Patriots links 1/09/26: Pats-Chargers Wild Card keys to victory

TEAM TALK

• Patriots-Chargers updated Injury Report.
• Roster Moves: T Sebastian Gutierrez has been re-signed to the practice squad and CB Miles Battle has been released from the practice squad.
• Mike Dussault’s Three to Watch: Patriots vs. Chargers Wild Card playoff preview.
• Evan Lazar dives inside the Patriots turnaround on the Offensive Line this season.
• Press Conferences: Josh McDaniels – Jeremy Springer – Kayshon Boutte, Jaylinn Hawkins, and Austin Hooper.
• Wild Card Game Preview: Mike Dussault and Evan Lazar scout the matchups between the Pats and Chargers. (12 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered on TV: Chargers preview, One-on-One with Will Campbell; More. (22 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Chargers Preview, Team news/updates, Wild Card Weekend picks. (2 hours)
• Throwback: Top 5 Patriots Wild Card plays of the 2000s. (2 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Thomas Murphy shares the Monster Keys to a Patriots Wild Card victory over the Bolts. 1. Get out in front and stay there – I want points early. I want them often. I want the Chargers chasing all day. This is a short key and maybe obvious. But it needed to be cut; More.
• Kevin Stiefel posts his keys to victory for both the Patriots and Chargers on Sunday night.
• Phil Perry’s Pats-Chargers preview: Why run game will be crucial in Wild Card matchup.
• Andrew Callahan’s Friday Five: Drake Maye’s chess match with the Chargers and more.
• Alex Barth’s Barth’s Friday 5 Things: How Patriots matchup strength-on-strength, weakness-on-weakness with Chargers.
• Mark Daniels identifies the top 10 reasons for the Patriots’ shocking turnaround. 1. Drafting Drake Maye.
• Tom E. Curran explains why he believes Drake Maye is built to beat the talented Chargers defense.
• Sara Marshall highlights Chris Hogan who believes we’ll see even more trickery from Josh McDaniels as the Patriots begin the postseason.
• Sara Marshall explains how Bill Belichick may have handed Pats the blueprint to break the Chargers.
• Ethan Hurwitz spotlights the inconsistencies on special teams this season and Jeremy Springer on the need to make every play count.
• Doug Kyed looks at how veteran Jaylinn Hawkins experienced a breakout season thanks to his buy-in.
• Graham Wilker warns the Patriots must clean up their tackling in order to make a deep playoff run.
• Alex Barth reports the Patriots added Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) to the injury report.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Blake Schuster (USA Today) Chargers at Patriots: Predictions, picks, odds for AFC Wild Card game.
• Ian Casselberry (Yahoo! Sports) Chargers-Patriots wild-card playoff preview: Drake Maye mania gets prime-time treatment vs. Jim Harbaugh.
• Nate Tice and Charles McDonald (Yahoo! Sports) Chargers-Patriots preview: How the Chargers can slow down Drake Maye. (2.43 min. video)
• Matt Verderame (SI) Key matchups, predictions for every 2025 Wild-Card game. Chargers-Patriots: Key matchup: Justin Herbert vs. Patriots’ pass rush; More. Pats win 25-20.
• Multiple Contributors (ESPN) NFL playoff wild-card game picks, predictions, schedule, odds.
• Jarrett Bell (USA Today) [Road...