Daily news and links for Wednesday.
TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Patriots at 49ers. Series history, Scouting the matchups, Tale of the tape.
- Broadcast Info: Patriots at 49ers; How to watch/listen.
- Transaction: Patriots sign WR John Jiles to the practice squad.
- Paul Perillo’s NFL Notes: Patriots not following the script.
- Sights and Sounds: Week 3 vs. New York Jets. (2.49 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered: Recapping Week 3 loss, games around the league. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Andrew Callahan suggests fixes to the Patriots’ four big problems heading into Week 4. 1. Pass protection.
- Karen Guregian says the Patriots won’t win until they improve at scoring points. How? Having the offensive line protect better, getting receivers incorporated more, having Brissett complete passes beyond 5-10 yards, and having the defense produce more turnovers.
- Matt Geagan gives us some Patriots-49ers Week 4 news, notes, and fun facts.
- Nick Goss notes the Patriots open as massive underdogs vs.the banged-up 49ers. Both teams are 1-2.
- Sara Marshall details how the Patriots could face a heavily depleted 49ers team in Week 4.
- Doug Kyed talks about Jerod Mayo saying the Patriots “have to support” QB Jacoby Brissett, and adds, that starts with left tackle.
- Matt Geagan relays Mike Reiss on his worry that playing Drake Maye behind the current offensive line would set the rookie QB back in his development.
- Khari Thompson hears from Brian Hoyer explaining the Patriots’ cautious approach with Drake Maye.
- Meghan Ottolini makes the case that the Patriots have to fundamentally improve before any quarterback change.
- Matt Geagan notes Jerod Mayo provides a promising injury update on Sidy Sow.
- Tom E. Curran tells fans to take ‘deep breaths’ if you’re already out on the Pats’ long-term plan.
- Alex Barth reports the Patriots signed WR John Jiles to fill their final practice squad spot. Jiles, 24, is a rookie out of Division-II West Florida.
- Tom Carroll highlights Jerod Mayo denying he knew Robert Kraft picked him as next head coach 5 years ago.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and Steve Balestrieri discuss the “problem areas” ahead of the Pats-49ers matchup. (35 min.)
- Pats Interference podcast: Andrew Callahan and Doug Kyed suggest seven quick fixes for the Patriots. (77 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Sheil Kapadia (The Ringer) NFL Week 3 under review: Jayden Daniels makes a major statement.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) NFL Week 3 Post Pattern: QBs paying painful price for subpar O-line play, Brian Flores a genius; More.
- Khaled Elsayed (PFF) 32 NFL observations after Week 3: With 15 forced miss tackles, Rhamondre Stevenson is third of all rushers, behind Jordan Mason and Devin Singletary.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) 14 wild stats from Week 3: The Dolphins are the only team that hasn’t held the lead for a single second this season.
- Bryan DeArdo (CBS Sports) 49ers injuries: Christian McCaffrey seeing specialist in Germany, Brock Purdy day-to-day, star DT out for year.
- Andrew Brandt (SI) Business of Football Mailbag: Insurance on players, Bryce Young’s benching and More.
- Jason Burgos (SportsNaut) Week 4 NFL offense rankings: 10 best and 10 worst NFL offenses ahead of Week 4. Patriots 7th worst.
- Steven Ruiz (The Ringer) Updated QB rankings. Jacoby Brissett 24th.
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) QB Room, Week 3: Let’s start with Mike Tomlin’s Russell Wilson weirdness, the Bryce Young benching, and more.
- Maurice Jones-Drew (NFL.com) RB Index, Week 4: Top 15 running backs right now. Rhamondre Stevenson 11th (-8).
- Myles Simmons (ProFootballTalk) Report: Trent Brown out for season with torn patellar tendon.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Most dislike overlapping Monday night games.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady to call his first Buccaneers game on Sunday.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick: Everyone in the NFL liked Sam Darnold except the Jets.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL, NFLPA expand from two to four hearing officers, to expedite appeals.