TEAM TALK
Evan Lazar
’s Patriots Gameplan: How the Patriots can get right vs. the Lions on Sunday. “…We’re going to learn a lot about the Patriots mettle on Sunday.” Offense Key: How will the Lions man-coverage defense game plan for Drake Maye? More.Patriots-Lions Week 10 Injury Report.
Roster Move: Patriots sign TE Tanner Arkin to the practice squad.
Transcript: Mike Vrabel (Plus 12 min. video)
Press Conferences: Kevin Byard III, Hunter Henry, Robert Spillane, Mack Hollins.
Game Preview: Mike Dussault and Evan
Lazar break down the Pats-Lions Week 10 matchup in Munich, Germany. (10 min. video)
Patriots Catch-22: Trade deadline takeaways, Lions preview. (1 hour)
Patriots Unfiltered: Lions preview, Keys to the game, Week 10 NFL picks. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
Thomas Murphy gives us the Monster Keys to victory over the Lions. “Okay , facts are facts and the fact is, this line is so banged up it looks like it showed up to a demolition derby in a 1973 pinto…”
Kevin Stephan shares Robert Spillane’s Munich blueprint: How the Patriots can disrupt Jared Goff and the Lions.
Doug Kyed looks at what the Patriots have gotten out of their 2026 rookie class at midway point in season.
Karen Guregian relays Christian Gonzalez addressing the elephant in the room: Soft zone or lock-down man?
Kevin Stephan talks about whether the defensive scheme is limiting Christian Gonzalez’ impact.
Alex Barth reports three players have already been ruled out: TreVeyon Henderson (illness), OL Ben Brown (knee), and CB Carlton Davis (knee).
Kevin Stephan notes Drake Maye takes accountability for the Patriots’ biggest flaw: Turnovers.
Mark Morse cleans out the Patriots Notebook: Offensive line grades, player critiques, trade deadline insights.
Chris Mason’s Patriots Takeaways: Encouraging A.J. Brown injury update, Kevin Byard makes strong point, 3 players ruled out for Germany and more.
Phil Perry’s Patriots Mailbag: Does Maye trust his WRs? A quiet trade deadline and more.
Mark Daniels’ Patriots Week 10 Mailbag: What went wrong and can Mike Vrabel fix it?
NATIONAL NEWS
Eva Geitheim (SI) The biggest question for every game in Week 10. Patriots: Can Corey Kiner handle the load in the ground game?
MMQB Staff (SI) NFL Week 10 picks. 7 of 8 pick Lions to win.
Jordan Dajani and Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) NFL Week 10 picks. Both pick Lions: “It’s going to take me some time to get over watching the Patriots have 45 points dropped on their face by the Packers…” “The Patriots’ rapidly thinning skill-position corps gives me some doubt that they can compete with the Lions offensively...”
Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Winning ugly might be good enough this season.
Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL midseason grades: 2 teams go from Super Bowl hopes to Fs. Patriots: C-. /Click for commentary.
NFL Nation, Eric Moody (ESPN) NFL midseason report: Questions, stats for all 32 teams entering second half. Patriots: Second-half storyline: Can they be more disruptive on defense, and clean it up on offense? More.
Matt Verderame (SI) What history says about playoff positioning at the midway point of the season.
Bill Barnwell (ESPN) NFL midseason award rankings: MVP picks, top rookies, OPOY, DPOY, coaches.
Mike Kadlick, Eva Geitheim (SI) NFL Midseason Awards: Debating our picks for MVP, Coach of the Year and every major honor.
