TEAM TALK
- Patriots sign DL Tashawn Bower to future contract.
- Mike Dussault analyzes how the Patriots offense couldn’t get the ‘gotta have it’ yards in 2019.
- Erik Scalavino tackles this week’s Patriots Unfiltered Q&A: On to the offseason.
- Angelique Fiske reports Army Lieutenant Colonel pulls off surprise return home for his family at Patriots game.
LOCAL LINKS
- Chad Finn talks about how after losses like this, the Patriots don’t rebuild, they reload.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots free agents will demand several important decisions.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Tom Brady reflects on 2019 loss in Instagram post: ‘I know I still have more to prove’.
- CBS Boston reposts Tom Brady’s lengthy Instagram message, where he grapples with the end of the season and indicates that he will indeed be playing more football.
- Michael Hurley points out Tom Brady’s contract value is complicated by the complete lack of 43-year-old quarterbacking precedent. /Another blueprint provided by TB12 and the Patriots.
- WEEI staff makes their definitive Tom Brady predictions. I’m with Nick Stevens: Two more years of Tom Brady.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Tom Brady free agent team fits.
- Savannah Taylor (BostonBeat) Thank You, 12: “I want to make something very clear before I start: I am not of the “End of the Dynasty” camp.”
- Rob Bradford notes Boston mayor Marty Walsh offers suggestions on how to keep Tom Brady with the Patriots.
- Bob George (PatsFans) Despite Patriots loss, end of dynasty talk can wait for some other day. /That horse has been running for days.
- Ryan Hannable notes a recent ESPN appearance showed Rex Ryan ripping nearly everyone on Patriots offense besides Tom Brady.
- Tom E. Curran explains why he sees Josh McDaniels facing an unknown and uncertain future, either with the Patriots or the Browns.
- Ryan Hannable looks at how Joe Judge’s departure will impact the coaching staff.
- Matt Dolloff reports former Patriots QB Kevin O’Connell is expected to meet with teams for offensive coordinator openings.
- Nik DeCosta-Klipa posts the trailer for the Netflix documentary on Aaron Hernandez.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and Patricia Traina of Locked On Giants discuss Joe Judge to NYG. (21 min.)
- Patriots Talk podcast: Tom Curran and Phil Perry sift through the fallout from the Pats’ early playoff exit, including the next steps for Josh McDaniels, Tom Brady and more. (44.30 min.)
- All-22 podcast: Evan Lazar and Mike Petraglia share some leftover thoughts on the loss to the Titans, Tom Brady’s future, Joe Judge’s departure, and Josh McDaniels’s Browns interview. (1 hour)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) Where will Tom Brady play in 2020? Breaking down QB’s free-agent options to stay, retire or leave Patriots.
- Eric Eager (Pro Football Focus) How each Wild Card loser can compete for a Super Bowl in 2020.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Biggest 2020 offseason needs for all 32 NFL teams. Patriots: Acquire an impact tight end.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) The Starting 11: The Cowboys could have hired anyone, and they picked Mike McCarthy. Plus: takeaways from the wildest of wild-card weekends.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) Could this be the year of the underdog Super Bowl champion?
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The Giants hired the Pats’ receivers coach the year Pats receivers went to hell: But there are reasons to think Joe Judge—who also led one of the league’s best special teams units—could succeed in New York.
- Michael Shapiro (SI) Report: Bill Belichick called Giants with recommendation of Joe Judge.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Report: Joe Judge to pick own staff, Jason Garrett not interviewing for OC.
- Ryan Russillo (The Ringer) Why is it so hard to draft NFL quarterbacks?
- Ben Glicksman (The Ringer) Tua Tagovailoa enters the NFL as an expectation and an enigma.
- Gil Brandt (NFL.com) Tua Tagovailoa’s best NFL fits. Patriots included.
- Michael Shapiro (SI) Browns to interview Josh McDaniels, Jim Schwartz for head coach opening.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) Ranking the Browns’ 2020 head coaching candidates now that all other vacancies are filled. No. 2 Josh McDaniels.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Ravens’ Earl Thomas: Patriots ‘didn’t seem too interested’ in tackling RB Derrick Henry.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) After playing 17 games, Emmanuel Sanders says regular season should not expand.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL playoff bracket 2020: Schedule, times, dates, streaming info, TV for every round of NFC, AFC postseason.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) 2020 NFL Divisional Playoff odds, picks.
- NFL Live (ESPN) Dan Graziano and Wendy Nix discuss if Brady to Chargers could happen next season. (1 min. video)
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) How much do coaches make? The truth is elusive.
- Joe Lucia (Awful Announcing) The 2019 NFL announcer rankings.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) The Rooney Rule (still) isn’t working.