.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) John Elway on PI rule: I’m sure we’ll revisit it in the offseason.
- Staff (Bleacher Report) NFL Week 11 Report Card: Patriots’ standing among league’s best teams.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Dak Prescott is the NFL’s analytics darling—and an MVP candidate.
- David Carr (NFL.com) Offensive player rankings, Week 12: Tom Brady falls out of top 15.
- Mike Rosenstein (NJ.com) NFL rumors: Cowboys’ Jerry Jones big regret? Not hiring Patriots’ Bill Belichick.
- Curtis Crabtree (ProFootballTalk) Field goal percentage across NFL worst its been since 2003.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Vegas currently sees a Patriots-Saints Super Bowl.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Antonio Brown is hoping for a decision “very soon”.
- Marc Sessler (NFL.com) From Lamar Jackson to Bears, grading NFL stories’ joy quotient.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Ex-Patriot Rob Gronkowski has no plans to play in NFL in 2019, but won’t say ‘never’.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 12 picks: Cowboys shock Patriots in New England 27-24.