Patriots links 11/21/25: Pats-Bengals matchups, Keys to victory

TEAM TALK

• Patriots-Bengals updated Injury Report.
• Evan Lazar‘s Patriots Gameplan: 3 keys to victory vs. the Bengals. Defense Key: Do the Patriots still use the two-high safety blueprint without Chase in the lineup?
• Mike Dussault‘s Three to Watch: Key matchups vs. Bengals. 1. Pressure Flacco (or Burrow)
• Transcript: Mike Vrabel (plus min. 11 video)
• Press Conferences: Josh McDaniels – Zak Kuhr – Todd Downing, Thomas Brown, Doug Marrone, and Ashton Grant – Jaylinn Hawkins.
• All Access 1-on-1: Mack Hollins. (3 min. video)
• Game Preview: Scouting the matchups between the Patriots and Bengals. (8 min. video)
• Gronk on Gronk: Looking back at the greatest plays of his career. (4 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Thomas Murphy gives us his Monster Keys to victory over the Bungles: It’s not the size of the boat, it’s the motion of the ocean; More!
• Steve Balestrieri‘s Patriots-Bengals Week 12, Keys to the game, Key matchups. Patriots RBs vs. Bengals front seven — Edge New England.
• Phil Perry’s Patriots-Bengals Preview: Drake Maye a bigger factor than Joe Burrow.
• Chad Finn‘s Unconventional Preview: The one piece of evidence the skeptics miss about the Patriots? They are unbeaten on the road.
• Andrew Callahan‘s Friday Five: 1. 4th-down dominance. The Patriots are the best team in the NFL at one small, critical part of the game; More.
• Alex Barth’s 5 Things Friday: Who steps up in Milton Williams’ place?
• Andrew Callahan points out some good news at Thursday’s practice: The Pats appear to be in good health ahead of Sunday.
• Doug Kyed highlights Josh McDaniels gushing about Stefon Diggs’ influence on the Patriots.
• Matt Vautour reports the Patriots’ AFC East title path became easier after the Bills’ loss to the Texans.
• Mike D’Abate finds that Drake Maye stays humble, determined to remain focused, despite MVP-level success.
• Mark Daniels helps us get to know 29-year-old Patriots QB coach Ashton Grant, who is on a remarkable rise in the NFL.
• Nick O’Malley mentions the NFL endorsed a ‘Chowdamosa’ for Patriots fans, and he drank it so we don’t have to. “It was an opaque, milky nightmare of lemon, clam juice and tart sparkling wine. It was a Lovecraftian show of brut force that takes you on a grimy roller coaster ride of salty, abrasive flavors all kept in check by a riptide of heavy cream.” /Thanks for nothing, NFL.
• A Clare Perspective podcast: Clare welcomes Matt Smith, Executive Producer at Kraft Sports Productions, to talk Patriots-Bengals and more. (35 min.)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Multiple Contributors (ESPN) NFL Week 12 picks, bold predictions, schedule, odds; More. NE-CIN: The Patriots pride themselves on an identity that begins with “effort and finish” and that sometimes requires an extra edge on the road. All three pick Pats to win.
• Russell S. Baxter (NFL Spin Zone) Football food for thought in Week 12. *“Drake Maye and company take aim at a Bengals’ team that has...