New England Patriots links 10/13/20 - Upside to shuffled schedule: Newton, Gilmore ready to play

TEAM TALK

• Erik Scalavino tackles this week’s Patriots Unfiltered Q&A: Tossing around QB questions.
• Patriots This Week: Broncos Preview. Bob Socci, Scott Zolak and Paul Perillo discuss NE-DEN and the Patriots COVID-19 challenges. (20 min. video)
• WEEI Patriots Monday: Bill Belichick. (22 min.)
• Pats from the Past: Richard Seymour. (55 min.)

LOCAL LINKS

• Karen Guregian will be expecting the Superman version of Cam Newton when he returns.
• Adam London reminds us Cam Newton’s contract has significant playing time % incentives, so he’ll benefit from the Pats-Broncos rescheduling.
• Mike Reiss says time is on the Patriots’ side for Cam Newton’s return to action.
• Andrew Callahan notes Stephon Gilmore declares he’s ‘ready to be back in action’.
• Isaiah Houde (PatriotsWire) Will Cam Newton, Stephon Gilmore be present at Wednesday’s practice?
• Andrew Doherty (PatsBuzz) Grading each Patriots’ position group through four games. /Tight ends in detention.
• David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Michael Onwenu, Chase Winovich lead Patriots youth movement.
• Zack Cox power ranks the Patriots rookies after four games.
• Michael Hurley brings up Jimmy Garoppolo’s benching by the 49ers, making all those Patriots prophecies look all the more preposterous.
• Jerry Trotta (MusketFire) 3 trades New England can make before deadline to further playoff push
• NBC Sports Boston discusses hypothetical A.J. Green to NE trade after the WR appears to want out of Cincy.
• Jesse Pantuosco wonders if the Patriots could potentially trade for Bengals WR A.J. Green.
• Rob Bradford puts on his hindsight glasses to say the Patriots might have really whiffed on kicker Rodrigo Blankenship.
• Thomas Carannante (MusketFire) Could Dak Prescott injury change New England’s mind about Cam Newton?
• Nick Stevens shares his love/hate affair with this season.
• Alex Barth tells us the Patriots returned negative COVID tests for second straight day. /Woot!
• Adam Weinrib (MusketFire) There’s no way Nick Caserio leaves for Texans this time.
• Tom E. Curran likes Broncos coach Vic Fangio for commenting that the postponement ‘identifies the whiners.’
• Conor Roche relays Bill Belichick explaining why Cam Newton can play if he’s still testing positive for COVID-19; Belichick will still “rely” on team and league medical staff on when to activate players from the COVID-IR list.
• Trevor Hass tells us four key storylines to know about the Patriots’ COVID-19 situation.
• Doug Kyed explains how Bill Belichick is taking his players’ safety seriously, and taking every necessary precaution to protect them.
• Michael Hurley talks about a report that the NFL is likely to add Week 18, and possibly Week 19 to the schedule due to COVID-19.
• Matt Vautour passes along a report that the NFL is exploring postseason bubbles.
• Patriots Talk Podcast: Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry discuss the Pats taking their health and wellness into their own hands. (47 min.)
• Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate

NATIONAL NEWS

• Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: Trevor Lawrence looms over the 2020 season; How Travis Fulgham was found; More Jets dysfunction, the Andy Dalton signing looks smart, praise for the Ravens’ defense; More.
• Andrew Brandt (SI) Business of Football: Dak Prescott’s injury won’t significantly hurt his career earnings; Plus, the NFL playing through the pandemic and why Bill O’Brien was destined to fail.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 5 grades. Raiders get ‘A+’ for Chiefs upset.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Debrief: Six season-altering developments in Week 5.
• Kevin Boilard (CBS Sports) Week 5 numbers to know: Jaguars take losing to next level, Chase Claypool enters OROY conversation, more
• Dan Graziano (ESPN) Judging Week 5 NFL overreactions: Are the Raiders for real? Is Cleveland’s Kevin Stefanski the Coach of the Year?
• Adam Schein (NFL.com) Biggest Sunday statements in Week 5? Raiders, Steelers, Browns are for real.
• Chris Cwik (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots and Chiefs can practice Wednesday after no new positive coronavirus tests.
• Mike Giardi (NFL.com) Bill Belichick on Cam Newton’s availability: We’ll see how that goes.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Here are the winners and losers of the league’s schedule reshuffling. Losers: Patriots.
• Nick Shook (SI) Falcons owner Blank explains firings of Dan Quinn, Thomas Dimitroff: ‘It’s called lack of winning.’ “Atlanta is now in its fourth season following its memorable, red-hot run to Super Bowl LI that saw the Falcons take a 28-3 lead in the third quarter before melting down in historic fashion, losing in overtime to the New England Patriots. The franchise simply hasn’t recovered from that loss, Blank said.”
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL adds game-day PCR testing for all players and key employees.
• Mark Schultz (Football Zebras) Officials can now flag coaches for not wearing a mask.
• Ben Austro (Football Zebras) NFL will not issue covid-19 forfeits, at least not directly.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Will Titans eventually get a pass from the league?
• Report (AP) Analysis: NFL’s juggling act probably has just begun