No, not to the pitiable creature who is commissioner of the National Football League. Not to the Worldwide Leader in Broadcast Hyperbole that wasted so much air time covering the non-scandal resulting in his one-month exile. Not to the naysayers who derive more ghoulish glee from trolling New England Patriots’ fans than cheering for one […]
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Brady’s back: How the New England Patriots got through 4 games
PointAfter | Graphiq FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — He’s baaack. And minus a surprise setback Sunday against Buffalo, it’s almost like Tom Brady never left. Despite being without their franchise centerpiece for the past month while he served his four-game “Deflategate” suspension, the New England Patriots welcome Brady back on Monday 3-1 after a 16-0 loss […]
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The Hot Corner: It’s fantasy to think Tom Brady is expendable
I dislike fantasy football. Not merely because I ended my seven-year retirement from it this NFL season and acquired Adrian Peterson, Keenan Allen and Corey Coleman in advance of their debilitating injuries. What I hate, more than the dumb-luck aspect that makes filling out a March Madness bracket look like skilled labor by comparison, is […]
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Jacoby Brissett would make Patriots history as first black QB to start
BOSTON — From his den in Huntsville, Alabama, Onree Jackson will quietly root to see Jacoby Brissett under center when he watches New England host Houston on Thursday night. Almost 50 years have passed, but Jackson still remembers his excitement when he was drafted out of Alabama A&M in 1969 by the Boston Patriots — […]
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Patriots’ Jacoby Brissett has a different challenge against Texans
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jacoby Brissett inherited a 21-point lead — and good field position — when he made his NFL debut. If he makes his first career start against the Houston Texans on Thursday night, things will be a bit more difficult. The New England Patriots’ third-stringer was forced into action on Sunday when Jimmy […]
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Patriots face a familiar challenge after Jimmy Garoppolo injured
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Under Bill Belichick the New England Patriots have, in many ways, mastered the art of getting headlining performances out of understudies. He’ll have to pull off his magic again if the Patriots are going to keep their early season momentum. New England improved to 21-1 at home against the AFC East since […]
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By the numbers: New England Patriots 23, Arizona Cardinals 21
New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals – Team Game Stats | PointAfter New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals – Player Stat Distribution | PointAfter Arizona’s Chandler Catanzaro missed a 47-yard field goal with 41 seconds to play. The miss came after Garoppolo, in his first NFL start, directed the Patriots from their own 19 to […]
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Tom Brady to stop fighting Deflategate suspension
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady will drop his appeal and serve his four-game suspension for the “Deflategate” scandal. The New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post Friday that “I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process.” Brady’s latest appeal was rejected Wednesday by the 2nd U.S. […]
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Federal judge dismisses ‘Deflategate’ lawsuit brought by Rumford lawyer
Deflategate’s day in court has run out of steam. The legal, if not emotional, drama is over. A federal judge in Boston dismissed a Rumford lawyer’s lawsuit demanding the NFL return draft picks taken from the team as punishment following the controversial 2015 AFC championship game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts. Federal […]
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Appeals court reinstates Tom Brady’s Deflategate suspension
NEW YORK — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game “Deflategate” suspension imposed by the NFL, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled […]