Daily news and links for Monday.
TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots-Tennessee. Rhamondre Stevenson records second-straight two TD game; Marcus Jones had 44-yard punt return; Drake Maye finishes with 95 rushing yards; More.
- Gamebook: Full Patriots at Titans stats.
- Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: Eight Takeaways from the Patriots overtime lLoss to the Titans. Spotlight: QB Drake Maye forces overtime with wild touchdown to Rhamondre Stevenson; More.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Titans.
- Press Conferences: Jerod Mayo – Drake Maye – Kendrick Bourne, Hunter Henry, Christian Gonzalez, Rhamondre Stevenson, Jahlani Tavai – DeMario Douglas.
LOCAL LINKS
- Alex Barth recaps the Patriots’ near-comeback against the Titans.For a moment there, it looked like the Pats were going to have their first signature win of the Drake Maye era.
- Jordy McElroy tells us everything we know after the Patriots Week 9 loss. Keys to the game: Turnovers, Titans rushing attack, No standouts at WR; Defense shredded like a paper airplane in a hurricane; More.
- Jordy McElroy’s The Morning After: Drake Maye is Superman with offense full of kryptonite; More.
- Doug Kyed gives us his takeaways from the heartbreaking 20-17 overtime loss in Nashville. 1. Switch up, switch back on offensive line: Patriots benched right tackle Demontrey Jacobs, moved Mike Onwenu from right guard to right tackle and inserted right guard Layden Robinson off the bench. More.
- Dan Kelley shares ten takeaways from the Pats’ OT loss to the Titans. 1. Awful opening drive for the defense.
- Chris Mason delivers seven takeaways from Sunday’s OT thriller: Patriots have their QB; Wanted: A running game; Jones makes an impact; Jeffery Simmons exposes a weakness, terrorizing the IOL; More.
- Nick Goss gives us his Patriots-Titans recap: Drake Maye’s miracle TD not enough in OT loss
- Doug Kyed reports Jerod Mayo was disappointed in the rushing attack and the run defense yesterday.
- Karen Guregian spotlights how the defense still can’t stop getting gashed on the ground.
- Andrew Callahan writes how the ‘Patriots have not only asked Drake Maye to drive, but serve as their navigator, engine and airbags’. ‘He’s doing things that you don’t really see at a young age.’
- Chris Mason calls Drake Maye a light at the end of a dark Patriots tunnel.
- Dakota Randall reports Titans DT Jeffery Simmons praised Drake Maye after his gutsy performance, ‘He’s gonna be a hell of a player’.
- Karen Guregian wants to know why Jerod Mayo didn’t go for two and the win at the end of regulation. /Was Karen even watching the offense yesterday?
- Alex Barth highlights Jerod Mayo and Drake Maye discussing the team’s decision to play for overtime rather than go for a two-point conversion at the end of regulation.
- Matt Dolloff picks his ups & downs to see who stood out in the loss. Up: Drake Maye, Down: WR Ja’Lynn Polk; More.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) The First Read: NFL midseason superlatives: Biggest surprise, best coaching job, overachieving team with staying power.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) NFL Sunday, Week 9: Three biggest takeaways from every game. 2. Drake Maye wills his team almost all the way; More.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) NFL Week 9: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. Patriots-Titans: Eye-popping stat: The time to throw on Maye’s game-tying touchdown pass was 11.82 seconds. More.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 9 grades. Titans: B, Patriots: B-: “… This is a game the Patriots certainly could have won, but they let it slip away.”
- Week 9 Top play highlights (ESPN) Drake Maye avoids sack to throw wild tying TD as time expires. (30 sec. video)
- Matt Verderame (SI) AFC Midseason Grades: Chiefs chasing perfection, historic three-peat; Bills, Broncos, Ravens and Steelers also receive top marks, while the Browns, Jaguars and Jets are failing after having high hopes entering the season. Patriots: D. /Should be an I for irrelevant.
- Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) Week 9 overreactions and reality checks.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) 2024 NFL Week 9 winners and losers.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Winners and Losers: Jim Harbaugh is already working his magic with the Chargers.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) Saints fire head coach Dennis Allen after losing seventh straight game, falling to 2-7.
- Ryan Young (Yahoo! Sports) Raiders fire offensive coordinator Luke Getsy after falling to 2-7.