TEAM
TALK
- Post Game Notes, Patriots at Bengals: Pats win 10th game of the season, remain undefeated on the road; Marcus Jones has second pick-6 of his career, both against the Bengals; Drake Maye sets career-high in passing yards; Hunter Henry sets career-high with 3rd 100-yard game; More!
- Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: 8 takeaways from the Week 12 win. “It’s hard to win in this league, especially while playing your 12th consecutive game without a bye week on the road. For those reasons, we won’t hold a tight game against a lesser opponent against them – just take care of business.”
- Mike Dussault‘s Game Recap: The Pats fell into an early hole but overcame injuries and poor performance in the red zone to hang on for a victory in Cincinnati.
- Gamebook: Full Patriots at Bengals stats.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Bengals.
- Post Game Pressers: Mike Vrabel – Drake Maye – Christian Gonzalez, Hunter Henry, Andres Borregales, Marcus Jones, TreVeyon Henderson, Carlton Davis.
- Patriots locker room celebration after the 26-20 win over the Bengals. (1.30 min. video)
- Patriots Postgame Show: Full analysis of the Patriots win over the Bengals. (98 min.)
- Highlights: Patriots’ top plays vs. the Bengals in Week 12. (3.47 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Alex Barth gives us 9 takeaways from the uneasy win over the Bengals: Slow start… for the offense? Henry get-right effort; Overall, a disappointing offensive performance; More!
- Mark Daniels shares 12 takeaways as the Pats lose several starters in win over Bengals: Pats lose starter in first drive; Defense still can’t start fast; Harold Landry steps up; More!
- Mike D’Abate posts five takeaways from Sunday’s win: Drake Maye overcomes early struggles, puts Pats in prime playoff position; Hunter Henry is still the one. Rare 4th-down fail could have been costly; More!
- Matt Vautour points out how the win strengthened the Patriots’ hold on AFC’s top record and division lead
- Karen Guregian explains how after a rough start, Drake Maye played well enough to scrape by Cincinnati.
- Sophie Weller notes CB Carlton Davis was “mad as [expletive]” about the “BS” pass interference call. “And so that [expletive] really just lit a fire under me.” Soon after, Davis was responsible for two major pass breakups that forced Cincinnati to attempt a 4th-down conversion, which was unsuccessful.
- Darren Hartwell writes the Patriots had their relatively good injury luck run out Sunday, and we’ll soon find out how they respond entering the stretch run.
- Mike D’Abate reports Brandon Schooler left the game in the first half due to a left ankle injury. He tried to test his wrapped ankle but was quickly ruled out. Post game he was wearing a walking boot on his left foot.
- Chris Mason notes Mike Vrabel singled out two Patriots players in locker room speech after beating the Bengals: Pop Douglas and Andres Borregales.
- Chris Mason highlights Mike Vrabel: Numbers and records don’t ‘mean shit.’
- Michael Hurley relays Albert Breer: Missing out on Tee Higgins landed Milton Williams for the Patriots.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Week 12 takeaways: What we learned from Sunday’s games. Patriots survive bumpy afternoon; New England needs to fix it’s red zone offense; More!
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Week 12: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. How will the Patriots recover from being decimated by injuries, especially on the offensive line? Trend to watch: Rookie TreVeyon Henderson remained the Pats’ No. 1 running back; More!
- Mike Kadlick (SI) The Patriots’ injury luck may have finally reached its breaking point.
- Jason Owens (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots’ 1st-round rookie LT Will Campbell carted off with towel over his face after apparent leg injury vs. Bengals.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Week 12 grades. Patriots: B-, Bengals: B-. /Click for commentary.
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) Eight NFL narratives we can finally put to bed after Week 12 Sunday. 1) The AFC East will certainly go through Buffalo.
- Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft (ESPN) Week 12 winners and losers. Winner: Hunter Henry.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Winners and Losers: Chiefs teeter on edge, but come up with a massive OT win over Colts. Loser: Bengals’ defense against tight ends.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) Week 12 winners and losers: Jahmyr Gibbs, Patrick Mahomes come up clutch; Bengals, Vikings spiraling. Loser: Zac Taylor
- Matt Verderame (SI) The Week 12 good, bad and ugly: Cowboys pull off epic comeback against Eagles; Plus, Jaxson-Smith Njigba is on pace to make NFL history, and the Chiefs and Lions both rallied for OT wins
- Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) NFL Week 12 overreactions: Chiefs save season? Browns should stick with Shedeur Sanders? Steelers collapsing?
- Conor Orr (SI) The AFC playoff bracket is upside down, but familiar teams have one reason to believe.
VIEW FROM CINCINNATI
- Dave Clark (Cincinnati Enquirer) ‘We don’t appreciate losing.’ Zac Taylor ‘sick’ over Bengals-Patriots
- Jason Garrison (Cincy Jungle) 6 Winners, 7 losers from Bengals’ Week 12 loss to Patriots. Winner: Goal line defense [sobs]; Loser: The Bengals’ ability to cover a tight end; More.
- Patrick Judis (Cincy Jungle) Recap of the Bengals falling short of their comeback vs. Patriots 26-20.
- Chris Roling (Bengals Wire) Instant analysis after Bengals lose to Patriots, fall to 3-8
