New England Patriots links 1/12/22 - Patriots-Bills: Aggressiveness is key; Who wants it more?

TEAM TALK

• Wild Card Game Preview: Patriots at Bills. Series history, Scouting the matchups, Tale of the tape.
• How to watch/listen: Patriots at Bills.
• Patriots - Bills Tuesday Injury Report. Estimation: The Patriots did not practice on Tuesday.
• Mike Dussault says the Patriots defense had their hands full with Josh Allen last month, figuring out how to slow him down will key Sunday’s playoff match.
• Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Patriots Mailbag: Headed to the playoffs, stopping Josh Allen, looking ahead; More.
• Tamara Brown talks about Myles Bryant’s relationship with Devin McCourty, from Madden to mentor.
• Paul Perillo’s NFL Notes: Ready for a wild weekend. Despite the stumbles, New England has shown enough promise throughout the year to prove it can play with anyone when the team avoids mistakes.
• Press Conferences: Jerod Mayo - Josh McDaniels - Steve Belichick - Cameron Achord.
• Coffee with the Coach: How do you prepare to face a team for the third time in one year? (1 min. video)
• Next Gen Stats: Mac Jones’ 5 most improbable completions 2021 regular season. (1.45 min. video)
• Sights and Sounds: Week 18 vs Miami Dolphins. (4.03 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Unpacking the loss to the Dolphins, Evaluating the regular season performance, Previewing the Bills. (2 hours)

LOCAL LINKS

• Evan Lazar asserts the Patriots need an aggressive Mac Jones to show up in Buffalo.
• Andrew Callahan spotlights some Pats-Bills Wild Card battlegrounds: 1. Can J.C. Jackson shut down Stefon Diggs?
• Andrew Callahan explores whether the Patriots can finally crack the Bills pass defense in the Wild Card round.
• Steve Hewitt explains why the importance of the Patriots rushing attack will be ‘up a notch’ Saturday night.
• Khari Thompson explains how Mac Jones can flip the script, help the Patriots knock off the Bills.
• Zack Cox says Jalen Mills’ on the COVID list is a big problem for the Pats’ defense.
• Darren Hartwell considers if Josh Allen’s stats in cold weather should give Patriots fans hope.
• Karen Guregian breaks down the AFC Wild Card weekend.
• Tom E. Curran traces when and how things unraveled for the Patriots back to the Week 14 bye week.
• Zack Cox mentions how the Patriots and Bills have reversed roles since the first Buffalo visit.
• Arnav Sharma (PatriotMaven) Why are the Patriots so inconsistent?
• Nick O’Malley relays longtime coach Ivan Fears explaining how some players can be ‘caught by surprise’ by the intensity of playoff football.
• Karen Guregian talks with Ivan Fears, who was non-committal on returning next season. Fears is in his 25th season with the team, and 31st in the NFL.
• Mike D’Abate (PatriotMaven) Turning the corner: Mills to COVID-19/Reserve, LeBlanc to practice squad — What it means for the Patriots.
• Zack Cox reports the Patriots bring back WR Malcolm Perry on futures contract before NFL playoffs.
• Eric Wilbur gives us his takeaways from the 2021 Patriots: Regardless of what happens in the playoffs, the 2021 Patriots season was a success if only because it suggested a stability of the franchise.
• Andy Hart gives us a look at the Patriots’ final regular season stats.
• Dakota Randall tells us who the Patriots would face in the Divisional Round if they beat the Bills.
• Nick Goss tells us who Jerod Mayo reportedly will compete against for Denver head coaching job.
• Michael Hurley highlights Tom Brady’s latest episode of Man in the Arena, where he sends a total love letter to the Patriots, Belichick and Kraft. Any Patriots fans who have had a hard time adjusting to the new normal will certainly want to catch the final few minutes of this one.
• Hayden Bird tells us 9 things we learned from Episode 9 of the Tom Brady documentary, ‘Man in the Arena’

NATIONAL NEWS

• Seth Galina (PFF) Strengths and weaknesses for every 2021-22 NFL playoff team. /If you can’t read this I can post the Patriots part below.
• Andrew Felton (SportstimeHQ) NFL predictions: AFC Wild Card playoffs. Patriots vs. Bills: This could be a close entertaining game. More.
• Mike Tanier (NY Times) The reason every NFL playoff team will lose.
• Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) NFL insider notes: Why coach hirings could shift back to defense, Giants come to senses and more on carousel.
• Tim Hasselbeck (ESPN) Bills or Patriots: Which team is better equipped for the cold? (1.54 min. video)
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Patriots put Jalen Mills on COVID reserve, activate Myles Bryant.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jerod Mayo: Head coaching job the goal, but focus on job at hand.
• Sam Monson (PFF) Grades for all 32 first-round picks after the 2021 NFL regular season.
• Mike Tannenbaum (ESPN) NFL quarterback rankings 2021: How all 32 teams’ QBs stack up and big takeaways.
• Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Super Bowl LVI: Ranking the five matchups I’d most like to see at SoFi Stadium in February. No. 2 Patriots-Buccaneers.
• Myles Simmons (ProFootballTalk) PFT’s 2021 executive of the year: Bill Belichick.
• NFL Nation (ESPN) 2021 NFL season in review: What went wrong, what’s next for non-playoff teams
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) Ranking NFL head coach openings: Which jobs are most enticing?
• Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Ranking NFL head coaching openings from best to worst.
• Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) Giants fire coach Joe Judge after only 2 seasons at the helm.
• Ryan Dunleavy (NY Post) Five ways it went wrong for Joe Judge.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady continues to re-write the NFL postseason record book in 2022.