TEAM TALK
- Patriots-Bills Sunday Injury Report.
- Game Preview: Patriots vs. Bills. Series history, scouting the matchups, tale of the tape.
- Broadcast Info: Patriots vs. Bills.
- Mike Dussault’s Keys to the Game: 1. Stop the run.
- Mike Dussault’s Unfiltered Notebook 12/26: Every rep is an opportunity for young Patriots.
- Erik Scalavino explains how 2020’s artificial crowd noise became reality.
- Expert Predictions: Week 16 picks for Patriots vs. Bills.
- Patriots All Access: Bills preview; Steve Burton talks with special teams captain Matthew Slater and we bring you part two of a special behind the scenes feature on Ernie Adams; More. (40 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Evan Lazar’s Patriots Game Plan: Ten players to watch in Pats’ final two games of 2020 season.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots-Bills Week 16 key matchups: Who has the razor’s edge? Special Teams: Razor’s edge, New England.
- Thomas Murphy (DiehardBostonSportsFans) Monster keys to Pats Bills reboot. 1. Pressure cooker.
- Tom E. Curran presents his Patriots vs. Bills Preview: Keys to a New England victory in Week 16. Kicking game: Edge, Patriots.
- Andrew Callahan details How Cam Newton and the Patriots offense can topple the Bills on Monday Night Football.
- Karen Guregian points out how the Patriots can get a measure of revenge against Josh Allen and the Bills.
- Conor Roche says the best way for the Patriots’ draft pick to improve is by losing to the Bills on Monday night.
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Not too early to start looking at Patriots’ QB options for 2021 NFL season.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Sunday Patriots News: Questions abound about the future.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Four things Cam Newton starting means for New England.
- Doug Kyed notes CB Joejuan Williams could take on a bigger role this week.
- Zack Cox says the Patriots placed TE Jordan Thomas on the Reserve/COVID list and tells us what that means.
- Doug Kyed wonders if J.J. Taylor could be the next Dion Lewis or Danny Woodhead.
- Evan Lazar finds JC Jackson is proving to be a worthy heir to Stephon Gilmore. Jackson has the lowest passer rating allowed into his coverage since entering the NFL in 2018.
- Doug Kyed addresses his Patriots Mailbag: How Julian Edelman’s season helped hunt for receiver; More.
- Phil Perry empties his Patriots Mailbag: Should the Pats follow the Chiefs’ or Bills’ rebuild plan?
- Zack Cox Patriots Injury Report: 20 players Questionable for Bills game.
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots Practice Notes: Julian Edelman misses final Week 16 session.
- Karen Guregian assesses the free agent pool for the Patriots biggest areas of need.
- Ryan Queen (LastWordOnSports) 2021 Patriots: Veteran trade targets.
- Ryan Hannable explains how tonight’s game really won’t impact the Pats’ 2021 draft position.
- Dakota Randall notes Stephon Gilmore’s wife pushes back on the J.C. Jackson Pro Bowl ‘narrative’: Perhaps they both deserve to be Pro Bowlers?
- Tom E. Curran isn’t appreciative of Bill Belichick not answering his QB questions.
- Doug Kyed reports Troy Brown is working his way up the Patriots’ coaching staff quickly and could take over Ivan Fears’ role as running backs coach soon.
- Zack Cox discusses how Jedd Fisch’s departure affects Josh McDaniels and the Patriots coaching staff. ‘I’ll sleep when the season’s over.’
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) Best of social media: The New England Patriots celebrate Christmas.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike and Murph preview tonight’s Pats-Bills matchup in Foxboro. (44 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Patriots vs. Bills: Prediction, odds, key matchups.
- Mike Reiss and Marcel Louis-Jacques (ESPN) Buffalo Bills ready to rule AFC East with New England Patriots dethroned.
- John Wawrow (AP) Brian Daboll’s success with Bills puts him on head coaching radar.
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: NFC East comes down to the wire; Jets win again; Steelers stop the skid; Plus, the 49ers never quit, a wild GM/coach hiring cycle, big weeks from Alvin Kamara and Aaron Rodgers, a Jerry Hughes Q&A and more.
- Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA Week 16: Improbably, Cowboys, Bears eye playoffs after ’20 disasters.
- Gary Gramling (SI) Week 16 Takeaways: Old-fashioned Seahawks win the west, Big Ben looks young again, Cowboys live; Plus, another long day for Goff, Chiefs sleepwalk to a win, a Jets winning streak, Jalen Hurts has a rocky game, the Bears move to within a win of the playoffs, and more.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned from Week 16.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) 2020 NFL season, Week 16: What we learned from Sunday’s games.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 16 grades.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL Week 16 winners and losers.
- Nick Selbe (SI) NFL Week 17 schedule: Washington-Eagles game flexed to primetime.
- Nick Selbe (SI) Updated NFL playoff picture following Week 16.
- Tom Pelissero & Ian Rapoport (NFL.com) NFL plans to expand regular season to 17 games per team in 2021.
VIEW FROM BUFFALO
- Sal Capaccio (WGR550) Bills at Patriots: Sal’s keys, notes and stats.
- Chuck Pollock (Oleans Times-Herald) Bills look for season sweep of Pats.
- Chuck Pollock (Oleans Times-Herald) Isn’t it time for Bills to beat Patriots twice?
- John Kryk (Toronto Sun) MNF preview: Bills sailing toward season sweep? How will Patriots deal with sudden mutiny?
- Jay Skurski (Buffalo News) Scouting Report: Bills, Patriots on different planets when it comes to QB play.
- Adam Unger (WKBW) Bills RB T.J. Yeldon tests positive for COVID-19
- Julianne Pelusi (WGRZ) Week 16 preview: Bills at Patriots: Buffalo can become the first divisional opponent to sweep New England since 2000.
- Jason Wolf (Buffalo News) Why Doug Flutie, Thurman Thomas, Steve Christie don’t recall Bills sweeping Patriots in 1999.
- Matt Parrino (NYUpstate) Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots: Preview, odds, predictions for Week 16