TEAM TALK
Evan Lazar’s After Further Review: Drake Maye film breakdown, defense vs. Josh Allen and quick-hit film notes from Week 4. “As always, football is a team sport. When things go poorly, it’s all 11 players on the field and coaches on the sideline who need to pull harder on the rope. On Sunday, the Pats found answers together.”
Transcript: Mike Vrabel (Plus 13 min. video)
WEEI Patriots Monday: Mike Vrabel (15 min. video) and Drake Maye (13 min.)
Photos: Game photos from the Patriots win over the Bills.
LOCAL LINKS
Andrew Callahan’s Patriots film review: How Drake Maye rebounded, inside the plan that stifled Josh Allen. “If I developed a headache charting all these personnel groupings in real time and then double-checking them Monday, imagine how the Bills felt. And that was the point.” /Good read.
Jerry Thornton gives us his knee-jerk reactions to Week 4 Pats at Bills: Things to consider while wondering how you go about awarding a game ball to Community Notes. /LOL.
Steve Balestrieri recaps Sunday’s thrilling comeback against the unbeaten Bills: The Pats defense bent, then closed the door in a high-stakes matchup.
Taylor Kyles picks through the Ups and Downs after the Patriots secured a much-needed win to get themselves back on track, despite missing two of their top defenders. Stock up: Drake Maye.
Jerry Thornton looks at history repeating itself as Drake Maye saves the season with a 4th quarter comeback victory in Buffalo.
Justin Turpin posts 7 takeaways from Patriots’ upset win. 1. This was the game Drake Maye needed.
Ethan Hurwitz’ Extra Points: Patriots remain ultra-confident in Drake Maye following comeback; Plus, added notes/thoughts from this week so far.
Alex Barth shares 2 reasons Efton Chism could be looking at a bigger role on the offense.
Doug Kyed reports the Patriots started their third right guard in four weeks on Sunday, but the position still might not be settled. Mike Vrabel was complimentary of Ben Brown, starting in place of Mike Onwenu and Greg Van Roten, but wouldn’t say that he would remain in the top unit.
Meghan Ottolini says Mike Vrabel pumped up the team by showing the Allen Iverson video before the game.
Ethan Hurwitz spotlights rookie LB Erick Hunter who shone on Sunday in a surprise special teams role.
Mark Morse analyzes the Good, Bad, and Ugly as New England stuns Bills with 29-26 road victory.
Nick Goss posts the best stats from Drake Maye’s bounce-back performance in Buffalo.
Phil Perry updates the Pats-Bills Stock Watch: Maye-Doubs connection shows improvement.
Pats Procrastination podcast: Clare and Chudders happily discuss Pats-Bills, the good from the game, a quick look ahead to the Raiders, and more. (26 min.)
Title Talk podcast: Luke and Brycen: We were right about Drake Maye; Silencing the haters; Drake Maye MVP, and more. (2 hours)
NATIONAL NEWS
Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Mike Vrabel: Efton Chism III has earned more opportunities. “…contrary to the prediction from Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, we probably will hear from him again.“
Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Drake Maye: We have to build off “relieving” performance against Bills.
Staff (The Ringer) Winners and Losers of Week 4. Drake Maye finally broke out of his slump, while the Rams narrowly avoided a 1-3 start. Plus, did Klint Kubiak overthink his fourth-down decisions against the Chiefs? Winner: Drake Maye (Finally). /Click for commentary.
Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Week 4 Winners and Losers. Winner: Efton Chism III.
Ben Solak (ESPN) Seven things Solak thinks entering NFL Week 5: Jaguars are the AFC’s best, more.
Dan Treacy (Sporting News) Best wide receivers available in NFL: From Tyreek Hill and more free agents to Marvin Harrison Jr., other trade targets.
Staff (ESPN) NFL Week 4 best quotes. Patriots-Bills included.
Shanna McCarriston (CBS Sports) False hope in Buffalo? Why Josh Allen’s, Bills’ 3-1 start isn’t as impressive as it seems.
Ian Casselberry (Yahoo! Sports) Chiefs receiver Tyquan Thornton reportedly out 12-16 weeks with dislocated ankle, could potentially return by postseason.
Jay Busbee (Yahoo! Sports) Any given Sunday: NFL’s parity is its greatest asset. /Not when the NFL forces it.
Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFL suspends referee Adrian Hill, line judge Jeff Seeman for unprofessional conduct toward players.
Conor Orr (SI) This week’s referee suspensions are hiding the NFL’s real officiating problem; The league must fix the system that caused this week’s blowups.
Conor Orr (SI) Which coaches are on the hot seat and why more jobs may open than you expect (again).
