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Post Game Notes, Patriots at Bengals: Pats win 10th game of the season, remain undefeated on the road; Marcus Jones has second pick-6 of his career, both against the Bengals; Drake Maye sets career-high in passing yards; Hunter Henry sets career-high with 3rd 100-yard game; More!
Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: 8 takeaways from the Week 12 win. “It’s hard to win in this league, especially while playing your 12th consecutive game without a bye week on the road. For those reasons, we won’t hold a tight game against a lesser opponent against them – just take care of business.”
Mike Dussault‘s Game Recap: The Pats fell into an early hole but overcame injuries and poor performance in the red zone to hang on for a victory in Cincinnati.
Gamebook: Full Patriots at Bengals stats.
Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Bengals.
Post Game Pressers: Mike Vrabel – Drake Maye – Christian Gonzalez, Hunter Henry, Andres Borregales, Marcus Jones, TreVeyon Henderson, Carlton Davis.
Patriots locker room celebration after the 26-20 win over the Bengals. (1.30 min. video)
Patriots Postgame Show: Full analysis of the Patriots win over the Bengals. (98 min.)
Highlights: Patriots’ top plays vs. the Bengals in Week 12. (3.47 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
Alex Barth gives us 9 takeaways from the uneasy win over the Bengals: Slow start… for the offense? Henry get-right effort; Overall, a disappointing offensive performance; More!
Mark Daniels shares 12 takeaways as the Pats lose several starters in win over Bengals: Pats lose starter in first drive; Defense still can’t start fast; Harold Landry steps up; More!
Mike D’Abate posts five takeaways from Sunday’s win: Drake Maye overcomes early struggles, puts Pats in prime playoff position; Hunter Henry is still the one. Rare 4th-down fail could have been costly; More!
Matt Vautour points out how the win strengthened the Patriots’ hold on AFC’s top record and division lead
Karen Guregian explains how after a rough start, Drake Maye played well enough to scrape by Cincinnati.
Sophie Weller notes CB Carlton Davis was “mad as [expletive]” about the “BS” pass interference call. “And so that [expletive] really just lit a fire under me.” Soon after, Davis was responsible for two major pass breakups that forced Cincinnati to attempt a 4th-down conversion, which was unsuccessful.
Darren Hartwell writes the Patriots had their relatively good injury luck run out Sunday, and we’ll soon find out how they respond entering the stretch run.
Mike D’Abate reports Brandon Schooler left the game in the first half due to a left ankle injury. He tried to test his wrapped ankle but was quickly ruled out. Post game he was wearing a walking boot on his left foot.
Chris Mason notes Mike Vrabel singled out two Patriots players in locker room speech after beating the Bengals: Pop Douglas and Andres Borregales.
Chris Mason highlights Mike Vrabel: Numbers and records don’t ‘mean shit.’
Michael Hurley relays Albert Breer: Missing out on Tee Higgins landed Milton Williams for the Patriots.
NATIONAL NEWS
Around the NFL (NFL.com) Week 12 takeaways: What we learned from Sunday’s games. Patriots survive bumpy afternoon; New England needs to fix it’s red zone offense; More!
NFL Nation (ESPN) Week 12: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game. How will the Patriots recover from being decimated by injuries, especially on the offensive line? Trend to watch: Rookie TreVeyon Henderson remained the Pats’ No. 1 running back; More!
Mike Kadlick (SI) The Patriots’ injury luck may have finally reached its breaking point.
Jason Owens (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots’ 1st-round rookie LT Will Campbell carted off with towel over his face after apparent leg injury vs. Bengals.
John Breech (CBS Sports) Week 12 grades. Patriots: B-, Bengals: B-. /Click for commentary.
Judy Battista (NFL.com) Eight NFL narratives we can finally put to bed after Week 12 Sunday. 1) The AFC East will certainly go through Buffalo.
Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft (ESPN) Week 12 winners and losers. Winner: Hunter Henry.
Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Winners and Losers: Chiefs teeter on edge, but come up with a massive OT win over Colts. Loser: Bengals’ defense against tight ends.
Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) Week 12 winners and losers: Jahmyr Gibbs, Patrick Mahomes come up clutch; Bengals, Vikings spiraling. Loser: Zac Taylor
Matt Verderame (SI) The Week 12 good, bad and ugly: Cowboys pull off epic comeback against Eagles; Plus, Jaxson-Smith Njigba is on pace to make NFL history, and the Chiefs and Lions both rallied for OT wins
Tyler Sullivan (CBS Sports) NFL Week 12 overreactions: Chiefs save season? Browns should stick with Shedeur Sanders? Steelers collapsing?
Conor Orr (SI) The AFC playoff bracket is upside down, but familiar teams have one reason to believe.
VIEW FROM CINCINNATI
Dave Clark (Cincinnati Enquirer) ‘We don’t appreciate losing.’ Zac Taylor ‘sick’ over Bengals-Patriots
Jason Garrison (Cincy Jungle) 6 Winners, 7 losers from Bengals’ Week 12 loss to Patriots. Winner: Goal line defense [sobs]; Loser: The Bengals’ ability to cover a tight end; More.
Patrick Judis (Cincy Jungle) Recap of the Bengals falling short of their comeback vs. Patriots 26-20.
Chris Roling (Bengals Wire) Instant analysis after Bengals lose to Patriots, fall to 3-8
