New England Patriots links 9/21/21 - Hold the overreactions: Pats playing September football

TEAM TALK

• Mike Dussault breaks down the Pats’ good and bad on third down vs. the Jets.
• Press Conference transcript: Bill Belichick.
• Press Conference: Bill Belichick.
• WEEI Patriots Monday: Bill Belichick - Mac Jones.
• Patriots locker room celebration. (1.51 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Evan Lazar’s Advanced Stats Report: Patriots’ Mac Jones ranks 31st in air yards through two games, averaging 5.1 air yards per pass attempt. /Oof.
• Andrew Callahan’s Patriots film review: Where is Mac Jones’ vaunted two-tight end offense?
• Ian Glendon (FullPressCoverage) By The Numbers: Patriots pick up first win of the season.
• Matt Dolloff’s Patriots Personnel Report: What worked (and didn’t work) against the Jets?
• Mike D’Abate (PatriotMaven) Patriots 2021 Week Two snap counts: Interpretations and implications.
• Andy Hart gives us the Patriots snap counts: Josh Uche’s role growing?
• Tom E. Curran emphasizes how the Pats have plenty to work on despite rout of Jets.
• John Rooke (FullPressCoverage) Nitpicks & Nitwits: Patriots earn first win of Mac Jones era.
• Dakota Randall shares two fair reactions and two overreactions from Sunday’s win against the Jets.
• Bob George (PatsFans) Patriots still flawed but dominate Jets anyway.
• Khari Thompson gives us three takeaways from the Patriots slog to win over the outmatched Jets: The Patriots offense needs a lot of work, especially in the passing game, but the defense had its back.
• Andy Hart says it’s not so much the first win of the season as it is that Belichick’s team didn’t lose it.
• Alex Reimer notes Zach Wilson was so bad, he actually got Trent Green to rip into him. /Okay, this was funny.
• Michael Hurley notes the Saints now look much more beatable for the Patriots in Week 3.
• Karen Guregian reports Mac Jones says he doesn’t feel restricted by play-calling.
• Alex Reimer points out that once again, Mac Jones was PFF’s top-rated rookie QB for Week 2.
• Karen Guregian notes Bill Belichick was not overly concerned about play at right tackle, which might mean a return from Trent Brown.
• Mike D’Abate (PatriotMaven) Notebook: Folk, Bower back to practice squad; Patriots a big hit in Boston and More.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Week 2 report card In 25-6 win over the Jets.
• Phil Perry issues his Week 2 Patriots Report Card: Only two units get high marks. Running back: A-, Secondary: A.
• Scott McLaughlin highlights WEEI guest Boomer Esiason who thinks Mac Jones would be first QB taken in a 2021 redraft.
• Rob Bradford notes Bill Belichick reveals he has a great Julian Edelman impersonation.
• Nik DeCosta-Klipa reports Devin McCourty presses Charlie Baker to commute life sentence of Brockton man.
• Tom Westerholm highlights Tom Brady on why Rob Gronkowski is a top-100 player in NFL history: ‘A real privilege to play with him.’
• Christopher Price mentions Peyton and Eli Manning taking jabs at the Patriots on their ‘Monday Night’ broadcast, suggesting New England bugged Peyton’s locker. /Insert eye-roll emoji here.
• One Patriots Place podcast: Steve, Murph and Clare are joined by the Pulpit’s Ryan Spagnoli discuss the ins and outs of the Patriots win on Sunday. (55 min.)
• Locked on Patriots podcast: Mike and Murph break down the Pats victory. (47 min.)
• Week 2 vs. Jets Reactions podcast: Matt Dolloff and Alex Barth react to the Pats’ Week 2 win over the Jets, Mac Jones’ performance, the O-line, defense and more. (28 min.)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: Sam Darnold Has Much More Support Around Him on the Panthers; Plus, will teams copy the Ravens’ plans against the Chiefs, where does Justin Fields need to grow and Carson Wentz has to take care of himself.
• Corey Seeley (The Draft Scout) Tuesday Morning Football: Week 2 takeaways, notes & questions answered. “Mac Jones has played well enough to give his team a chance to win.” More.
• Nate Davis (USA Today) NFL Week 2 observations: QBs beat up, early MVP candidates emerge and what’s up with Ezekiel Elliott.
• Anthony Treash (PFF) NFL Week 2 Team of the Week & Awards. No Patriots.
• Adam Schein (NFL.com) NFL statement-makers in Week 2. 6) New England Patriots’ D looks like its old self.
• Mario Pilato (PFF) Week 2 NFL injury recap & analysis: Tua Tagovailoa injures ribs; More.
• Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Will the NFL taunting penalty surge continue? What to know about the point of emphasis’ uptick in flags.
• Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Patriots coach Bill Belichick backs NFL’s emphasis on taunting penalties: ‘I think that’s poor sportsmanship.’
• Nora Princiotti (The Ringer) The relentless pursuit of the elite quarterback upgrade.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady racks up 35th career game with four or more TD passes.
• Henry Bushnell (Yahoo! Sports) How Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and other prolific NFL QBs are changing 4th-down math.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) If Texans plan to use Deshaun Watson, NFL will have a decision to make.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) NFLPA: Chiefs coach Greg Lewis was fined for shoving Browns safety Ronnie Harrison.