Patriots links 12/15/25: Pats slapped with second half reality-check

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes, Patriots-Bills: Patriots set a team record averaging 9.8 yards per rush, produce season-high 246-yards rushing; Last six Patriots-Bills games decided by one possession; More.
• Mike Dussault’s Rapid Recap: Patriots can’t close out Bills, fall 35-31.
• Evan Lazar’s Game Observations: New England collapsed in the second half, plain and simple. Although it’s more fun to learn while winning, the Patriots will take the harder path by learning from a loss.
• Gamebook: Full Bills at Patriots stats.
• Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Bills.
• Post Game Pressers: Mike Vrabel – Drake Maye – TreVeyon Henderson, Stefon Diggs, Christian Gonzalez, JayLinn Hawkins, Marcus Jones, Harold Landry, Hunter Henry, K’Lavon Chaisson.

LOCAL LINKS

• Mark Daniels writes how the Patriots took their foot off the gas and Buffalo drove right over them.
• Matt Vautour explains the Bills gave the Pats a reality check, but the real story will be how New England responds.
• Karen Guregian emphasizes how this one loss won’t define the Patriots, but their response will.
• Zack Cox notes the Patriots expected the Josh Allen and Bills comeback, but just couldn’t stop it.
• Doug Kyed sorts through the Best and worst to see what we learned from Sunday. Best: TreVeyon Henderson, Drake Maye. Worst: Special teams. Just throw the whole unit in there with Brenden Schooler.
• Alex Barth shares 5 takeaways after the Patriots blow a 21-point lead to the Bills: Special teams sparks the backslide; Five consecutive touchdowns; More.
• Mark Daniels gives us 12 takeaways as the Patriots blow a big lead and lose. 1. Pats offense start fast.
• Chris Mason reports Stefon Diggs believed the biggest lesson from Sunday’s loss was easy to identify. Diggs believes the Patriots need to attack Monday’s film session with humility and then move on.
• Doug Kyed spotlights TreVeyon Henderson’s big plays that provided a silver lining in the loss.
• Andrew Callahan hears Mike Vrabel on why Robert Spillane was active but did not play a single snap.
• Mike Reiss highlights what Mike Vrabel had to say about the officiating yesterday. ‘Hard for me to understand how a team coming into the game leading [in offensive holds], and that’s how they play, didn’t have one yesterday.‘ More.
• Doug Kyed relays Drake Maye on his missed throws yesterday and how he has to do a better job.
• Jake Seymour relays the Patriots sounding off on the controversial penalties.
• Matt Vautour looks at how the Week 15 results impacted the Patriots playoff position.
• Lance Reynolds finds the fans still hopeful and riding the momentum.
• Pats Chat podcast: Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley react to the Patriots loss in Week 15. Kyed: “I think it was good for the team.“ Hurley: ”The first half wasn’t as good as the second half was bad.” More. (69 min.)

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