New England Patriots links 9/18/19 - Reason to watch Pats-Jets: Will defense pitch another shutout?

TEAM TALK

• Game Preview, Jets at Patriots: Series history, scouting the matchups, tale of the tape; More.
• Broadcast Info: Pats-Jets.
• Patriots sign OL Caleb Benenoch; Place OL Isaiah Wynn on injured reserve.
• Mike Dussault analyzes the Isaiah Wynn to IR situation: “protecting the edges of the offense will be the first serious challenge of 2019”.
• Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Tuesday at Gillette: Next man up along offensive line.
• Mike Dussault tackles this week’s Patriots Unfiltered Q&A: Kicker concerns, love for the defense and a 2020 draft pick reset.
• Conference Call transcripts: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels, OLB coach DeMarcus Covington.
• Angelique Fiske reports James White’s ‘Sweet Feet for Strikes’ event draws teammate support for a cause. The competition, as expected, was fierce.
• Sights and Sounds: Week 2 vs. Dolphins. (3.58 min. video)
• Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Dolphins. (8.26 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss discusses the latest blow to the offensive line, with starting left tackle Isaiah Wynn on injured reserve with a toe injury. He could return later in the season, but the team will have to figure out the line in the meantime, with the pieces they have.
• Doug Kyed runs through the numerous ways in which the Patriots can replace Isaiah Wynn.
• David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Patriots left tackle options without Isaiah Wynn.
• DJ Bean points to the offensive line as the only thing that can derail these Patriots.
• Zack Cox scouts the Jets: Six things to know about the Luke Falk-led Jets. 1. Falk will be making his first NFL start.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) First impressions of the 2019 Jets.
• Nick Goss spotlights Tom Brady has a near-perfect QB rating against the blitz so far, and it leads all quarterbacks entering Week 3.
• Nick Goss finds that Tom Brady’s stats with Antonio Brown on the field in Week 2 were impressive.
• Matt Dolloff breaks down the film: TE Matt LaCosse makes immediate impact in Patriots debut
• Doug Kyed looks at how Jonathan Jones seemed to be on a similar career path to Matthew Slater after his rookie season. But now, three years later, Jones could wind up being the team’s next Devin McCourty.
• Michael Hurley calls out how half of the AFC East is just completely putrid.
• Andy Hart discovers to his horror that Tom Brady is on board with (gulp) playing and scoring late in blowouts.
• Nick O’Malley catches us up with how some former Patriots are doing: Chicago also using Cordarrelle Patterson as RB; Jimmy Garoppolo tore it up; More.
• CBS Boston explains why trading with the Jets isn’t something Bill Belichick likes to do.
• Michael Hurley is perplexed why there is always an Eli Manning Hall of Fame debate. “A quarterback with two Super Bowl wins against Bill Belichick and the Patriots, with the last name Manning on his back? That’s somebody whom the voters want to put in.”
• Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate discusses AB and the Pats defense with Thomas Murphy (9/17), and teams up with Locked On Jets to preview this Sunday’s matchup (9/18).
• One Patriots Place podcast: Steve Balestrieri, Thomas Murphy and guest Michael Hurley discuss the Miami Fish Fry and an early look at the Jets Match up. (68 min.)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) The NFL was shockingly different the last time Brees, Ben or Eli weren’t starting.
• Conor Orr (SI) Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning showing their mortality as quarterbacks.
• Bill Barnwell (ESPN) All the fallout from the Big Ben and Brees injuries.
• Kevin Clark (The Ringer) Are we nearing the end of the forever quarterback era? “It makes you think about who will be around 15 years from now: Mahomes, surely, Mayfield and Jackson, presumably. And Tom Brady.”
• Benjamin Hoffman (NY Times) The NFL experiments with letting all the quarterbacks play.
• Riley McAtee (The Ringer) NFL backup quarterback situations, ranked: From the Jets to the best.
• Conor Orr (SI) Morning Huddle: The Giants’ complex decision to bench Eli Manning.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Brees injury gives Brady clear path to Peyton Manning’s touchdown record.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots place Isaiah Wynn on injured reserve.
• Cameron Filipe (FootballZebras) Week 3 referee assignments. Pats-Jets: Carl Cheffers.
• Andrew Brandt (SI) Business of Football: The financial impact of Antonio Brown’s movement.
• Geoff Schwartz (SB Nation) The 2-0 and 0-2 teams that have the best and worst chances of making the NFL playoffs.
• Nate Davis (USA Today) Ranking NFL’s 0-2 teams: Who should hit panic button and who’s still alive?
• Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) Are the Jets or Giants off to a more disastrous start through Week 2?
• Adam Schein (NFL.com) Week 2, Love/Like/Loathe: Who put on a show? Who came through in the clutch? And who went kaput? No mention of Pats. /lols
• Around the NFL (NFL.com) Players of the Week for Week 2. No Pats.
• Geoff Schwartz (SB Nation) 3 changes the NFL can make right now to help fix the officiating.
• David Purdum (ESPN) Jets, Fins historic underdogs vs. Pats, Cowboys.
• Highlights (NFL.com) Highest graded players according to Pro Football Focus from Week 2. (1.17 min. video) Stephon Gilmore and Jamie Collins included.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk): Report: No timeline for NFL decision on Antonio Brown.