The Patriots’ First Shot

Good morning! The First Shot provides you with a healthy helping of links to the top Patriots-related stories around the internet to get your day started. Enjoy your breakfast, your coffee, and recover from last night’s Patriot victory over the Broncos. The links begin after the jump…

• After a long playoff victory drought, the Pats have exorcised those demons with the win over the Broncos last night.
• Check out the transcripts of the postgame press conferences of Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and watch Vince Wilfork’s presser HERE.
• Check out video of various players reacting to last night’s game HERE.
• Check out video of Tom Brady highlights from last night HERE.
• Jackie MacMullen from ESPN Boston writes about something we all already know…Tom Brady’s the best.
• Aaron Hernandez appeared to be dinged up at the end of last night’s game, but says he’s ok. He thrived as a runner out of the backfield last night.
• Rob Ninkovich had a big game last night holding down Tim Tebow.
• WEEI’s Chrisopher Price looks at 10 things we learned about the Patriots Saturday night.
• The Patriots defense finally pulled their weight last night.