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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was hopeful the NFL wouldn’t suspend tight end Rob Gronkowski. But no such luck, as Brady likely suspected before the NFL’s announcement that Gronkowski will sit for Monday night’s game against the Dolphins. “Yeah, it happened on the last pass play of the game, and it’s

No matter how much the Bills schemed, hoped and psyched themselves up to try and take it to the Patriots, they couldn’t hang.

The Patriots didn’t play their prettiest game of the year on Sunday afternoon in Buffalo, but the final score still looked pretty good. New England got a pair of rushing touchdowns from Rex Burkhead in the second half after failing to reach the end zone in the first 30 minutes of play and their defense

A U.S. Army veteran left a football game with a new best friend. The New York Jets partnered with America’s VetDogs to present a veteran named Rodney with a service dog during the first half of their game against the Carolina Panthers last Sunday as part of the team’s ”Salute to Service

In an interview with Tony Dungy for NBC’s Football Night in America, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he was “going to embrace the elephant in the room” that is the team’s upcoming matchup with the Patriots and the chance that the two teams will meet again in the playoffs. His quarterback isn’t thinking

There is certainly nothing new about Tom Brady leading the Patriots to a touchdown on the opening drive of a game. But in Sunday’s win over the Dolphins, New England found a new, satisfying way to put forth a game-opening march to a Rex Burkhead 2-yard touchdown run. Brady and Co. took over on their

The Steelers and Patriots are headed for a fun showdown, and that leads off our NFL Power Rankings this week.

One moment, Leslie Frazier expressed relief at how the Buffalo Bills were finally able to plug various holes on a leaky defense. ”I’m really proud of the way our guys competed,” the defensive coordinator said Monday, referring to Buffalo’s 16-10 win at Kansas City a day earlier

Beyond the fisticuffs over hurt feelings about jewelry in Oakland, here’s a look at the top five Shutdown Corner posts from Week 12 in the NFL:

DALLAS (AP) — Former NFL receiver Terry Glenn, who caught Tom Brady’s first touchdown pass with the New England Patriots in 2001, died Monday following a one-vehicle rollover traffic accident near Dallas that left his fiancée slightly hurt, officials said. He was 43.

NFL Week 11 is underway. To keep tabs on some of the choicest highlights and other big news throughout Sunday, keep it locked here for updates. But first the schedule.     Schedule Steelers 40, Cardinals 17 (Takeaways)  Texans 31, Cardinals 21 (Recap) Ravens 23, Packers 0 (Recap) Lions 27, Bears 24 (

The Patriots can break their franchise record for consecutive road victories with a win todays. And that’s not the only thing they can achieve by beating the Raiders in Mexico City.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Patriots are still getting accustomed to the thin Colorado air as they prepare for Sunday’s meeting with the Oakland Raiders in the even higher altitude of Mexico City. Thursday, the team held a walkthrough practice at Falcon Stadium on the campus of the United States

Musings, observations and the occasional insight from a somewhat uneven Week 10 in the NFL…. * After enduring the past three frustrating seasons, New Orleans fans are eminently familiar with 7-win Saints teams. Just not ones that reach that particular checkpoint in mid-November, in Week 10. In yet another

It seems a couple of long flights, a change of scenery and a new uniform made tight end Martellus Bennett’s shoulder feel much better. Bennett, who the New England Patriots claimed off waivers from the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, is expected to play Sunday night against the Denver Broncos, a source

LaAdrian Waddle will go from playing one snap a year ago to protecting Tom Brady from Von Miller and the Broncos on Sunday night.

Week 9 of the NFL season proved once again that what we think we know is often not true at all. The best example of that was a depleted Washington Redskins team going into Seattle and beating the Seahawks 17-14 in front of the 12th man. Tom Brady has his work cut out for him in Sunday’s road tilt against

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have placed linebacker and defensive captain Dont’a Hightower on injured reserve.

After nine weeks of the current NFL season, the more things change – the more they stay the same. The Patriots are 6-2, and currently in possession of 1st place in the AFC East.  Seriously, did anyone figure much differently at this stage of the year?  Maybe you thought the record might be a bit better

Jimmy Garoppolo had gotten used to being the second choice in New England. He also apparently was the second choice in San Francisco. Jay Glazer of FOX reports that 49ers G.M. John Lynch asked Patriots coach Bill Belichick whether Belichick would trade quarterback Tom Brady. The answer, of course, was

In what’s been a de facto quarterback swap, the Patriots have signed QB Brian Hoyer to a reported three-year deal after dealing Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2018 second-round pick before Tuesday’s trade deadline. Hoyer was released by the Niners after the Garoppolo trade and

In what’s been a de facto quarterback swap, the Patriots have reportedly signed QB Brian Hoyer to a three-year deal after dealing Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2018 second-round pick before Tuesday’s trade deadline. Hoyer was released by the Niners after the Garoppolo trade

Brian Hoyer is back with the Patriots, but New England isn’t his only option. The Packers tried to sign Hoyer before he agreed to go to New England, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Rapoport’s report gives the lie to Packers coach Mike McCarthy’s claim that the team was fully committed to Brett Hundley

SANTA CLARA — Jimmy Garoppolo comes to the 49ers with two Super Bowl rings as Tom Brady’s backup with the New England Patriots, and that successful apprenticeship punctuated the 49ers’ statement Tuesday confirming a trade for their new quarterback. Garoppolo will at the 49ers’ facility about

The San Francisco 49ers have reportedly acquired their quarterback of the future by trading for New England backup Jimmy Garoppolo.

After trading for Jimmy Garoppolo, the 49ers have reportedly decided to release backup quarterback Brian Hoyer. Which means the Patriots may have their man to replace Garoppolo. Hoyer has backed up Tom Brady before, and it would make a lot of sense for him to sign with New England again. He knows the

Football is a game of misdirection and disguise, and there have been plenty of both in the NFL this season. Typically, the only certainty about the league has been its unpredictability. The Philadelphia Eagles are soaring, the Rams are rising, the New England Patriots are starting to show their age and

COSTA MESA — The Patriots have given up 166 points this season, sixth-most in the NFL. They have allowed 167 first downs, just two fewer than the winless 49ers. And they have surrendered 2,987 offensive yards, the worst mark in the league. Just don’t tell that to the man in charge of attacking that

Carson Wentz showed the Redskins no mercy on Monday night. Jesse Pantuosco recaps his impressive outing in Tuesday’s Dose.

Dion Lewis, Kenny Stills and Jalen Richard are among the names we’ll be targeting in fantasy leagues, ahead of a messy bye week.