TEAM TALK
- Mike Dussault tackles this week’s Patriots Unfiltered Q&A: Plotting a course for the offseason.
- Patriots Playbook: Season in review, Looking ahead and Identifying the QB of the future; More. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Andrew Callahan and Karen Guregian lay out the Patriots’ five steps to rebuilding: No. 5 — Find out about the opt-outs; No. 4 — The in-house free agents who need to be re-signed.
- Karen Guregian NFL Notebook: The building blocks that will help shape Patriots restoration despite draft struggles, there are solid youngsters on roster.
- Jack Long (MusketFire) 3 WRs New England can draft in 2021 first round.
- Darren Hartwell notes Bears WR and pending free agent Allen Robinson hinted he may seek greener pastures in 2021.
- Ryan Hannable offers a blueprint for how the Patriots can find their next QB.
- Doug Kyed wonders if the Patriots could discover their future QB like the Saints found Drew Brees.
- Doug Kyed notes that the firing of head coach Doug Pederson may mean the Eagles could look to keep Carson Wetnz rather than trade him.
- Chris Mason explains why New England doesn’t make sense as a landing spot for Deshaun Watson.
- Eric Rueb is a fan of the Patriots trading for Texans QB DeShaun Watson ... for Bill Belichick.
- Adam London NFL Rumors: What potential Patriots target Hunter Henry could demand in free agency.
- Zack Cox notes the Patriots allowed the contracts of four practice squad players to expire as the offseason begins.
- Doug Kyed explains how the Bill Belichick-Nick Saban link has manifested itself with the Patriots.
- Zack Cox looks at the stats to see how Tom Brady’s 2020 season stacks up vs. his best Patriots years.
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) Former Patriots LB Andre Tippett to be enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame.
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) S**t Pats Fans Say: No playoffs edition. (2.50 min. video)
- Russell Baxter (FullPressCoverage) Dispelling the myth of beating a team three times in a season.
- Mike Reiss reports Bill Belichick won’t ‘move forward’ with Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike and Murph discuss the Pats’ need to maintain their two areas of strength: special teams & O-line; Thoughts on Wild Card weekend, and if the Pats’ might have won in the playoffs. (47 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: How staff turnover led to the Eagles firing Doug Pederson; Plus, changes to the Senior Bowl, how the Browns shuffled their gameday coaching staff, a connection Tua Tagovailoa has to a leading Texans’ candidate, praise for Wink Martindale and more.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) NFL playoffs: Dates, times, previews, early odds for every Divisional Round game.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) NFL Divisional Round: Five things to watch in each game.
- Mike Jones (USA Today) NFL playoffs divisional round shaping up as rivalry week, featuring Brady vs. Brees.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady vs. Drew Brees is oldest QB matchup ever.
- NFL Research (NFL.com) NFL stats and records: Super Wild Card Weekend.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned from ‘Super Wild Card Weekend.’
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL wild-card Sunday winners and losers: Time for Steelers to move on from Ben Roethlisberger?
- Nick Shook (NFL.com) Eagles fire head coach Doug Pederson after five season.
- Conor Orr (SI) Doug Pederson out: Eagles should not be attractive to top coaching candidates.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Ranking NFL’s seven open head coaching jobs in 2021, including Philadelphia Eagles, from worst to first.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Report: Alabama is expected to hire Bill O’Brien as offensive coordinator.