Stephen Gostkowski News

Safety Brandon Meriweather and kicker Stephen Gostkowski were the only two Patriots named to the midseason All-Pro team compiled by Sports Illustrated's Peter King.

Thank a veteran today . View full size photo>> Stephen Gostkowski named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week .

BEST TED GINN NEUTRALIZER : Kicker Stephen Gostkowski , who knocked one kickoff out of the end zone, but when the Patriots [ team stats ] were called for offsides he was asked to kick off again from his 25-yard line.

New England Patriots players comment on their 27-17 win over the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, November 8, 2009.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady set a franchise record with his 27th 300-yard passing game.

The Patriots were on their bye last week, giving the team plenty of time to kick back and watch two AFC rivals, the Jets and Dolphins, square off.

No one has to tell the Patriots what is at stake in Sunday's game against the Dolphins: through Miami is 3-4, all three of their wins have come against AFC East foes.

How do you win a game in the NFL and score 30 points when you have only 104 yards of total offense? Ask the Miami Dolphins.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham Perhaps for the first time since a Gainesville Sun reporter queried Urban Meyer in January 2007, somebody asked a concerned football coach how to neutralize Ted Ginn .

When the weather gets cold, Stephen Gostkowski views touchbacks as almost unrealistic.

In the big picture, they are the team to worry about. They are the key divisional foe for the Patriots [ team stats ] , not the loudmouth sons of Rex Ryan.

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It was the perfect storm for Tom Brady and Randy Moss. It's hard for anyone to say they saw either yesterday's mid-October snowfall or the Patriots' franchise-record 59-point outpouring coming, but the rekindling of the Brady-Moss magic should have been easy to forecast.

Next game: New England vs. Tampa Bay , 1 p.m. Sunday, Ch. 4. In addition to inconsistency, the Patriots have gotten a lot of criticism for being conservative on offense this season.

The Patriots were clicking on all cylinders in their 59-0 rout of the Tennessee Titans.

Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees and coach Bill Belichick were happy to have Jerod Mayo back in Denver.

After rookie Julian Edelman's 35-yard punt return put the Pats in scoring position on their first possession, they came up empty when Stephen Gostkowski was wide right with a 39-yard, field-goal attempt.

During his Friday press conference at Gillette Stadium, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick appeared to be in very relaxed state of mind, which seemed to take the assembled media by surprise.

Brady threw six touchdown passes - five in one quarter, an NFL mark - and the New England Patriots sent the hapless Tennessee Titans plummeting to a new low in their winless season with a 59-0 win on a snowy Sunday.