Let’s get this straight. A second-year head coach and a second-string quarterback are not going to keep the New England Patriots from winning a second-consecutive Super Bowl. Not. Going. To. Happen. I mean, it could happen. But it won’t. I will give props to the Philadelphia Eagles. They were dominant enough in the regular season […]
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Tom Brady cuts off radio interview over remark about daughter
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he’s reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter “an annoying little pissant.” Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, “I’ll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again.” WEEI […]
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Thousands of fans give New England Patriots a super sendoff to Minneapolis
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady praised the Philadelphia Eagles, dropped the microphone and then walked off stage Monday to lead the New England Patriots on the road to the Super Bowl. “It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be a lot of hard work, we’re playing a great team, but I tell you […]
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Patriots defensive coordinator Patricia bringing the beard back to Super Bowl
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It may have been his last game in New England, and Matt Patricia wasn’t ready for it to end. The Patriots defensive coordinator went back onto the field long after the AFC championship was over and the team had advanced to the Super Bowl for the sixth time in his tenure. There, […]
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Rob Gronkowski listed with concussion, giving Patriots fans some early worries
Given the unusual circumstances, with a two-week gap between the AFC championship game and Super Bowl LII, the Patriots did not hold a practice Wednesday. But they were still required by NFL rules to release an injury report, and it listed Rob Gronkowski as having a concussion. Gronkowski was also categorized as a practice nonparticipant, […]
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Chris Long knows exactly what’s required to beat the Patriots
PHILADELPHIA — Chris Long knows all too well what awaits them, everything from Bill Belichick’s meticulous machinations to Tom Brady’s piercing precision in the pocket. He had walked among them, practiced beside them, watched them, studied them. Long spent the 2016 season indoctrinated in the “Patriots Way,” witnessing the transformative power of a future Hall […]
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Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski is back in the playoffs, where he's unstoppable
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is tackled by Tennessee Titans safety Kevin Byard, rear, after catching a pass during an NFL divisional playoff game earlier this month in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Late last Saturday night, Rob Gronkowski paced across the New England locker room, dressed in all black, decked in a […]
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AP source: Colts closing in on deal to hire Patriots assistant McDaniels
INDIANAPOLIS — A person familiar with the negotiations says the Indianapolis Colts are “close” to reaching a deal to hire Josh McDaniels as their new coach. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because they were still working on the contract. But even if the two sides agreed to […]
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Patriots won’t bite on Jaguars’ trash talk
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As they normally do when the opposition says something you might post on a bulletin board, the New England Patriots reacted diplomatically Monday to Jacksonville’s Jalen Ramsey guaranteeing his team is “going to the Super Bowl and we gonna win that b—-.” “Man, that guy’s really good,” said a smiling Pro Bowl […]
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Patriots get Jaguars in AFC title game, Vikings-Eagles in NFC
NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, New England. Here comes Sacksonville. Get ready, Philly. The Vikings are sailing into town. Tom Brady and the big game-tested Patriots (14-3) square off against the sack-happy Jacksonville Jaguars (12-6) next Sunday in the AFC championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts — with the winner headed to the Super Bowl. […]