TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes & Records, Patriots at Ravens: Patriots have two players finish with at least 10 receptions for fifth time in team history; More.
- Gamebook: Full Patriots-Ravens stats.
- Erik Scalavino’s Game Recap: Ravens deal Patriots first 2019 defeat.
- Mike Dussault’s Game Observations: Ravens run over Patriots, hand New England their first loss.
- Megan O’Brien’s Stock Watch: Defense disappoints in Patriots first loss of the season.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Ravens.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady - Devin McCourty.
- Press Pass: James White, Jason McCourty, Julian Edelman, and Rex Burkhead discuss their performance in the 37-20 loss to the Ravens. ( min. video)
- Postgame Show: Rob ‘Hardy’ Poole, Paul Perillo and Mike Dussault break down the loss to the Ravens. (2 hour program)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss recaps last night’s loss as the Patriots’ defense gave up 155 rushing yards in the first half, falling into a 17-0 hole early in the second quarter. Devin McCourty explains, “They were able to play it on their terms, and that’s what hurt us the most.”
- Doug Kyed presents his takeaways and key metrics from the loss in Baltimore: A potentially fatal flaw has been exposed in the Patriots’ defense. And now they have nine weeks to fix it before the games really count.
- Mike Petraglia recaps the game, as the Patriots could not overcome uncharacteristic mistakes and an early 17-0 hole, falling, 37-20, before a raucous sellout crowd at M&T Bank Stadium.
- Evan Lazar tells us ten things we learned from the first loss of the season. 1. Ravens expose the Boogeymen and the Patriots run defense.
- Dave D’Onofrio gives us 5 takeaways from the first loss of the season: In some ways what happened at Baltimore was a culmination of little flaws that had started to build.
- Chad Finn offers 20 thoughts on the Patriots’ loss to the Ravens: The Ravens didn’t reveal much about the Patriots Sunday night in their impressive victory, but they sure did confirm some things.
- Doug Kyed pinpoints what went wrong: Inability to stop the rush, costly penalties and costly turnovers.
- Tom E. Curran explains why Sunday night said more about the Ravens than it did the Patriots.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Ravens run roughshod 37-20 over the Patriots.
- Matt Dolloff writes if there’s a silver lining to the defense getting arguably a failing grade on their first major test of 2019, it’s that no other offense across the league can exploit them like the Ravens did on Sunday night.
- Mike Petraglia lays out how the Patriots are perfectly positioned to learn from the loss: Ravens took advantage of nearly every Patriot miscue, showing exactly what needs to be fixed heading into the bye.
- Phil Perry talks about the Patriots settling on a spread, no-huddle identity vs. Ravens: “I ain’t going to lie,” Marlon Humphrey said, via WEEI’s Ryan Hannable, “that no-huddle was killing us. When we got to the sideline, we were like, ‘Yo, we have to do something.’ When they were doing that no-huddle, they were almost unstoppable at one point.”
- Ryan Hannable notes Ravens defender Marlon Humphrey admits the Patriots hurry-up offense was tough to stop.
- Doug Kyed finds a loss feels a little bit different when you’re 8-1 rather than, say, 1-2, as the Patriots started last season. Players expressed hope the loss will help the team grow and learn from adversity.
- Andy Hart says simply put, Bill Belichick’s team failed the test in the 37-20 loss, and in some ways it was beaten at its own game.
- Zack Cox highlights Mohamed Sanu’s emergence as a bright spot of the night.
- Matthew Geagan notes it only took two weeks for Mohamed Sanu to be a catch for the Pats.
- Nick Goss presents the Pats-Ravens Instant Overreactions: Lamar Jackson emerges as MVP frontrunner.
- Zack Cox Patriots Notes: Julian Edelman laments costly fumble in loss to Ravens.
- Michael Hurley notes that instead of ‘wishing never to see the Ravens again’, Kyle Van Noy is hoping for a Patriots-Ravens playoff rematch.
- Adam London relays Tedy Bruschi pointing out a silver lining to the ugly loss: “To beat this Raven team in the playoffs, this almost had to happen.”
- Tom E. Curran details the best & worst from last night’s loss. The Pats got their first taste of real competition Sunday night in Baltimore — and it didn’t go well.
- Abigail Adams points to a crazy stat that shows just how much the Patriots struggled last night.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots at Ravens: Drives, stats, highlights.
- Analysis Team (Pro Football Focus) NFL Week 8 PFF ReFocused: Ravens 37, Patriots 20.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) Lamar Jackson and the Ravens passed their test with flying colors: Suddenly, the Patriots appear mortal while Baltimore has the look of an AFC contender. /The relief is palpable.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Lamar Jackson, Ravens show the Patriots are beatable after all. /And there was much rejoicing.
- Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) Patriots handed first loss; 49ers only undefeated team.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Ready for a rematch? Patriots’ playoff fate might depend on getting revenge vs. Ravens.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Sunday Night wrap-up: Ravens hand Patriots their first loss.
- Tom Schad (USA Today) Undefeated no more: Lamar Jackson, Ravens end Patriots’ bid for 16-0 season.
- Scott Polacek (Bleacher Report) Lamar Jackson outduels Tom Brady as Ravens hand Patriots 1st loss of season. /Except Brady never went up against Jackson, but whatevs...
- Alex Finnis (The Telegraph) The 10 biggest takeaways from NFL Week 9: Lamar Jackson bests Patriots’ defense and Russell Wilson shines again. /Even the UK is piling on.
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: Russell Wilson and Lamar Jackson have starring roles in the NFL MVP race; More.
- Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA Week 9: ‘Lamar the dude’ as Ravens topple Pats, shifting the NFL landscape at season’s halfway point; More.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Sunday’s Week 9 games. “How New England’s Boogeymen defense...would fare against a wholly unique talent in Lamar Jackson and Baltimore’s run-heavy approach dominated programming leading up to their first meeting. On Sunday night, we got our answer: Not well.”
- Gary Gramling (SI) Week 9 Takeaways: Wilson, Watson put on clinics; Jets, Browns, Bears continue to collapse.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned from Week 9 of the 2019 NFL season: There’s a reason the phrase is “any given Sunday”.
- Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The winners and losers of NFL Week 9: The Ravens punctured the Patriots’ air of invincibility on Sunday night; Adam Gase embarrassed himself in front of his ex; More.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 9 grades: Patriots D, Ravens A+.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) NFL Playoff Picture: Ravens beat Pats, keep bye; NFC looks loaded after Week 9. /Let’s skip straight on ahead to the playoffs...
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) 2019 NFL playoff picture: AFC, NFC standings and outlook through Week 9.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Brian Hoyer flew by seat of pants, nearly landed plane. /Included for good showing by ex-Patriot, and for A+ headline, lol.
- Bill Barnwell (ESPN) 2019 midseason NFL awards: Picking MVP, All-Pro teams, best rookies, more.