Daily news and links for Monday
TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots-Bears. Patriots end Bear’s eight-game win streak at Soldier Field; Pats defense registers season-high 9 sacks; Brenden Schooler sees defensive snaps at safety, registers his first career sack; More.
- Gamebook: Full Patriots at Bears stats.
- Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: Eight Takeaways from the upset win over the Bears in Week 10. Spotlight: Special teams ace Brenden Schooler spies Bears QB Caleb Williams in a unique game-plan wrinkle; More.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Bears.
- Press Conferences: Jerod Mayo – Drake Maye – Ja’Lynn Polk, Austin Hooper, Vederian Lowe – Christian Gonzalez, Deatrich Wise, Keion White, Brenden Schooler, Rhamondre Stevenson.
- NFL Game Highlights: Patriots at Bears. (6.19 min. video)
- Highlights: Patriots top plays from 19-3 win over the Bears. (4.43 min. video); Best defensive plays. (3 min. video)
- Patriots Postgame Show: Full analysis of the 19-3 win against the Bears. LB Anfernee Jennings joins the show to discuss his big plays and the team’s performance; More.(1 hour, 44 min.)
LOCAL LINKS
- Doug Kyed gives us his takeaways as Drake Maye bests Caleb Williams in 19-3 win. Bourne benched; Rushing attack improves; Pass rush picks up; More.
- Alex Barth shares eight takeaways as young players step up in win. 1. Defensive front steps up.
- Chris Mason offers 7 takeaways from a convincing win. 1. Defense is smothering; 2. Offense gets it done; More.
- Matt Dolloff details how the Patriots shut down Caleb Williams and the Bears to pull off 19-3 road win.
- Andrew Callahan believes the Patriots’ win at Chicago showed us something new. ‘Not only did the Patriots outclass Chicago in a 19-3 win Sunday, they overcame a more talented and desperate opponent’.
- Mark Daniels talks about how the Patriots rebuild has started to look promising.
- Doug Kyed explains how the Patriots tried something new in practice, and it helped spark a dominant defense.
- Doug Kyed spotlights Brenden Schooler’s star turning defensive performance. Davon Godchaux wants more of it.
- Taylor Kyles’ Week 10 Stock Report: Patriots defense swarms Caleb Williams in dominant road win.
- Matt Dolloff picks his Ups & Downs to see who stood out in a win over the Bears.
- Karen Guregian writes how with Drake Maye, the magic outweighs the mistakes.
- Mike Reiss notes Patriots’ teammates and coaches cite Drake Maye’s growth as a leader after Sunday’s win.
- Doug Kyed reports the Patriots hope that touchdown can help get rookie WR Ja’Lynn Polk going.
- Dan Kelley presents his Patriots mid-season awards: Hunter Henry headlines.
- The Aftermath podcast: Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry react to a surprisingly dominant, all-around 19-3 Patriots’ win over the Bears. The guys discuss whether the win is a sign the team is finally on the upswing and react to an impressive performance by Drake Maye on and off the field.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Nation (ESPN) NFL Week 10: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. Patriots: How can quarterback Drake Maye build off his first complete-game win? Most surprising performance: Run defense; More.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) NFL Week 10: What we learned from each Sunday game. Patriots: Maye outplayed Williams in Patriots’ upset; Patriots defense smothered Bears all game; More.
- Dan Pizzuta (the33rdteam) 1st & 10 Week 10: Drake Maye vs. Caleb Williams, Lions & Chiefs keep winning, Cardinals as contenders, Justin Herbert’s legs & More.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) Week 10 winners and losers. Loser: The Bears’ QB development plan (again).
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL winners and losers: Bears have to figure out how to fix Caleb Williams’ problems. Loser: The no-good New York Jets.
- Marcus Mosher (the33rdteam) Biggest winners, losers from Week 10. Loser: OC Shane Waldron, Chicago Bears.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 10 grades: Patriots: A-, Bears: D-. The Patriots defense came up with its best performance of the season and that was enough to carry New England to the win… More.
- Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) NFL Week 10 overreactions: Chiefs not best in AFC? Cowboys next to fire HC? Sam Darnold a problem for Vikings?
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Drake Maye outplays Caleb Williams as Patriots beat Bears.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jerod Mayo: Drake Maye is really taking control of offense and team.
- Highlights (ESPN) Caleb Williams sacked 9 times in Bears’ loss to Patriots. (46 sec. video)
- Logan Ulrich (NFLTR) Which teams could collapse & which teams could turn it around in 2024?
VIEW FROM CHICAGO
- Mike Pendleton (BearsWire) Bears vs Patriots: Everything we know following Week 10 embarrassment.
- Preston Comer (BearsWire) Notes from Chicago’s brutal 19-3 loss. Drake Maye was victorious in the rookie quarterback matchup against Caleb Williams, who finished just 16-of-30 for 120 yards. Maye finished 15-of-25 for 184 yards and a touchdown with one interception; More.
- Patrick Finley (Chicago Sun Times) 3 takeaways from Chicago’s loss to the Patriots: Bears reached the low point of the Matt Eberflus era on Sunday night — and that’s saying something, given that he once lost 14 games in a row.
- Larry Mayer (ChicagoBears) Rapid Recap: Bears fall to Patriots at Soldier Field. The Bears were held out of the end zone and generated only 142 yards of offense in a 19-3 loss to the Patriots Sunday at Soldier Field; More.
- Jacob Infante (Windy City Gridiorn) Bears embarrassed by Patriots, lose third game in a row.
- Colleen Kane (Chicago Tribune) Caleb Williams sacked 9 times and Chicago Bears offense a no-show in ugly 19-3 loss to New England Patriots.
- Mark Potash (Chicago Sun Times) Making the grade: Assessing Bears’ players, coaches in loss to Patriots.
- Dan Wiederer (Chicago Tribune) The Bears can’t go on like this. After another woeful loss, something must change
- Mike Pendleton (BearsWire) Fans break out in “Fire Matt Eberflus” chant during loss to Patriots.