New England Patriots links 10/06/20 - Pats get taste of life in the NFL without a QB

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes: Patriots at Chiefs. James White moves into ninth place on Patriots all-time receptions list; More.
• Gamebook: Full Patriots-Chiefs stats.
• Erik Scalavino’s Game Recap: Patriots give Chiefs all they can handle.
• Mike Dussault’s Game Observations: Chiefs pull away late from feisty Patriots.
• Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Chiefs.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Brian Hoyer - Jarrett Stidham - Stephon Gilmore - James White.
• Highlights: Best plays from Patriots RBs vs. Chief. (1.12 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Doug Kyed points to a comedy of errors that caused the Patriots to lose a very winnable game.
• Evan Lazar tells us ten things we learned from the 26-10 loss: Self inflicted wounds. /Good read. Touches on the bad CBS broadcast too.
• Ryan Hannable offers 10 quick thoughts as the Patriots beat themselves in Kansas City
• Tom E. Curran knows the upset was there for the Patriots’ taking. /[Sobs!]
• Ty Anderson puts mental mistakes and turnovers at the top of what cost the Patriots most.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Missed opportunities, sloppy mistakes bury Patriots in 26-10 loss to the Chiefs.
• DJ Bean calls the mistake-filled loss to KC anything but a moral victory.
• Andy Hart makes the case the Patriots really should have beaten the Chiefs and wasted an unexpected opportunity. No moral victory there.
• Ian Logue (PatsFans) Five thoughts on the Patriots loss to the Chiefs: Hoyer made the wrong statement.
• Bob George (PatsFans) Rough night for undermanned Patriots in Kansas City.
• Justin Leger recaps Patriots-Chiefs: Pats make too many miscues in 26-10 loss.
• Zack Cox takes a look at what we learned about the Patriots’ young contributors last night.
• Doug Kyed reviews the long-awaited play of Damien Harris, showing he was worth the wait.
• Doug Kyed finds Jarrett Stidham actually performed better than his numbers suggested in his debut.
• Doug Kyed sees the Patriots with a QB competition until they know Cam Newton can return in Week 5. /Um... no they don’t. Hoyer’s drunk, can’t let him drive this car.
• Ryan Hannable points out how Cam Newton’s value to the Patriots has never been higher.
• Alex Barth wonders if Monday night was a peek into the Patriots’ future.
• Zack Cox relays Brian Hoyer explains and laments his costly errors in the loss. /He’s dead to me.
• Sean T. McGuire notes the Patriots aren’t making excuses after unique day ends in a loss. Matthew Slater: “anytime you get a chance to take the field, and they give you a uniform and a helmet, you go out there and try to make the best of it. That’s what we tried to do today.”
• Michael Hurley reminds us that last year, officiating gaffes cost the Patriots a touchdown against the Chiefs. Twice. On the same drive. This year awful officiating cost them another key play. Brian Hoyer then made it worse.
• Doug Kyed explains why Bill Belichick didn’t challenge that blown call, and relays referee Tony Corrente’s bogus explanation.
• Jordan Cohn captures some of the Twitter reactions to the blown call.
• CBS Boston spotlights Gunner Olszewski making an incredible ricochet catch off Julian Edelman’s drop.
• Michael Hurley picks his four ups, four downs from the loss. Two thumbs down for Tony Corrente. “A live-speed replay showed that the whistle blew long after Mahomes lost the ball, and reason dictates that had Mahomes thrown a pass instead of committed a turnover, no such ruling would have been made.”
• Matt Dolloff picks his Ups and Downs from Monday night. Down: TE Ryan Izzo for 0 catches on 3 targets. /Salami hands.
• Michael Hurley writes how James White is still dealing with a lot of emotions in his return to the football field.
• Michael Hurley passes along a report that all Patriots continue to test negative for COVID-19.
• Michael Hurley says another branch of Bill Belichick’s coaching tree bites the dust, with Bill O’Brien’s firing.

NATIONAL NEWS

• NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots at Chiefs. Stats, drives, lowlights.
• PFF Analysis Team (Pro Football Focus) NFL Week 4 ReFocused: Kansas City Chiefs 26, New England Patriots 10. “To say that New England badly missed QB Cam Newton would be an understatement.”
• Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Even Bill Belichick can’t manage the COVID chaos of this 2020 NFL season.
• Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Chiefs, Packers wins on Monday.
• Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Patriots at Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes rallies after early struggles, Hoyer benched for Jarrett Stidham; Pats got brief spark from Stidham before Chiefs defense took over.
• Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Patrick Mahomes had a bad game. He still hasn’t had a bad stat line. “Mahomes should’ve had three interceptions and zero touchdowns. If he had, his final stat line would have been 17-of-27 for 224 yards, no touchdowns, and three picks. That’s … quite bad!”
• Jason Owens (Yahoo! Sports) Chiefs survive off night as miscues prove costly for Patriots.
• Report (AP) Chiefs break away from rudderless Patriots for record fourth-consecutive 4-0 start. /You mean, QB-less?
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Blown call costs Patriots’ defense a turnover.
• Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) Bill Belichick erupts at referees after controversial call.
• Adam Teicher (ESPN) Patrick Mahomes was ‘controlled quite a bit,’ referee says, on controversial first-half play that aided Kansas City Chiefs.
• Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) Now it feels like there is a list of contenders for Chiefs’ AFC crown. “There wasn’t much to learn about the Kansas City Chiefs in their latest win. They beat a hobbled New England Patriots team playing without star quarterback Cam Newton.”
• Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: Insight Into Bill O’Brien’s firing and quarter-season awards around the NFL. Plus, what’s wrong with the Cowboys’ defense; fallout from the league’s COVID-19 protocol conference call and more.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile: Inside Texans’ decision to fire Bill O’Brien and what comes next for Houston.
• Kevin Clark (The Ringer) The Texans got played by Bill O’Brien’s power play.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 4 grades. Patriots C, Chiefs B. Patriots had the deck stacked against them in this game, but they still almost played well enough to pull off the upset.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Debrief: Biggest trends, best performances through Week 4.
• Cody Williams (NFLSpinZone) NFL Quarterly Awards 2020: MVP, Rookies of the Year after four weeks.
• Jarrett Bell (USA Today) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Forfeits possible for COVID-19 protocol violations.