New England Patriots News

The win puts UNH, now 10-2, in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals for the fifth time in the last six seasons.

Perfect weather. As you can read in The Rap Sheet , it's already been a real busy morning for both the Jets and the Patriots [ team stats ] early wakeup for the Jets; early reprimand for the Pats.

As you're watching the Raiders and Cowboys butt heads this Thursday, ponder this: NFL teams don't go for it enough.

Back in 2005, one look at Leigh Bodden gave his new coach a first impression. Cornerbacks aren't usually as large as 6-foot-1, 193 pounds.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees leads the league with 22 touchdown passes.

Dan Carpenter complained that 12 ESPN sportscasters spent on-air time debating about Patriot coach Bill Belichick's decision to go for a first down late in the Colts game on Nov.

Money drew Tully Banta-Cain to San Francisco a couple of years ago, but he followed his heart back to New England.

There was no fourth-and-2 talk yesterday. Unless, that is, you're counting how the game was essentially over early in the fourth quarter and the Patriots weren't losing two in a row, extending an amazing streak that is almost as impressive as going 16-0. The Patriots took control at the start and finished with an overwhelming edge in yards , time ...

Nostalgia and remembrances hit Foxboro this week, and it rocked the inner sanctum of the Patriots .

METAIRIE, La. - Tight end David Thomas says being traded from the Patriots for a seventh-round draft pick didn't bother him.

By Tony Moss, NFL Editor -- - The NFL's two best offenses figure to dazzle and delight fans at the Louisiana Superdome on Monday night, as the New Orleans Saints put their unbeaten record on the line against the New England Patriots in a possible Super Bowl preview.

Koppen dreamed of the day he'd play for the varsity at Whitehall High. And part of that was participating in the annual Thanksgiving Day showdown against Emmaus High.

Indianapolis running back Joseph Addai runs into the endzone after breaking a tackle by a New England defender in the first quarter of the Colts' 35-34 win over the Patriots Sunday in Indianapolis.

Of their 290 points, 196 have come in the first half, just 94 in the second. In fact, they have been held to just 39 points all season in the third quarter, including shutouts in each of their three losses .

There were pump fakes and faked handoffs in Sunday's game between the Browns and Lions .

Talk with former Patriots [ team stats ] linebacker Rosevelt Colvin for more than five minutes and he'll eventually regale you with tales of growing up in Indianapolis .

New England Patriots players comment on their upcoming Monday night game against the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

The Colts and Saints remain in the top two spots, as they should, while some unlikely upsets have shaken the rest of the rankings up a bit.

You don't need me advising you to start Peyton Manning and Chris Johnson, or to bench Brady Quinn and Jabar Gaffney.

You can cry but you can't whine. Crying, as Ryan emotionally did in front of his players last week while telling them how deeply he still believed in them, doesn't mean you're not a tough guy.