Boston Sports Morning Report — Sunday, Oct. 4

Football Sunday in Orchard Park — and the B's dropped one in Minnesota last night. Here's the Sunday board.

Short version: Patriots (1-2) visit undefeated Buffalo at 1. Bruins fell 1–4 at Minnesota and sit 2-1-0 atop the Atlantic with Ottawa at home Monday. Red Sox season is done. Celtics still waiting on preseason tip Thursday.

New England Patriots

• Yesterday: No game
• Today: Sun, Oct. 4 — 1:00 PM ET — @ Buffalo Bills (CBS)
• Next: Sun, Oct. 11 — 1:00 PM ET — vs Las Vegas Raiders (home)
• Standings: 1-2 · 3rd in AFC East (Jets also 1-2); Buffalo 3-0 leads · Dolphins 0-3 sit 4th
• Last result: L 6–35 @ Jacksonville (Sep. 27)

Road trip to Orchard Park against a 3-0 Bills club. After Jacksonville, this is the measuring stick. Coffee early, volume up.

Boston Red Sox

• Yesterday / Today: No games — eliminated, season over
• Last series: Swept in AL Wild Card by Yankees (G1 L 0–9, G2 L 2–9)
• Next: Offseason
• Standings: 87-75 · 3rd in AL East · Eliminated in AL Wild Card

Still October for everyone else. For the Sox it's the long winter — football and hockey hold the local board today.

Boston Celtics

• Yesterday / Today: No games
• Next (preseason): Thu, Oct. 8 — 7:00 PM ET — @ Cleveland Cavaliers
• Then (preseason): Sat, Oct. 10 — 8:00 PM ET — vs Philadelphia 76ers (home)
• Regular-season opener: Tue, Oct. 20 — 3:00 PM ET — @ Detroit Pistons
• Status: Preseason / 2026-27 not started. Last season: 56-26.

Quiet on the parquet. First preseason tip is Thursday in Cleveland — four sleeps.

Boston Bruins

• Yesterday: L 1–4 @ Minnesota Wild
• Today: No game
• Next: Mon, Oct. 5 — 7:30 PM ET — vs Ottawa Senators (home)
• Then: Thu, Oct. 8 — 7:00 PM ET — vs Utah Mammoth (home)
• Standings: 2-1-0 · 1st in Atlantic · 4 points

Minnesota snapped the perfect start. Still first in the Atlantic. Home ice vs Ottawa Monday — bounce-back night on Causeway.

That's the Sunday board, folks. Kickoff in Buffalo at 1. Enjoy it.

MOAM Out.