TEAM TALK
- Patriots beat Cowboys in most-watched regular season NFL game on any network since 2007.
- Mike Dussault reviews the Pats-Cowboys film, quarter-by-quarter to see what stood out: Patriots offense shows signs of life in soggy win over Cowboys; More.
- Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Monday at Gilltte: Belichick and Brady laud Stephon Gilmore, rookie receivers.
- Megan O’Brien’s Stock Watch: Patriots battle their way to victory over the Cowboys.
- Conference Call transcript: Bill Belichick.
- Patriots locker room celebration of the Pats 13-9 win over the Cowboys. (1.41 min. video)
- Highlights: Scott Zolak reacts to Matthew Slater’s punt block as well as N’Keal Harry’s first NFL career touchdown. (1 min. video)
- Trailer: Belichick and Saban: The Art of Coaching. (1 min. video)
- WEEI Patriots Monday: Tom Brady (21.42 min.) - James White (3.52 min.) - Lawrence Guy (7.55 min.) - Bill Belichick (25.31 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Michael Hurley calls attention to a Patriots accomplishment that no team has done before, setting an NFL record with 17 straight seasons with at least 10 wins. /Crazy.
- Tom E. Curran writes how ‘Bill Belichick and his coaching staff undressed Jason Garrett and his Cowboys on Sunday by finding little threads to pull and tug until — by the end — the Cowboys were bare assed and didn’t even realize it.’
- Mike Reiss is well aware New England’s personnel isn’t dominant, but the team is 10-1 because it’s winning with stellar, complementary play in often overlooked facets of the game.
- Evan Lazar’s Advanced Stats Report: Stephon Gilmore leads Patriots defense to victory, holding Dak Prescott to a season-low 212 passing yards on Sunday.
- Alex Barth gives us his Pats’ Stat Pack: Numbers and notes from the Week 12 win.
- Michael Hurley serves up some still-warm leftover Patriots thoughts: Belichick-Garrett coaching mismatch decides the game.
- Jerry Thornton gives us his knee-jerk reactions to Week 12: In no uncertain terms, this was a gut check. One in which we checked, and this team does, in fact, have guts. Lots of guts. Oodles of Noodles of guts.
- Christopher Mason addresses three lingering questions from the Patriots win: 1. How banged up is Julian Edelman?
- Jerry Thornton makes the mistake of watching Monday morning sports shows and finds out that Tom Brady’s career is apparently over now that he’s only 10-1.
- Mike Reiss plays the optimistic and the pessimist for the Patriots after a rain-soaked, windy day where Tom Brady had his third-lowest completion percentage of his career.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Tom Brady leads NFL in “perfect” passes, per PFF.
- Matt McCarthy explains why he’s optimistic the Patriots offense will improve.
- Doug Kyed highlights Tom Brady’s Monday night interview with Jim Gray, reacting to a terrific tweet that summed up the challenges of the offense this season.
- Doug Kyed takes a look at Sony Michel’s bounce-back performance in Sunday’s Week 12 win.
- Michael Hurley highlights the Patriots defense continuing on its historic pace after smothering the Cowboys’ top-ranked offense. “Yahhhhhh but who have they played?!?!?!”
- Matt Dolloff talks about how the Patriots defense gets a signature win, holds Cowboys without a touchdown in 13-9 win.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Stephon Gilmore should be NFL Defensive Player of the Year frontrunner.
- Christopher Mason notes Bill Belichick calls Stephon Gilmore’s ‘outstanding’ interception ‘probably one of the best plays we’ve had all year.
- Adam London notes Stephon Gilmore keeps quiet and lets his play do the talking for him. He has a theory why his opponents tend to not trash talk him on the field.
- Matt Dolloff points out how Matthew Slater factored significantly into the Patriots’ two closest wins.
- Michael Hurley finds that neither Brady nor Belichick are sure what happened with the game clock late in the game Sunday.
- Nick O’Malley notes Bill Belichick has two types of compliments, and two Patriots players got the legit kind on Sunday.
- Andy Hart picks his thumbs up and thumbs down in Sunday’s win. N’Keal Harry shows up.
- Michael Hurley gives us Four Ups, Four Downs (And One In-Between) From the rain-soaked win. Huge Up: Matthew Slater.
- Nick O’Malley offers up some reactions from across the league after Sunday’s game: Tripping penalties cost the Cowboys, but the Patriots have their own beef.
- Isaiah Houde (PatriotsWire) Twitter has field day with Rob Gronkowski’s outfit on FOX.
- Chris Allen (LastWordOnSports) Patriots playoff bye in sight with win over Dallas Cowboys.
- Nick O’Malley issues his Patriots-Cowboys Report Cards: How hard should we be on Tom Brady playing in a monsoon?
- Nick Goss take a look at the updated playoff picture in both conferences.
- Darren Hartwell notes the Ravens made history last night by being the first team to defeat each of the previous year’s Super Bowl participants -- by a combined 56 points.
- Zack Cox highlights Bill Belichick offering an inside look at the selection process behind identifying the 100 best players from 100 years of NFL football, as part of a 25-person panel.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: How Lamar Jackson improved his accuracy, Scot McCloughan on drafting Frank Gore; More NFL notes.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) The Starting 11: The Patriots and 49ers just put on the ultimate defensive showcases.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile: Cowboys at a crossroads with Jason Garrett, Jerry Jones situation; More.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Sunday’s Week 12 games. 1. “The strength of our team is our defense and special teams,” Tom Brady said last week. His Patriots team emphatically underscored that point Sunday.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) The Debrief: 2020 NFL free agency lookahead.
- Dan Graziano (ESPN) Week 12 NFL overreactions: The Browns will make the playoffs, and the Patriots have issues.
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) Bill Belichick remains the NFL’s ultimate problem-solver: Even at 10-1, the Patriots face a few challenges this season that will test the limits of his expertise.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) Jason Garrett is the Cowboys’ kryptonite, and America’s Team is at a crossroads.
- Clarence E. Hill jr. (Star-Telegram) About those tripping calls in Pats loss: NFL tells Cowboys ‘my bad’ in Monday review.
- Chris Cwik (Yahoo! Sports) Cowboys-Patriots was most-watched regular-season NFL game in over a decade.
- Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Stephon Gilmore had ‘fun’ shutting out Amari Cooper.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady downplays elbow injury.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady on frustration: I can’t feel what isn’t authentic to me.
- Bill Barnwell (ESPN) 2019 All-Underrated team: Picking 24 NFL players. Punter Jake Bailey makes his list.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) AFC playoff picture: Big games on tap in Week 13.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFC playoff picture: Creating separation as November ends.
- Jimmy Traina (SI) Studio analyst Gronk is must-see TV.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) Exit Interview: Miami Dolphins.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Jets on verge of falling out of top 10 in 2020 NFL Draft order.