New England Patriots links 11/16/20 - Run game grinds through Ravens 23-17 in monsoon

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes: Patriots-Bills. Records set, milestones reached, trends continued. Patriots extend streak to six straight home regular-season wins over Baltimore
• Game Book: Full Pats-Bills stats.
• Erik Scalavino’s Game Recap: Patriots earn important win in ‘carwash rain’ type conditions.
• Mike Dussault’s Game Observations: It wasn’t anything new or fancy, just hard-nosed football in a monsoon, led by the running game and a quarterback who, for a second week in a row, didn’t make any game-changing mistakes and did all the right things.
• Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Ravens.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Cam Newton - Rex Burkhead - Damien Harris - Jakobi Meyers.
• Press Pass: ‘This team has a ton of character’ (3 min. video)
• What Went Right: Running game shines in win. (1.50 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss recaps the Patriots best win of the year with Damien Harris’ critical performance complementing a defense that gave Lamar Jackson fits.
• Michael Hurley’s Anatomy of the Upset: How the Patriots beat the Ravens.
• Mark Daniels reports the Patriots get back on track by knocking off Lamar Jackson and the Ravens in a downpour.
• Evan Lazar tells us ten things we learned from last night’s win. 1. Patriots early-down defense finds a formula.
• Bob George (PatsFans) Patriots ground game rains on Ravens parade.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Monday Observations from Patriots Win: Harris, defense step up.
• Matt Dolloff has the snap counts: Jakobi Meyers excels as top weapon, playing all 56 offensive snaps vs Ravens.
• Doug Kyed calls out the players who helped the most in the 23-17 Week 10 upset win over Baltimore.
• Nick Goss says Cam Newton made history with his third-quarter TD run, becoming the first QB in the Super Bowl era with 9 rushing TDs in his first 8 games of a season.
• Zack Cox highlights Cam Newton in awe of ‘football whisperer’ Bill Belichick after the game.
• Evan Lazar lays out why Damien Harris should be the the Patriots’ lead-back moving forward.
• Mike Reiss details Jakobi Meyers going with a little razzle dazzle and passing for a touchdown.
• Lauren Campbell notes Devin McCourty surpasses 10K snaps Sunday night.
• Alexandria Francisco notes J.C. Jackson set a Patriots record with his sixth interception of the season vs. Ravens. He’s had a pick in five straight games.
• Phil Perry issues his Week 10 Patriots Report Card: High marks all around.
• Matt Dolloff picks the Patriots Ups & Downs from a massive win.
• Matthew Geagan gives us his Ups & Downs from Sunday’s stunning win.
• Alex Barth sees the Patriots future looking bright, with no tank needed.
• Zack Cox Patriots Notes: Players react to ‘tsunami’ weather in win over Ravens; Plus: Updates on a few New England newcomers.
• Sean T. McGuire notes John Harbaugh said they expected a trick-play TD attempt but couldn’t make the stop.
• Matt Dolloff notes Baltimore’s poor handling of the wet ball doomed them in the end, and it drew some serious salt out of John Harbaugh.
• Adam London notes everyone made the same joke as the Patriots sealed an upset win over the Ravens with Mother Nature’s help.
• CBS Boston offers an updated look of whether the Patriots can make the playoffs.

NATIONAL NEWS

• NFL GameCenter (NFL.com) Patriots vs. Ravens: Drives, tale of the tape, highlights.
• Austin Gayle (Pro Football Focus) NFL Week 10 PFF ReFocused: New England 23, Baltimore 17.
• Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) Patriots vs. Ravens: New England upsets Baltimore in the rain for second straight win.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Sunday Night Football: Patriots rush for 173 yards in 23-17 win over Ravens.
• Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Damien Harris solidifies himself as team’s top back even as Sony Michel nears return
• Highlight (NFL.com) Can’t-Miss Play: Trick-play perfection! WR Meyers tosses TD pass. (40 sec. video)
• Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: Why the Cardinals believed Kyler Murray’s Hail Mary to DeAndre Hopkins was possible; Plus, the Patriots find an answer on the ground, the Dolphins keep rolling, the Saints survive a half without Drew Brees, the Buccaneers bounce back in a big way and much more.
• Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA Week 10: Inside The Hail Murray and how the Cardinals got it done. Coach of the week: Josh McDaniels.
• Gary Gramling (SI) Week 10 Takeaways: Kyler-to-Hop saves Cards, Rams wreck Russell Wilson, Giants back In It; Plus, Brees goes down, a dominant Dolphins defense, the Rams lose a star, Alex Smith does a different kind of comeback, Stafford and Prater bail out Matt Patricia, Browns and Packers survive the elements, two more entries for ‘worst call of the year,’ and much more.
• Around the NFL (NFL.com) NFL Week 10: What we learned from Sunday’s games.
• Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned from Week 10.
• NFL Nation (ESPN) NFL Week 10 takeaways, stat leaders. “Damien Harris (career-high 121 yards) ran hard Sunday night, was decisive in hitting the hole, and best complements the strength of the offense — a physical line of left tackle Isaiah Wynn, left guard Joe Thuney, center David Andrews, right guard Shaq Mason and right tackle Mike Onwenu.”
• John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 10 grades. Patriots: A, Ravens: C-.
• Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Ravens lose to Patriots. “Baltimore looked bad on Sunday night against a New England Patriots team that is having its worst season since 2000. Jackson, the MVP last season, is nowhere near that award this season. The Ravens hung around because the Patriots aren’t equipped to blow a good team out, but they still lost 23-17.”
• Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Ravens caught in unrelenting storm of a season as problems pile up.
• Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The Winners and Losers of NFL Week 10: Bill Belichick is the rain god.
• Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Winners and Losers. /Pats not mentioned, but we know they are WINNERS.
• Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL Week 10 winners, losers. Loser: Greg Roman. /Pats defense = winners.
• Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The NFL is changing faster than win probability models can understand.

VIEW FROM BALTIMORE

• Jamison Hensley (ESPN) Banged-up and limping, Ravens now fighting for their playoff lives.
• Clifton Brown (BaltimoreRavens) Injuries and Patriots too much for Ravens’ run defense.
• Mike Preston (Baltimore Sun) The Ravens have serious problems to fix and time isn’t on their side.
• Ryan Mink (BaltimoreRavens) Ravens explain bad snaps, O-line shuffle, failed wildcat, Patriots’ trick play.
• Jonas Shaffer (Baltimore Sun) In prime-time flop, Ravens pay a heavy price in 23-17 loss to Patriots.
• Childs Walker (Baltimore Sun) Five things we learned from the Ravens dispiriting 23-17 loss to the Patriots.
• Joe Schiller (BaltimoreRavens) Ravens ‘fighting for their postseason lives’ after loss.
• Daniel Oyefusi (Baltimore Sun) Where do the Ravens stand in the AFC playoff race after loss to Patriots?
• Clifton Brown (BaltimoreRavens) Nick Boyle suffers season-ending knee injury.