Welcome to first and 10, a roundup of all the (mostly) Patriots-related news you need to start your Tuesday. Grab your coffee and let’s get to it.
--A quiet couple of days down in Foxborough -- consider it the calm before the storm. Limited player availability on Monday, and it's just conference calls with the coaches on Tuesday. The real fun will start Wednesday when players are required to be back in the building.
Tuesday’s Schedule
2:30-2:45 p.m.: Conference Call with Bill Belichick
2:45-3 p.m.: Conference Call with Josh McDaniels
3-3:15 p.m.: Conference Call with Brendan Daly
Now, on with the links...
1. Got to spend some quality time with Jackie Slater, Hall of Famer, Rams legend and father of New England special teams captain Matthew Slater. Sounds like he's cool if his son wins another ring at the expense of his old team.
2. Greg has a terrific breakdown of just how the New England defense went about slowing Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
3. It was an absolutely bananas edition of Overreaction Monday. Tons of great questions, with -- hopefully -- a few decent answers.
4. Here are the transcripts of David Andrews and Matt Slater's podium stints on Monday.
5. Mike Reiss writes on a mini-renaissance for Rob Gronkowski in the AFC title game.
6. You guys know the rules -- when Dan Wetzel writes about the Patriots, it's a link without question. This time, our guy writes on Brady's postgame mission to seek out Mahomes.
7. Pats-Chiefs was the second-most watched AFC title game in 42 years.
8. The Dolphins are in a holding pattern while they wait on Brian Flores' season to end in New England.
9. The Rams went all in this past offseason, and now, they're on the cusp of a Super Bowl title.
10. New England is still a two-point favorite.
Extra Point:
For you non-Instagram users, Belichick telling Brady he loves him and Brady says it back #patriots pic.twitter.com/uK2nGxtBvz
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) January 21, 2019