Daily news and links for Monday.
TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots vs. Dolphins. Patriots set team record with a 7.9-yard rushing average; CB Christian Gonzalez has 2nd career pick, both vs Miami; Brenden Schooler has 2nd career blocked kick against Miami; More.
- Gamebook: Full Dolphins-Patriots stats.
- Evan Lazar’s Post Game Observations: Eight Takeaways From the Patriots Loss to the Dolphins in Week 5. Jerod Mayo pointed to poor execution, declining fundamentals, and fatigue in the fourth quarter for a defense that was on the field for over 34 minutes as reasons why the Patriots fell short on Sunday.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Dolphins.
- PFWA pool reporter Mike Reiss interviews Vice President of Officiating George Stewart.
- Post Game Pressers: Jerod Mayo – Jacoby Brissett – Ja’Lynn Polk, Kendrick Bourne, Nick Leverett, Antonio Gibson, DeMario Douglas – Christian Gonzalez, Rhamondre Stevenson, and Deatrich Wise.
LOCAL LINKS
- Alex Barth shares 11 takeaways from the low-scoring loss to the Dolphins. 1. End of game defense. 2. End of game offense. /I’m detecting a pattern.
- Chris Mason gives us 5 Patriots takeaways from the sloppy 15-10 loss to Dolphins. 1. Punch-less passing game.
- Mike Kadlick offers five thoughts from the Week 5 loss. 5. Special teams making special plays as Pats’ top unit.
- Andrew Callahan lays out how coaching, again, is killing the Patriots.
- Mark Daniels blames the loss on coaching. Sunday’s loss against a bad Miami Dolphins team was the result of multiple mistakes piling up over four quarters.
- Zack Cox writes how this team is simply not good enough to overcome a season-high dozen penalties, finishing the game with more penalties than points.
- Chris Mason takes a look at how the Patriots abandoned their identity on offense. /They had an identity?
- Karen Guregian says the elephant in the room isn’t going away, and sooner or later Mayo will have to address it.
- Mark Daniels notes WR Ja’Lynn Polk takes the blame for overturned touchdown call.
- Alex Barth explains the ‘toe-heel rule’ that was a deciding factor in Sunday’s loss.
- Zack Cox notes that Kendrick Bourne is unhappy with his performance in his return to the lineup.
- Doug Kyed points out how center Nick Leverett struggled in his first game replacing David Andrews.
- Matt Dolloff picks his Patriots Ups & Downs to see who stood out on Sunday.
- Tom Carroll picks his Ups & Downs after the Patriots fall to Miami for fourth straight loss.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jerod Mayo on Jacoby Brissett: Everyone has to be better.
- Doug Kyed finds that the locker room is trying to ‘stick together’ after four straight losses.
- Meghan Ottolini says it’s hard to find joy in this Patriots rebuild.
- Natalie Khait reports Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers is charged with assault, strangulation, and drug possession after altercation on Saturday morning, police say. /Fans throw flag for ‘Unnecessary Roughness’ on a rainy Monday.
- Chris Mason reports Jabrill Peppers called Jerod Mayo following his arrest; Patriots still gathering info.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jimmy Golan (AP) The Dolphins made so many mistakes against New England. The Patriots made more in Miami’s 15-10 win. “The game between two of the NFL’s worst teams was pocked with penalties, missed kicks and poor clock management.”
- NFL Nation (ESPN) NFL Week 5: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. 1. How much closer are the Patriots to starting rookie QB Drake Maye? 2. Describe the game in two words: Rock bottom. Biggest hole in the game plan: Clock management.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Week 5: What we learned from Sunday’s games. 2. Brissett is tough as nails.
- Albert Breer (SI) Week 5 NFL Takeaways: Caleb Williams playing like the No. 1 pick in the draft; Plus, Stephen Gilmore is not surprised by the Vikings’ 5–0 start, Aaron Rodgers needs Davante Adams and more.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the NFL Sunday Pile Week 5: Jaguars save season, Bengals botch Joe Burrow’s big day.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 5 grades. Patriots C-, Dolphins C+. “…The Patriots had four straight possessions in the second half where they could have taken control of the game, but the offense sputtered each time. If the Patriots can’t beat this Dolphins team, they might not win another game.”
- Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) Overreactions from Week 5 of NFL season: Aaron Rodgers washed up?
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) NFL Week 5 winners and losers: NFC afterthoughts land big upsets; Jets, Patriots fans deserve better.
- Ben Axelrod (Awful Announcing) Patriots scrub comment about locker room mutiny from team podcast. “Right now they’re teetering on a mutiny in that locker room.”
- Sam Neumann (Awful Announcing) Bills late-game management broke ‘dumbfounded’ Scott Hanson: ‘This is astounding’.
- Arthur Weinstein (Awful Announcing) NFLPA urges NFL to make ‘immediate changes’ on locker room media policy. “Players feel that locker room interviews invade their privacy and are uncomfortable.”