New England Patriots

By Ian Rapoport Then center Dan Koppen (pictured) walked by twice without crutches and not limping. He didn’t stop for interviews either, but earlier in the day, coach Bill Belichick hinted that he had potentially escaped terribly damage to his knee.

By Ian Rapoport “It’s hard enough trying to stop him the way it is,” coach Bill Belichick said. “It’s even worse when you tell him, ‘Well, here’s what we’re gonna do, what do want to do about it?’ They’ll have something they can do about it. You don’t want to put yourself in that position any more than you have to....

The Patriots defense did more than slow down the "Wildcat" and limit Ronnie Brown's and Ricky Williams' effectiveness in Sunday's 27-17 win over the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.

By Ian Rapoport Patriots quarterback Tom Brady just concluded his weekly interview on WEEI Radio, and as usual, the Patriots quarterback hit on several pertinent topics. He dissected the 27-17 win over the Dolphins, turned a spotlight on this week’s showdown with the Colts, and did a little more armcha...

By Ian Rapoport The Patriots’ 27-17 win over the Dolphins had barely settled by about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. There was some happiness in the locker room and a lot of satisfaction because of the gritty, tough victory over a rival. “That was a typical AFC East game, tough game that came right down to the wire,” coac...

FOXBORO - In a question-and-answer with Yahoo! Sports last week, Bill Belichick was speaking generally about the trade value of players. Belichick said basically every player...

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady set a franchise record with his 27th 300-yard passing game. Brady had 332 passing yards in the Patriots 27-17 win over the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium. The following are notes from the game.

By Ian Rapoport Patriots 27, Dolphins 17 Quarterback Tom Brady was 25 of 37 for 332 yards with a TD and an INT, while Randy Moss had six catches for 147 yards. Wes Welker added nine catches for 84 yards, and Laurence Maroney (pictured, from AP) contributed 82 rushing yards on 20 carries.

On September 21, 2008, the 0-2 Miami Dolphins rolled into Gillette Stadium to face the New England Patriots in...

FOXBORO - We're here at Gillette Stadium for the much-anticipated AFC East clash between the New Patriots and the Miami Dolphins. You can get updates and insight from...

By Ian Rapoport It’s not often we get a glimpse into the mind of Bill Belichick the personnel guru. Sometimes, he’ll detail his views on Xs and Os, but rarely on the fundamentals of running a successful football team. Cole: So if I gave you six first-round NFL draft picks, Tom Brady might be available?

By Ian Rapoport Like many of the Patriots players, Tom Brady is a proud advocate for his college. And he’s not alone, as Vince Wilfork and Brandon Meriweather can often be heard braggin’ on The U, and Pat Chung has to be the biggest Oregon fan around. And so, Brady loves him some Michigan. That’s why it was inter...

Seven games into his comeback season, a healthy Tom Brady has the New England Patriots where he wants them -- on top of the AFC East.

The New England Patriots return from the Bye Week to face AFC East Rival Miami at Gillette Stadium. New England owns a 40-12 record in regular season AFC East games since the beginning of the 2001 season, compiling the best intra-division record of any team in the NFL over the last eight seas...

It's no wonder Patriots coach Bill Belichick wanted to again lure Junior Seau out of retirement earlier than even the 20th-year veteran may have been anticipating. With...

Related articles from FOXSports.com News for Patriots.

USI becomes official insurance broker of the New England Patriots and the New England Revolution. Partnership agreement with Kraft Sports Group aligns USI with one of the strongest brands in professional sports.

By Ian Rapoport It’s been quite a week here in London. It’s actually only been a few days, but it feels like forever. And that’s a good thing. The Patriots and the Buccaneers will finally play a game here at 1 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. local), with historic Wembley Stadium (right, from our photog Matt Stone) already dres...

Patriots 59, Titans 0 GILLETTE STADIUM, FOXBORO 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Tennessee00000 New England103514059 Next game: New England vs. Tampa Bay (London), 1 p.m. Sunday, Ch. 4. In addition to inconsistency, the Patriots have gotten a lot of criticism for being conservative on offense this sea...

By Boston Herald Staff With Ian still airborne, Dan Duggan attended Bill Belichick’s press conference in Foxboro, and filed this report.)          Patriots coach Bill Belichick stressed his team’s lack of consistency this morning in explaining yesterday’s 20-17 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos. Speaki...

In today’s blitz, Bill Belichick comments on Sunday’s loss, the team’s woes against the Broncos continue and Jerod Mayo talks about his return. Also, did the Patriots let a big play slip by late in the game? Lastly, Josh McDaniels talks about defeating a team like the Patriots.

By Site Staff We have another Patriots show Sunday night 10/04 at 8:30 pm EST. Listen in as the guys break down the the Baltimore Ravens game. New England won 27-21. Callers welcome. If you miss the show, check back for the podcast immediately following.

By Ian Rapoport After a Patriots win, one of a ton of things that changes is the possession of the championship belt. Defensive line coach Pepper Johnson runs the scout team, and he awards a title belt to the practice player of the week. OK, let’s get to the coverage in today’s Boston Herald:

Boston Globe  NC As for the New England Patriots, well, if you didn't grow up with it, it's hard to root for a team run by the most cynical, ruthless, mechanical coach in the NFL. Rooting for the Patriots is like rooting for the swine flu, except the swine flu might be ...

By Karen Guregian Patriots owner Robert Kraft and president Jonathan Kraft held the traditional jersey presentation with safety Patrick Chung, the team’s first selection in the draft (No. 34 overall in the second round) earlier this morning. Given it’s the 50th anniversary of the American Football Leag...

 IL 40) The New England Patriots select, RON BRACE, DT, BOSTON COLLEGE. Vince Wilfork is getting old, so why not get someone to study under him and spell him during the years he is still in the league. 41) The new England Patriots select, DARIUS BUTLER, ... NFL draft, second round Baltimore Sun

The TD came in the Eagles' loss to the Pats in Super Bowl 39. Lewis managed 19 catches this past season, one more in the playoffs. The move leaves the Eagles with seven wide receivers on their roster -- starters Kevin Curtis and DeSean Jackson, ...

SHOW #220 - Raiders at Chargers Postgame and Patriots at Raiders Pregame TOPICS: 1) Raiders at Chargers Postgame Review 2) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is coming to Oakland for the Patriots game 3) Patriots at Raiders pregame analysis 4) Ten Boneline callers:

By Jane McManus As for exactly what has led to the uplift after a terrible three-game stretch to teams with losing records, well, the new quarterback has a few theories. Coach Eric Mangini named his players of the week from the Patriots game. Offense: Nick Mangold. Defense: Darrelle Revis. Special Teams: Le...

By Jane McManus The Patriots had 400 passing yards and 511 yards of total offense. The Jets had 258 and 375. Note that the Jets had significantly less. The Patriots converted two of three attempts on fourth down. Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel was his teams leading rusher, gaining 62 yards on eight attempt...

By Jane McManus With injuries to QB Tom Brady and LB Adalius Thomas, and the Jets playing consistent and conservative football, this will be an interesting one to watch. Jenkins is playing well, and the running game with Thomas Jones has been reliable. Jones was even nominated for the Fed Ex NFL player of th...

By Matt Loede Matt Jergensen from Ravens Gab on the Ravens win in Houston over the Texans Jeff Sack from Patriots Gab on the Pats victory at home over the Bills Eric Palmer from Saints Gab on the Falcons win at the Georgia Dome over the Saints Russ Loede from Bears Gab on the Bears home loss to the Titans

By Matt Loede Wendy Bubp from Panthers Gab on the Cardinals game in Carolina with the Panthers Stephen Rhodes breaks down week 8 in Fantasy Football Jeff Sack from Patriots Gab on the Pats week 8 Home Matchup with the Rams

By TheSportsGuru Look at just the first drive.  The Broncos were inside the Patriots 35 yardline, and had the ball for over 6 minutes.  The crowd was quiet, the Broncos were shoving it down the Patriots throat, and that was obviously the game plan.  The fumble kills all of that.  Similarly, the 2nd drive moves in...

By Ray After the Chargers crushed their nemesis, the Patriots, Loren and Ray (who are feeling a lot better this week, I assure you) will break down the beat down.  Greg Campbell from the Buffalo Bills Review Podcast joins for us as we look ahead to the Bills and the Chargers’ most challenging road t...

By Ray Ray and Loren break down the Dolphins debacle and look ahead to a sunday night showdown against the hated Patriots. We will also look at what’s going on with this defense, with LT and how injuries can affect this game and games to come. We will also take your phone calls and emails

By Dave Halprin (Grizz) In the Super Bowl, Athlon has Dallas defeating San Diego. The Super Bowl will have Indy beating Dallas. In the NFC title game, Tony Romo and Company will get it done this year by defeating the Green Bay Packers, while in the AFC title game, Peyton Manning and the Colts will beat New England.

By Brent When starting off the press conference after the draft Coach Bill Belichick joked, On Day 2 the Patriots added OLB Shawn Crable, QB Kevin O’Connell, CB Johnathan Wilhite, WR/Special Teamer Matt Slater and as mentioned OLB Ruud with their lat pick.

By Jamie The Patriots started Saturday’s proceedings with the 7th overall pick. With Chris Long and Vernon Gholston being off the board, the Pats saw the best value in trading back with the Saints to the #10 overall spot. In doing so, they gained the Saints’ third round selection and gave up their own...

January 22nd, 2008 CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT 2008 SUPERBOWL 42 BETTING LINES & ODDS Perfection will be the word of the day on Super Bowl Sunday, when the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady guns for a 19-0 record and fourth championship ring against the heavily underdogged Ne...

By John Tomase Patriots head coach Bill Belichick lightened his press conference this morning with the admission that he’s not a fan of “San Diego Super Chargers,” the team’s theme song that sounds like it was written during the bad part of the 70s when funk and disco and rock ended up in the same blender o...

By John Tomase We played Patriot football and this is what I’m used to playing since I’ve been here for [the last] five years — going out here, not taking any crap, standing up to a big, physical team like Pittsburgh and doing what we do best. That’s playing sound, fundamental football very physical and tha...

By John Tomase THE SPECIAL TEAMS DISPARITY: The Patriots simply dominated in the return game. The Colts didn’t look that different from the team that allowed Devin Hester to take the opening kick in the Super Bowl for a touchdown. Ellis Hobbs and Wes Welker were continuously able to get outside on both kic...

By Brent Earlier this year it was interesting to read, listen and watch all the views on the New England Patriots for the upcoming 2007 season. ‘Big time’ signings in the offseason were made to catapult the Patriots past the Colts and compete for another Championship.

By Lawrence What this game was, as I predicted it would be, was a tutorial for other teams on how to defeat the Patriots - or a tutorial for the Pats to fix their problems before their little winning streak ends. And those were glaringly obvious ...

By Dave Halprin (Grizz) OK, let’s even give that to Cowlishaw. Let’s suppose that Wade could have forgotten about the run and tried to stop Brady from torching the secondary. How would you get it done? In true gotcha’ style, "Perry Mason" Cowlishaw dropped his bombshell evidence on the jury by hearkening back to th...

By Beth In fairness, though, while the fans are given to being hypercritical, it’s also been acknowledged by both Coach Belichick and various Patriots players that New England can play better than they did on Sunday–and they’re going to need to if they hope to beat teams that are better than the B...

By Rick Eagles Try And Recall Anything Fishy About Super Bowl Loss To Patriots [Yahoo Sports] Professor Alfred Yen On The NFL's Punishment Of The Patriots And Bill Belichick [Sports Law Blog] Bill Belichick Scandal, Now In Song Form [With Leather]

« Tom Brady has better threads than Jay Z Reggie Bush inks Sirius Radio Announcer Deal August 16th, 2007 Reggie Bush is coming to Sirius Radio. The New Orleans Saints running back and Heisman Trophy winner joins Sirius for weekly reports this 2007 NFL season. On Wednesdays at 5:15pm E...

By Jordan The AFC East is made up of the New England Patriots, the New York Jets, the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills. The division with a perennial powerhouse (Patriots) and three that hover around mediocrity -- only to jump occasionally to greatness, or simply get hot at the end of the season --...

Where: Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida At Stake: National Football League Championship Participants: Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears What do you know, Joe? A: Being the second quarterback to win a Super Bowl for their team