TEAM
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- Post Game Notes, Patriots at Ravens: Patriots clinch first playoff berth since 2021; Drake Maye has first career 300-yard game; WR Stefon Diggs has fourth 100-yard game of the 2025 season; More.
- Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: 8 takeaways from the Patriots victory over the Ravens. ‘On Sunday night, second-year QB Drake Maye delivered the type of fourth quarter we were all waiting for in his first-career 300-yard passing performance.’ More!
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Ravens.
- Post Game Pressers: Mike Vrabel – Drake Maye – Stephon Diggs, Hunter Henry, Christian Gonzalez, Jaylin Hawkins, Kyle Williams, K’Lavon Chaisson, Rhamondre Stevenson.
- Post Game Celebration: Inside the locker room after the win over the Ravens. (1 min. video)
- Patriots Postgame Show: Full breakdown of the Week 16 win over Ravens. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss recaps the Week 16 win in Baltimore as Drake Maye leads a 4th-quarter comeback and the Pats clinch a playoff spot. ‘The Patriots improved to 12-3 and are 7-0 on the road, with Maye becoming the first starting quarterback since 1950 to lead his team to seven straight road wins in his first or second season.’
- Alex Barth gives us 7 takeaways as the Pats erase a two-score deficit to beat the Ravens. 1. The 4th-quarter comeback.
- Mark Daniels shares 13 takeaways from the playoff-clinching comeback win. 1. Pats defense started slow.
- Andrew Callahan writes how Drake Maye took a leap in Baltimore and took the Patriots with him.
- Doug Kyed looks through the best and worst to see what we learned from the Pats’ 28-24 comeback win.
- Karen Guregian explains how a bruised, battered and brilliant Drake Maye removed the ‘elephant in the room’ with a signature win last night.
- Doug Kyed reports the Patriots emphasized ‘punch outs’ against ‘speed skaters’ on Ravens before game-clinching play.
- Matt Vautour says the poise shown by Drake Maye and the Patriots in Sunday night’s comeback win quiets a lot of concerns.
- Mark Daniels spotlights how Stefon Diggs continues to prove doubters wrong.
- Justin Leger sees resiliency as the big takeaway from New England’s triumph in Baltimore.
- Doug Kyed notes Mike Vrabel received unsatisfying explanation from officials after the non-call on a blatant DPI.
- Matt Vautour finds that with a playoff berth clinched, the Patriots set their sights on dethroning the Bills.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Ravens vs. Patriots recap: New England punches ticket to playoffs with late rally in Baltimore.
- Grant Gordon (NFL.com) Mike Vrabel, Drake Maye lead Patriots back to playoffs for first time since 2021.
- Gilberto Manzano (SI) Patriots prove they’re ready for the postseason grind with gutsy comeback win.
- Stephen Douglas (SI) Drake Maye did his best Stephen Curry impression on TD pass vs. Ravens.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Week 16 takeaways: What we learned from Sunday’s 12 games. Pats-Ravens: Maye has MVP-caliber showing in Pats clincher; Pats’ terrific turnaround continues; More.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Week 16: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. Patriots: How will injuries affect the Patriots in the final two games? What to make of the QB performance? /Click for commentary.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Week 16 grades. Patriots: B+, Ravens: B-. /Click for commentary.
- Gilberto Manzano and Matt Verderame (SI) The Good, Bad and Ugly, NFL Week 16: Jaguars have a shot at AFC’s No. 1 seed; Plus, Carolina is in position to win the NFC South over the next two weeks, and six teams have clinched playoff berths so far.
- Dan Graziano (ESPN) Judging biggest overreactions for NFL Week 16 games. 1. The Broncos aren’t going to be the AFC’s No. 1 seed after all. Verdict: Not an overreaction.
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) Week 16 overreactions: Quinn Ewers era already over in Miami? Do Bills have fatal flaw? Jaguars are the team to beat in the AFC: Reality.
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) 2025 NFL playoff hunt: Buying and selling 18 potential Super Bowl contenders. Buy Patriots: “…New England trailed by 11 points in the fourth quarter against Baltimore on Sunday night. Instead of taking a second consecutive loss, the Patriots proved they could handle adversity when it strikes them and pulled out a 28-24 win.”
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) Week 16 fallout: Sorting through the upsets, playoff berths and overall chaos.
VIEW FROM BALTIMORE
- Glen Erby (Ravens Wire) Raven-Patriots: Instant analysis of 28-24 loss to New England in must win game.
- Sam Cohn (Baltimore Sun) Five things we learned from the Ravens’ 28-24 loss to the Patriots.
- Josh Tolentino (Baltimore Sun) Ravens abandon Derrick Henry again. Shame on Todd Monken.
- Michael Howes (Baltimore Sun) Inside how the Ravens blew another double-digit 4th-quarter lead.
- Nikhil Mehta (Baltimore Beatdown) Ravens fumble away playoff hopes in loss to Patriots.
- Glen Erby (Ravens Wire) Ravens fall two games behind Steelers with 28-24 loss to the Patriots.
- Bennett Conlin (Baltimore Sun) National pundits react to Ravens’ collapse vs. Patriots: ‘Shut Lamar down’
