Patriots links 11/24/25: Pats tough out gritty 26-20 win in Cincy

TEAM TALK

• 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)

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• 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...