New England Patriots links 9/27/19 - Pats-Bills key matchups: Belichick feasts on inexperienced QBs

TEAM TALK

• Patriots-Bills Thursday Injury Report.
• Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Thursday at Gillette: Defense focused on effort, communication and execution.
• Mike Dussault’s Keys to the Starting Lineup: Week 4 - Patriots at Bills. 1. Contain and finish Josh Allen.
• Players to Watch: Patriots at Bills.
• What they’re saying: Buffalo Bills.
• Coffee With the Coach: Scott Zolak and Coach Belichick discuss moments from the Jets game, Josh McDaniel’s coaching abilities, as well as facing the Bills this Sunday. (3.27 min. video)
• One-on-One: With Devin McCourty. (3.12 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Evan Lazar’s Patriots Game Plan: How to expose Josh Allen and attack the Buffalo defense.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Week 4 against the Bills: Patriots players to watch. 1. James White.
• Thomas Murphy (DiehardBostonSportsFans) Monster keys to Patriots-Bills: Bring the Nitrous.
• Andy Hart previews the ‘battle with the unbeaten Bills’ with a six-pack of focal points to follow: Match the emotion.
• Matt Dolloff picks the key Pats-Bills matchups to watch: Jonathan Jones vs. Cole Beasley.
• Nick O’Malley gives us the Patriots-Bills anti-analysis: Will Buffalo fans throw sex toy on field for 4th year in a row?
• Adam Myers (FullPressCoverage) On to Buffalo: Patriots three-up, three-down.
• Mike Spector (LastWordOnSports) Bills-Patriots: Why this one will be different.
• Chris Grenham notes Bills’ OL Dion Dawkins is confident in Josh Allen ahead of Sunday’s matchup with the Patriots.
• Nick Goss states Bill Belichick feasts on inexperienced quarterbacks, and Josh Allen is the next course.
• Michael Hurley offers this reminder: Tom Brady is the most successful quarterback to play in Buffalo this century.
• Andy Hart finally watched some games, suggests Phillip Dorsett may be in the midst of a breakout season.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Will the Patriots increase rookie RB Damien Harris’ role?
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Kyle Van Noy says coaching staff is complimentary while keeping Patriots in-check.
• Doug Kyed addresses his Friday Patriots Mailbag: Will Rex Burkhead take on greater role with no James Develin?
• Nick O’Malley reports Tom Brady was removed from the injury report; Joe Thuney upgraded; Julian Edelman still limited.
• Nick Goss points out Aaron Rodgers’ loss to Eagles last night kept a Tom Brady NFL record intact.
• Zack Cox NFL Rumors: Patriots work out veteran receiver, three tight ends.
• Ryan Hannable reports the Patriots worked out 4 players, including former starting Raiders WR Ryan Grant.
• Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) 2019 Womens’ Football Clinic with Sony Michel.
• Michael Hurley explains why the dirty Derek Barnett hit deserves a suspension, not justification from the NFL.
• MassLive NFL Week 4 picks, TV, point spreads: All four pick Pats.
• CBS Boston make their Patriots-Bills Week 4 predictions: 4 out of 5 pick Pats to win. /C’mon Hurley, be better, lol.
• Sean Glennon (ThisFootballBlog) Week 4 picks. “This one gets ugly early. New England by 17.”

NATIONAL NEWS

• Albert Breer (SI) Game Plan: What Melvin Gordon’s return will mean for the Chargers; MMQB Mail.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Micah Hyde on facing Patriots: No measuring sticks in September.
• Pat Yasinskas (TouchdownWire) Ranking the divisions by QB play. 5th AFC East.
• Alaa Abdeldaiem (SI) Report: NFL Drops 18-game proposal, now considering 17-game regular season.
• Alaa Abdeldaiem (SI) Jennifer Lopez, Shakira to headline Super Bowl LIV halftime show in Miami.
• MMQB Staff (SI) Week 4 NFL picks. 7 of 8 pick Pats to win.
• Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) NFL Week 4 picks: Bills cover but fall to Patriots in battle of unbeatens.

VIEW FROM BUFFALO

• Ryan Talbot (NewYorkUpstate) Patriots to get taste of their own medicine vs. Bills: 7 things to watch in Week 4.
• Matt Parrino (NewYorkUpstate) Dion Dawkins says Bills don’t care what Patriots have done: ‘I got Josh Allen’.
• Kyle Silagyi (BillsWire) Josh Allen among NFL’s most-pressured quarterbacks.
• Nick Wojton (BillsWire) PFF tabs Bills’ Josh Allen as 21st best QB in NFL. “He’s played well... “in spurts.”
• Matt Parrino (NewYorkUpstate) Bills have used Patriots as a model, trying to find sustained winning.
• Chuck Pollock (Olean Times Herald) For Bills’ players, fans, Patriots are ultimate challenge.
• Nick Wojton (BillsWire) Bills downplay Week 4 meeting with Patriots.
• Matt Parrino (NewYorkUpstate) Buffalo Bills RB Devin Singletary returns to practice Thursday, increasing chances to play vs. Patriots.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Tom E. Curran sifts through the rubble of the damage left by Antonio Brown. “A bummed-out quarterback who had five practices and one game with an ultra-rare talent. He went all-in trying to make it work, got close to Brown and tried to understand and help him. He’s not happy Brown got flushed both because the football was going to be sublime and Brady thought Brown was reachable.” /That last phrase, I fully believe.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots failed in their contract with Antonio Brown and Bob Kraft will end up paying him $9M more.