Daily news and links for Monday.
TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots at Dolphins. Drake Maye throws 10th touchdown to 10th different receiver; Christian Barmore records first sack of the 2024 season; Jahlani Tavai has eighth-straight game with at least 5 tackles; More.
- Gamebook: Full Patriots-Dolphins stats.
- Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: The Patriots dug themselves too big of a hole in a 34-15 loss to the Dolphins in Hard Rock Stadium; More.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Dolphins.
- Post Game Pressers: Jerod Mayo – Drake Maye – Christian Gonzalez, Kendrick Bourne, Hunter Henry, Marcus Jones – Kyle Dugger and Davon Godchaux.
- Highlights: Patriots vs. Dolphins. (5.34 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Matt Doffoff recaps the Patriots’ dog of a loss yesterday. Pats started shaky and it got worse from there.
- Alex Barth offers seven takeaways after the Patriots got blown out in Miami once again. 1. Penalties, penalties, penalties. 2. Tackle troubles. 3. Turnovers still an issue for Drake Maye; More.
- Chris Mason gives us seven takeaways from the Dolphins drubbing. 1. Not a professional operation. 3. Awful afternoon for Vedarian Lowe. 5. Burn-the-tape day for Dugger, too; More.
- Doug Kyed’s Top takeaways: Patriots outclassed in 34-15 blowout loss to Dolphins.
- Nick O’Malley explains how the Pats’ latest trip to Miami went from a nightmare to a weird, unsettling fever dream.
- Matt Vautour details how after incremental steps forward, the Pats took a big, ugly step back.
- Chris Mason writes while growing pains are expected, Sunday afternoon in Miami was far more pain than growth.
- Darren Hartwell spotlights how the team continues to cost itself with self-inflicted errors, despite Jerod Mayo trying to focus his players before the game.
- Doug Kyed relays how the Patriots tackles explain their disastrous performance in Miami.
- Karen Guregian says Robert Kraft needs to take a long, hard look at his football team: Twelve weeks in, it doesn’t look like he has the right pieces in place to rebuild the team.
- Nick O’Malley notes CB Christian Gonzalez made NFL history, not only scoring the first touchdown of his career, but becoming the first player of Colombian heritage to score a touchdown.
- Nick Goss highlights Christian Gonzalez among the few bright spots in Sunday’s loss.
- Karen Guregian’s QB corner: Drake Maye couldn’t do much with lack of support.
- Karen Guregian points out that while Jerod Mayo took responsibility for his team’s lack of discipline against Miami, he also said there’s not much he can do once they cross the white line.
- Alex Barth notes interior offensive lineman Cole Strange took a big step towards getting back to game action after a severe knee injury but his return will have to wait at least a week.
- Pats Procrastination podcast: Clare and Chudders go over the recent loss in Miami and indulge in a little future of the Patriots discussion. (40 min.)
- Pats Chat podcast: Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley dig through the wreckage of a 34-15 loss for some answers. Penalties, putrid offensive line play, and a defense that had zero answers … Is this rock bottom? (63 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Week 12: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. Patriots: Was this no-show effort an outlier or a sign of things to come in the final five games? Describe the game in two words: Undisciplined mess. Biggest hole in the game plan: Was there a game plan? /Woof.
- Albert Breer (SI) Week 12 NFL takeaways: Lions’ defense looks as good as their offense; Plus, the Vikings keep winning, appreciating Tua Tagovailoa, Saquon Barkley redefining running back value, what will change (and what won’t) in Cleveland, and more.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Week 12: What we learned from Sunday’s games. Patriots: Maye is playing on an island.
- Gilberto Manzano (SI) What we learned in Week 12: Sam Darnold earns respect by bailing out Vikings in Chicago; Plus, the Commanders and 49ers may be in trouble.
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) The First Read: One thing each NFL team has to be thankful for entering Week 13. Patriots: Drake Maye.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jerod Mayo: We went backwards Sunday, that starts with me. /Yes. Yes, it does.
- Karl Rasmussen (SI) Fans weren’t happy with Jerod Mayo’s explanation for Patriots’ frequent sloppy play.