Daily news and links for Friday.
TEAM TALK
- Patriots-Bills updated Injury Report.
- Statement from the New England Patriots on DL Christian Barmore.
- Evan Lazar reports rising star Christian Gonzalez has his sights set on earning All-Pro honors and more.
- Press Conferences: Alex Van Pelt – DeMarcus Covington.
- Side of Mayo: Jerod Mayo talks with Scott Zolak about dealing with criticism. (1 min. video)
- Community – Gifts from the Gridiron: Drake Maye & Patriots players shop for gifts with local kids in need. (1 min.)
- Patriots Unfiltered on TV: Cardinals recap, Bills preview. (22 min. video)
- Patriots Catch-22: Evan Lazar and Alex Barth’s 3 up/down vs. Cardinals, Bills preview, NFL Draft talk. (2 hours)
- Patriots Unfiltered: NFL Week 16 picks, Bills preview, Thursday practice report. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Murph serves up this week’s Monster keys to a Patriots victory over the Bills. 1. Open up the Kitchen. Yes folks it’s time to let Drake Maye cook.
- Andrew Callahan’s Friday Five: 1. Patriots potential coordinators in 2025; More.
- Lauren Campbell notes safety Kyle Dugger (illness, ankle) returned to practice yesterday.
- Mark Daniels spotlights five players who are future building blocks for the Patriots: Drake Maye, Christian Gonzalez, Christian Barmore, Keion White and DeMario Douglas.
- Doug Kyed feels the Patriots could use more players with Antonio Gibson’s mindset.
- Alex Barth passes along the report that Christian Barmore has been placed back on non-football illness list.
- Mark Daniels talks about why the Patriots defense is no longer a top-10 unit.
- Doug Kyed relays DC DeMarcus Covington suggesting we not ‘read too much into’ the defensive dropoff. /Wut??
- Doug Kyed reports Alex Van Pelt hasn’t met with the Krafts since the viral clip of them criticizing the play-calling.
- Karen Guregian explores whether OC Alex Van Pelt is about to walk the plank.
- Scott Zolak & Mark Bertrand questions whether they’d like to keep everyone on the Patriots staff or fire everyone.
- A Clare Perspective podcast: Clare welcomes Phil Perry to talk all things Patriots. (22 min.)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate joins Joe Marino (Locked On Bills) to preview Pats-Bills in Week 16 and give us their keys to victory for both teams. (33 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Christian Barmore returns to non-football illness list with recurring symptoms from blood clots.
- Sal Maiorana (Democrat and Chronicle) Bills vs Patriots prediction, keys to AFC East matchup.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) NFL Week 16 picks, schedule, odds, injuries; More.
- Sean Leahy (Yahoo! Sports) NFL injury tracker Week 16.
- Andrew Brandt (Si) Business of Football: Bill Belichick’s move to UNC tracks with the professionalization of college sports
- Karl Rasmussen (SI) One stat to support each NFL contender’s Super Bowl case as payoffs near. No Pats.
- Tom Blair, et al (NFL.com) Week 16 NFL picks. Five of five pick Bills to win.