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The MMQB looked at the best teams in league history over at least a 12-year period, and here were the interesting findings about where the Patriots of 2001 to 2016 rank with them: a New England’s regular-season winning percentage of .766 over these 16 seasons is the best of any team in league history in a span of at least 12 years. a New England has won 14 division titles in those 16 seasons, the highest rate of division/conference titles won by a franchise over that span.

Jacksonville Jaguars likely to keep tight end Julius Thomas around

Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Julius Thomas will likely be back for the team following a big multi-million dollar payment to him after the Super Bowl. While the conversations around Julius Thomas and his place with the Jacksonville Jaguars continue, the Jags have reaffirmed their commitment to the pass-catching tight end by giving him money he was due following the 2017 Super Bowl.

Century Links 2/11: No-E on Off-Season Rehab, and other Seahawks News

Gee Scott: Catching up with Seahawks’ Tyler Lockett during his broken leg rehab Will Tyler Lockett be recovered from his broken leg to play in Week 1 for the Seahawks next season? “Oh yeah, for sure I will,” the wide receiver told 710 ESPN Seattle’s Gee Scott. Seattle Seahawks Despite doing so much in his career already, quarterback Russell Wilson should only get better over the next few seasons.

Baltimore Ravens: Who To Cut, Who To Keep

Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jordan Matthews catches the ball in front of the defense of Baltimore Ravens defensive back Kyle Arrington at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The Baltimore Ravens rank in the bottom of the league in salary cap space.

49ers hope hiring of Shanahan ends revolving door at coach

For the third straight offseason, San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York hired a new head coach and introduced him with a news conference full of platitudes. After running off Jim Harbaugh following the 2014 season and Jim Tomsula and Chip Kelly after one-year tenures the past two seasons, York believes he has found the right man in Kyle Shanahan to lead the Niners back to respectability first and then into championship contention.

Houston Texans: The Best Landing Spot For Tony Romo?

ESPN’s Adam Schefter called the Houston Texans the best fit for soon to be former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo but admits there would be hurdles Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he still has no clue what to do about their former starting quarterback Tony Romo. He can say that all he wants, but the answer is pretty easy: The team is going to have to cut him.

Carson Palmer announces he’s coming back in 2017

As it turns out, Larry Fitzgerald and Carson Palmer were very much a package deal, so now the Cardinals will enter the offseason with some stability. “My intent was to take some time after the season to get away and see where I was physically and mentally,” Palmer said.

Chris Long plans to skip Patriots’ White House visit

Add another name to the list of Patriots who do not want to visit Donald Trump’s White House: Chris Long . Long, the veteran defensive end who just completed his first season with the Patriots, wrote on Twitter that he has been planning to skip the White House visit but hadn’t been asked about it before.

Bob Tyrrell

… that Wlady learned about superior coaching and training from my tirades around the office after watching a great sports victory. Every one of my Indiana University teammates who won an event answered the dumbfounded (and disagreeable) ABC …

Contraception app approved by regulator

Chaos at Madison Square Garden as ex-New York Knicks star Charles Oakley, 53, is charged with assault after fighting with security and screaming abuse at the owner during the game Surveillance footage captures the terrifying moment a mother, 27, desperately tries to hand her toddler to a McDonald’s drive thru worker as ‘she battles the child’s father who had kidnapped and beaten her’ Several are arrested at Phoenix immigration facility after protesters try to stop deportation of undocumented mother who has checked in once a year for eight years only to be told she is now being sent back to Mexico Pentagon says airstrikes in Syria killed 11 al-Qaeda operatives – including ‘a senior leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri’ Dozens protest outside the Army Corps of Engineers offices in Los Angeles after the agency said it will clear the way for completion of the … (more)

Chiefs can make valuable impact in free agency

… the Pittsburgh Steelers at Arrowhead Stadium. The Steelers won 18-16. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Dontari Poe had some of the pressure taken off of him with the emergence of Chris Jones. Despite that fact, Poe’s play on the …

Gronk will party on and on

… an extra hour of partying. It all goes down Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. at The Gronk Zone at Boston Sports Club, 70 Station Landing, Medford. As with most free things, this is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more …

Gronk will party on and on

… an extra hour of partying. It all goes down Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. at The Gronk Zone at Boston Sports Club, 70 Station Landing, Medford. As with most free things, this is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more …

Packers release Sam Shields

As the Packers begin to reload for 2017, they’re moving on from a guy who did little to assist the effort in 2016. Undrafted in 2010, Shields became a contributor defensively as a rookie, helping the team to a Super Bowl win.

Antonio Brown wants to “rebuild the trust” in Pittsburgh

The Steelers were sufficiently frustrated with Antonio Brown ‘s playoff postgame video that it was easy to wonder if it was the last straw, and that it could become pretext for trading the star wide receiver who happens to be due for a raise. But Brown told Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report that he hopes to be a “Steeler for life” and that he hopes to learn from the mistake he made.

Panthers sign Ben Jacobs for two years

Panthers linebacker Ben Jacobs was set to become a restricted free agent this offseason, but he and the team struck an agreement to avoid that process. The Panthers announced Wednesday that Jacobs has signed a two-year deal with the team.

Coaching cream at the top of the MW

Just about two-thirds of the way through the Mountain West season, it appears to be a two-horse race for conference Coach of the Year. It’s easy to look on top of the standings and see Boise State’s Leon Rice and Nevada’s Eric Musselman.

First openly gay NFL player shares story

… and stopped his talk to ask the television crews to turn off their cameras. The attention and what he believes is the sports’ discomfort with homosexuality ultimately destroyed his career. After being cut from the Rams and then waived by the Dallas …

Top-10 interior pass rushers

Measuring the best pass-rushers on a basis deep than just sacks has long been a challenge for NFL analysts across the field. Simply counting sacks, but that leaves out the plays in which pressure and disruption reign down on the quarterback, which also carry great importance even if the defenders don’t get home.

Fournette-Cook debate reminiscent of Lynch vs. A.P.

In an NFL draft that is loaded at the running back position, it’s no certainty that NFL clubs will all have the LSU and FSU running backs as the top two rushers available. But they’re unquestionably two of the very best, and you can bet that a debate on which of the two is the better prospect will be had in plenty of scout meetings.

Houston police still searching for missing Brady jersey

The investigation, which is being led by the Houston police department’s Major Offenders division, has so far not turned up any leads on who swiped the jersey, Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief George Buenik said Tuesday. The Texas Rangers, the state’s top law enforcement officers, are assisting in the investigation along with the NFL’s security department.