New England Patriots links 9/17/18 - Overreaction Monday: : Patriots at Jaguars: Patriots play in hottest game in team history.Gamebook: Full Patriots-Jaguars stats.Erik Scalavino’s Game Recap: Observations about the Week 2 loss from the press box at TIAA Bank Field. Patriots have a long way to go.Paul Perillo’s Game Observations: Jags walk the walk in steamy Jacksonville.Andy Hart’s Stock Watch: Rowe New England Patriots Hats , defense struggle in lopsided loss to Jaguars.Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Jaguars.Don Banks Snap Judgments: Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we digest a fairly high-scoring and eventful Week 2 in the NFL.Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (4.55 min. video) - Tom Brady (5.23 min. video)Post Game Press Pass: Duron Harmon, Eric Rowe, and Devin McCourty. (1.44 min. video)LOCAL LINKSTom E. Curran reminds us not to panic (yet), it’s just the Patriots’ September stumble. Doug Kyed calls panicking over an early-season loss a fool’s errand.DJ Bean points out the Patriots are still a work in progress.Doug Kyed offers his post-game takeaways and metrics: Failure to pressure plagued Pats.Ryan Hannable presents a five-point plan to fix the Patriots. 1. Cover stack, crossing plays better.Karen Guregian isn’t buying the ‘it’s early in the season’ excuses and finds something troubling about the way the Patriots lost.Kevin Duffy says the Patriots were outclassed.Andrew Callahan mentions how the Jaguars beat the Patriots at their own game Sunday.Doug Kyed tells us what went wrong in yesterday’s embarrassing loss. Third-down defense.Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Pats Recap: Patriots fall to Jaguars 31-20.Chris Blackey (DiehardBostonSportsFans) Patriots lose: We’re on to Detroit.Karen Guregian declares the Jaguars won the Gronkowski battle.Mike Reiss expressed disappointment the Patriots defense didn’t build on its season-opening effort.Ryan Hannable shares 10 quick thoughts on a frustrating loss: 2. It was a very frustrating start for the Patriots offense as the first three series went missed field goal, punt, punt, and that got Josh McDaniels fired up on the sidelines. Tom E. Curran picks the Best & Worst from Pats-Jags.Zack Cox examines one play Tom Brady would have liked to have back.Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Sony Michel’s debut bright spot in loss.Zack Cox Patriots Notes: Jaguars don’t need Jalen Ramsey to shut down Gronk.Doug Kyed relays Bill Belichick’s blunt evaluation of the loss: “We didn’t do a good enough job in any area, so it’s a long list. Playing, coaching New England Patriots Hoodie , every part of the game just wasn’t good enough.”Hayden Bird looks at how former Patriots performed around the NFL this week.Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Patriots on the cusp of milestone win for owner Robert Kraft; More.Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Sunday Patriots news, AFC East notes: Ja’Whaun Bentley is a pleasant surprise for everyone except Belichick; More.Ryan Hannable’s Sunday 7: Should Patriots take a look at wide receiver Josh Gordon?Ryan Hannable passes along a report that the Patriots will work out WR Kenny Britt Monday.Mike Reiss writes in his personal blog about ‘stealing a Saturday’ and scheduling his travel to best accommodate his family while having enough time & rest to cover the team.NBC Sports Boston wonders if the Patriots should sign troubled wide out Josh Gordon.Evan Lazar gives a hard pass to any Josh Gordon to the Patriots speculation.NATIONAL NEWSNFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots 20 - Jaguars 31: Recap, stats, ‘highlights’.Highlight (ESPN) Brady says he had a ‘bad day’ against a good team. (36 sec. clip)Brent Sobleski (Bleacher Report) Gap between Patriots and upstart AFC is closing.Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Jaguars make noise with win over Patriots, but real statement comes later.Tyler Conway (Bleacher Report) Blake Bortles, Jaguars shock Tom Brady, Patriots in AFC title game rematch. /Shoot, guess this cancels out the Pats’ AFC Championship win. Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Gronk grabs two catches for 15 yards, admits Jags’ D covered him well.Judy Battista (NFL.com) Brash Jaguars show their growth in win over Patriots.Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: Bortles unchained, Mahomes unstoppable; Week 2 was for making statements.Gary Gramling (SI) Sunday Freakout: Cousins’ first Vikings moment, A Bortles day as Jaguars put the AFC on notice Youth Customized New England Patriots Jerseys , Fitzpatrick on verge of ending the Winston era in Tampa, Browns can’t kick losing.Peter King (ProFootballTalk) Football Morning in America: Players make plays and Patrick Mahomes has made a perfect ten for high-flying Chiefs.Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: Week 2 reality check on NFL QBsKaelen Jones (SI) NFL Week 2 Injury Report: Patriots lose two defenders to concussions vs. Jaguars.Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Week 2 games: “This was a dispiriting effort for a New England club that was simply outmanned on both sides of the ball”.Alex Finnis (The Telegraph) NFL snap judgments, Week two: Shock upsets, kicking woes and Fitzmagic goes full Conor McGregor. Blake Bortles has Patriots defense’s number.Staff (Athlon Sports) 8 Amazing stats from Sunday, Week 2.Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Week 2 Winners and Losers: That is why the Vikings paid Kirk Cousins.Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL Week 2 Winners and losers: Mahomes impressive, Winston era in Tampa ending?Kristopher Knox (Bleacher Report) NFL team grades for Week 2. Patriots: D.Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Scoring up significantly after two games.Darin Gantt (ProFootgallTalk) Clay Matthews: Penalties are out of control.Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) New rules continue to promote longer kickoff returns.Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Bennie Fowler’s time with Patriots ends, after only four days.Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Duron Harmon fined $26,739 for hit on DeAndre Hopkins. /That’s crazy, yo. When the going gets tough, Tom Brady goes to Rob Gronkowski.The Patriots tight end had only three catches against the Chiefs on Sunday night, but he had big gains on each of the team's final two drives to help New England beat previously undefeated Kansas City 43-40.Gronkowski had a 42-yard catch and run to start a drive with under four minutes left that helped set up a Stephen Gostkowski field goal. Then www.thepatriotsfootballauthentic.com , after Patrick Mahomes connected with Tyreek Hill on a 75-yard touchdown, Brady found the big tight end for 39 yards to the Kansas City 9.Gostkowski ended it with a 28-yard chip shot."We kept fighting. We stayed strong," Gronkowski said Monday. "It was a great night, a great football game."A five-time Super Bowl champion and three-time NFL MVP, Brady has had no trouble finding receivers in his 18-year career. But Gronkowski is one of his favorites, including 76 TD passes from the Patriots quarterback — nearly twice as many as the next most prolific Brady target."He made a big play. He's been making a lot of those his career," Brady said. "I'll keep throwing to him in the biggest moments."Gronkowski had one catch in the first quarter and then wasn't targeted again until the fourth as the Chiefs double-covered him for much of the game. But on first and 10 from their own 21 with 3:50 to play, Brady hit Gronkowski for 42 yards to set up a 50-yard field goal that made it 40-33.After Mahomes and Hill tied it, Brady dropped back from the Chiefs 48 and saw his 6-foot-6 tight end running one-on-one with cornerback Josh Shaw. He lofted a long pass into Gronkowski's arms; it took Shaw another 15 yards to bring him down."It was a really good throw," said Patriots receiver Chris Hogan, who had catches of 42 and 19 yards on back-to-back plays during the Patriots' last touchdown drive. "I knew that with Rob being there New England Patriots T-Shirt , he had a really good chance at getting the ball. He ran a great route and set the offense up for a game-winning field goal."With three catches for 97 yards, Gronkowski finished the game with 500 career receptions — just the NFL's 15th tight end to reach the milestone. He did it in 108 games, the fourth-fastest in league history; he also hit the 7,500 yards receiving mark, the eighth tight end to do so."They just made plays when it came down to it. The quarterback is a damn good player. The tight end is a damn good player," Chiefs cornerback Orlando Scandrick said. "Those guys have been with each other a long time and you can see it. You can see the non-verbal communication. They just made more plays than us tonight. I tip my hat to Tom Brady. I tip my hat to Rob Gronkowski. I tip my hat to Julian Edelman, the whole Patriots football team."