New England Patriots links 2/04/19 - Belichick’s World Champion Patriots keep torch, do not pass it on

TEAM TALK

• Gamebook: Full Patriots-Rams stats.
• Erik Scalavino recaps New England’s win in Super Bowl LIII from the press box at Mercedes-Benz Stadium: The Joy of six.
• Paul Perillo focuses on how the Patriots defense answered their critics with a stellar effort against the Rams.
• Andy Hart reports on MVP Julian Edelman clawing the Patriots to a Super Bowl win.
• Don Banks’ Snap Judgments: Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we wrap up the 2018 NFL season with a strange and ultra-low-scoring Super Bowl LIII in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Julian Edelman - Tom Brady - Matthew Slater - Jason McCourty -
• Highlights: Best defensive plays from Patriots dominant win | Super Bowl LIII. (4.15 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss looks at the full-circle nature of the Patriots’ sixth championship, 17 years after their first, against the same opponent and because it was also about the defense.
• Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Sixth sense of accomplishment: Patriots defeat Rams 13-3 to win Super Bowl LIII.
• Phil Perry goes inside the Patriots game-winning drive against the Rams.
• Doug Kyed’s Super Bowl LIII takeaways: How the Patriots pass rush pressured the Rams.
• Evan Lazar shares ten things we learned from the Patriots 13-3 win over the Rams: 1. The Pats’ shutdown defense started with the running game.
• Ryan Hannable shares 10 quick thoughts from last night’s win: 1. ...when the team was 1-2, no one would have ever thought the defense would lead the Patriots to a Super Bowl win. It came up big in the biggest of moments and that is a huge credit to them believing in one another and never giving up.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Six-Cess! Belichick defensive gameplan another gem wins sixth title.
• Tom Keegan spotlights the greatness of the Patriots defense.
• Bob George (PatsFans) Historic defensive performance for Super Patriots.
• Tom E. Curran explains how a blitz and a pick summed up the style of the 2018 Patriots.
• Ian Logue (PatsFans) Edelman proves his importance after Super Bowl MVP-worthy outing.
• Karen Guregian recaps how Tom Brady got ring no. 6 after a slow start.
• Steve Hewitt points out how Rob Gronkowski came up big last night.
• Zack Cox talks up unsung hero Duron Harmon, stepping up big time.
• Nick Goss hears Kyle Van Noy slam the critics after the Super Bowl win.
• Ryan Hannable notes that despite Julian Edelman winning MVP, Rams CB Nickell Robey-Coleman claims ‘I was on top of everything tonight’.
• Ryan Hannable finds Ndamukong Suh under the same delusion: “In my opinion, just thinking back, we eliminated him, even though he got yardages...”

NATIONAL NEWS

• Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots vs. Rams: Recap, stats, drives, highlights.
• Staff (ESPN) Patriots, Tom Brady keep rewriting Super Bowl record book.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) The Patriots dynasty doesn’t end until the Patriots say that the dynasty ends.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) Signature win for Bill Belichick shows who’s really at the heart of Pats Dynasty.
• Michael Rosenberg (SI) We’ve seen this Patriots Super Bowl victory before -- and we should appreciate it.
• Andy Benoit (SI) How Belichick’s master plan unfolded.
• Dan Graziano (ESPN) How the Patriots’ defense stymied Sean McVay in Super Bowl LIII.
• Jonathan Jones (SI) For Super Bowl win No. 6, Tom Brady passes around the credit—and ends the GOAT debate.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) A year after an ugly effort, Patriots’ defense steps up in Super Bowl.
• Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Stephon Gilmore and Patriots defense dominates high-powered Rams.
• Albert Breer (S) Monday Morning QB - Whatever it takes: The Patriots out-match and out-think the Rams for title no. 6.
• Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA: Ego-less Patriots figure it out in time to beat Rams in ‘throwback’ Super Bowl.
• Gary Gramling (SI) Super Bowl takeaways: Belichick’s mastery, Edelman does whatever he wants, the team everyone thought could do It… does it.
• Sean Wagner-McGough and Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Super Bowl 2019 takeaways: Patriots stifle Rams to win sixth championship in 13-3 defensive battle.
• Danny Kelly (The Ringer) Six plays that explain how Bill Belichick outdueled Sean McVay.
• Kevin Clark (The Ringer) What we’ll remember about Belichick and Brady’s boring Super Bowl win.
• Alaa Abdeldaiem (SI) Patriots vs. Rams becomes lowest-scoring Super Bowl in NFL history.
• Terez Paylor (Yahoo! Sports) A defense of a good defense: Why the Super Bowl was far from boring.
• Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Five Super Bowls that were somehow more boring than Patriots-Rams (really).
• Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Super Bowl LIII was a complete disaster.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) A game only a punter could love: The historically boring Super Bowl sent football back to the Stone Age.
• Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) Winners and losers of Super Bowl LIII. Loser: Basically any human who watched this game.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) Exit Interview: New England Patriots. It looked like a down year for New England, but here we are again. What could next season look like for the defending champs?
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick credits Josh McDaniels for making right adjustment.
• Conor Orr (SI) Patriots defense rallies after Patrick Chung injury to finish off Rams In Super Bowl.
• Kalyn Kahler (SI) Gronkowski’s Last ring? his future remains unclear after Patriots’ Super Bowl LIII victory.
• Jack Baer (Yahoo! Sports) Some Saints players quite enjoyed the Rams’ Super Bowl disintegration.
• Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Jared Goff had the worst game of his life on the biggest stage.
• Jeff Duncan (NOLA) New England wins the Super Bowl, but New Orleans wins the day.
• Josh Katzenstein (NOLA) Saints would’ve spiced up bland Super Bowl 53.
• Charlotte Carroll and Jenna West (SI) The best Super Bowl LIII commercials.

VIEW FROM LOS ANGELES

• Gary Klein (LA Times) Rams far from Super in 13-3 loss to Patriots.
• Myles Simmons (TheRams) Game Recap: With offense unable to get going, Rams fall to Patriots in Super Bowl LIII.
• Shotgun Spratling (LA Times) Super Bowl 2019 recap: Patriots score late touchdown to defeat Rams, 13-3.
• Clarence Dennis (TheRams) Seven Stats: Rams fall short of the Lombardi, lose to Patriots 13-3 in Super Bowl LIII.
• Bill Plaschke (LA Times) Super Bowl 2019: Tom Brady showed why he is the greatest ever.
• Cameron DaSilva (RamsWire) Sean McVay’s ‘lack of opportunities’ excuse for Todd Gurley is unacceptable.
• Andrew Ortenberg (RamsWire) 4 key takeaways from Rams’ Super Bowl loss vs. Patriots. 1. Jared Goff finally looked his age.
• Staff (LA Times) Rams defense more than did its part against Patriots in Super Bowl.
• Shotgun Spratling (LA Times) Super Bowl 2019: Rams’ Johnny Hekker sets record with 65-yard punt.