New England Patriots links 1/14/19 - Pats rack up 41 on the Charger card, buy ticket to KC

Daily news and links for Monday

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes: Chargers at Patriots - Patriots advance to eighth-straight conference championship game.
• Gamebook: Full Chargers-Patriots stats.
• Erik Scalavino recaps the win from the press box at Gillette Stadium: Another AFC title run.
• Paul Perillo shares his observations as the Patriots dominated the Chargers, 41-28, to advance to their eighth consecutive AFC Championship Game.
• Andy Hart’s Stock Watch: Brady, Michel lead total team domination of Chargers.
• Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Chargers.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (7.37 min. video) - Tom Brady (4.35 min. video) - Devin McCourty (6.39 min. video) - Sony Michel (2.36 min. video) - Rob Gronkowski (5.38 min. video) - James White (3.25 min. video)
• Press Pass: Julian Edelman, Stephon Gilmore and more. (1.41 min. video)
• Patriots Nation: Fans from across the country celebrate the Patriots victory. (49 sec. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Tom E. Curran’s Hard Truths: It took just 30 minutes for the Patriots to put together their most complete domination of a team in almost two years.
• Kevin Duffy writes that given the opponent, this was as close to a perfect game as the Patriots have played in years.
• D.J. Bean’s Must-read recap: Not as close as the score indicates, Pats roll over Chargers.
• Tom E. Curran observes how the Chargers came undone in spectacular fashion against the Patriots.
• Doug Kyed gives his his Pats-Bolts takeaways: New England reaches potential at perfect time.
• Evan Lazar tells us ten things we learned from the beat down of the Chargers: 1. Patriots’ offensive game plan a stroke of genius from Josh McDaniels.
• Ian Logue (PatsFans) Five things we learned from the Patriots win over the Chargers: 1. The week off served Brady well.
• Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Charge Complete: Patriots overpower Chargers 41-28; reach 8th straight AFC Championship Game.
• Mike Petraglia recaps the rout of the Chargers in an electric performance by the Pats.
• Tom Keegan sees the Patriots offense heading to Kansas City with guns blazing.
• Ryan Hannable talks up how Tom Brady was outstanding in yesterday’s win.
• Mike Reiss points out how in the biggest moment of the Patriots’ season, Sony Michel delivered a standout performance.
• Brendan C. Hall lauds Phillip Dorsett stepping up when the Patriots needed it most.
• Karen Guregian points how the defense was pretty dominant in its own right during the 41-28 rout, as most of the Bolts points came in garbage time.
• Ryan Hannable mentions how the Patriots defense loved frustrating Philip Rivers Sunday: ‘I was kind of laughing.’
• Michael Hurley gives us a look at all of the records either set, tied, added to, or approached by the Patriots on Sunday.
• Kevin Duffy Patriots notebook: Trent Brown, Marcus Cannon shut down Chargers pass rush.
• Zack Cox Patriots Notes: Rob Gronkowski’s quiet contributions vs. Chargers garner praise.
• Michael Hurley picks Four Ups and Four Downs from Pats-Bolts: Sony Michel topped the 100-yard mark … before halftime.
• Matt Vautour admits the Patriots looked outstanding in all phases of the game yesterday, but calls the win nothing more than “a happy result in an unpredictable season.”
• Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) Randomness from Patriots’ thrashing of Chargers. ‘Late in Sunday’s divisional game the Bolts tried to force the Patriots into a lost possession via the onside kick. For some strange reason they kicked the ball at Nate Ebner twice in a row.’
• Kevin Duffy shares his live Gameday Replay journal, following the game as it played out.
• Mike Petraglia urges the haters to go ahead and doubt the Patriots in Kansas City, Tom Brady will thank you later.
• Evan Marinofsky passes around the national media salt shaker after Sunday’s dominant win.

NATIONAL NEWS

• NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Chargers at Patriots: Recap, stats, drives, highlights.
• Jenny Vrentas (SI) Against the Chargers, Tom Brady and the Patriots look better than they have all season.
• Ian O’Connor (ESPN) Never bury Tom Brady: The GOAT was toast in K.C. -- now he’s back.
• Michael Shapiro (SI) Patriots reach eighth-straight AFC Championship game with victory over Chargers.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) Tom Brady-Bill Belichick dynasty isn’t done embarrassing rest of NFL just yet. /Freeman gets it. Well worth a read.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots destroy Chargers, Tom Brady heads to 13th AFC Championship Game.
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) Patriots dismantle Chargers, prove they’re as dangerous as ever.
• Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Patriots destroy Chargers to reach AFC title game.
• Charles P. Pierce (SI) Patriots’ development of a power run game makes them dangerous.
• Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady on ‘underdog’ Patriots: ‘I know everybody thinks we suck’.
• Mike Jones (USA Today) Opinion: Doubt the Patriots at your own peril in the playoffs.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Chargers-Patriots weather: Bill Belichick utilizing mental warfare on frigid day to conquer Chargers in pregame.
• Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Patriots vs. Chargers takeaways: New England rolls, sets up Chiefs rematch in AFC Championship Game.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) Now, only Patrick Mahomes II can save us from another Patriots Super Bowl appearance.
• Conor Orr (SI) Sunday Freakout: NFL Divisional Round Takeaways. Saints knock out champs, Patriots look dominant, Chiefs exorcise demons.
• Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: Defenses, the ground game and the powerhouse Patriots: On to Championship Week.
• Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA Divisional Weekend: Doobie Pump and a big piece of cheese—How the Saints saved their season.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Playoff Pile: Patriots dynasty not dead, Saints survive and more from the divisional round.
• Don Banks’ Snap Judgments: Musings, observations and the occasional insight on a Divisional round playoff weekend that was owned by the four home teams.
• Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The winners and losers from the NFL’s Divisional Round: A pro tip to defensive coordinators in the future: Try not to unveil your radical defensive changes the week before you play Bill Belichick.

VIEW FROM LOS ANGELES

• Helene Elliott (LA Times) Patriots put Chargers in their place while taking usual place in eighth consecutive AFC title game.
• Mike DiGiovanna (LA Times) Patriots’ Tom Brady was in a zone against the Chargers’ porous defense.
• Jeff Miller (LA Times) Chargers are done early in 41-28 loss to Patriots.
• Tom Krasovic (San Diego Union-Tribune) Chargers’ season ends with playoff pounding by Patriots.
• Ricky Henne & Hayley Elwood (Chargers.com) Quick observations from the 41-28 loss to the Patriots
• Tom Krasovic (San Diego Union-Tribune) Due to Patriots and another L, old Chargers Rivers and Gates are running out of time.
• Ricky Henne (Chargers.com) Chargers stung by season’s abrupt end.

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