New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has made a career out of sprinkling his pixie dust on discarded or overlooked receivers. Chris Hogan went undrafted in 2011, and had a single-season high 450 receiving yards prior to pairing with Brady.
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It is March 3rd and the New England Patriots are Super Bowl champions. The glory and celebrations of last season are quickly ending as the new NFL league year starts on March 9th.
New England Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski: ‘No doubt’ he will be ready for 2017
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski says there is “no doubt” he will be ready for the start of the 2017 season despite undergoing the third back surgery of his career. “Yes, for sure,” Gronkowski told Cari Champion on ESPN when asked if he expects to play in Week 1. “No doubt.”
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 …
For Patriots, the Roger Goodell high road goes only so far
Officially, the powers-that-be with the Patriots have taken the high road with respect to Commissioner Roger Goodell. Unofficially, periodic forays onto a somewhat lower road have happened.
Patriots fans throng Hub to cheer Super Bowl champions
All of their foul weather fans showed up here to salute the Patriots Tuesday, or at least thousands and thousands and thousands of them. They came from points due north, due south, due west and, yes, even due east, nearly a geographic impossibility.
Rob Gronkowski didn’t want to party, but he did anyway for the fans
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is known for his partying lifestyle, but when the Patriots took part in their Super Bowl parade, the 27-year-old wanted to take it easy. Despite heading into the parade with a sober mindset, the fans began chucking beers at him, and Gronkowski felt the need to give the fans what they wanted.
Three takeaways from Super Bowl LI
… quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports You can look at how the game unfolded last night from many different angles. One thing that definitely stood out to me was …
For the Patriots, Super Bowl night was a festive affair
Improbable victory in hand, the poor Falcons vanquished to an uncomfortable place in NFL history, the Patriots celebrated their fifth Super Bowl with friends and fans at a post-game party at NRG Center, just a stumble from NRG Stadium. And stumbling is what most were doing, in a daze of light beer and disbelief that the Patriots had overcome a pitiful first half to beat Atlanta and become, well, legends.
NewsAlert: New England beats Atlanta to capture Vince Lombardi Trophy
New England came from behind to beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime on Sunday to capture the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The Patriots erased a 21-3 halftime deficit to force the first overtime in Super Bowl history.
At Fox & Hound, they may not know your name but they all cheer for the Pats | Colorado Springs Gazette, News
… a small town of just under 2,000 people in Maine that few could probably find on a map. On Sunday, at the Fox & Hound Sports Tavern in Colorado Springs, 2,300 miles from her hometown, Shaw met up with another Mainer. It wasn’t a coincidence. Both …
The Latest: Empire State Building to track Super Bowl
Tom Brady has taken the field for the Super Bowl, and fired up New England fans with a couple of fist pumps as he finished a run toward the end zone covered with the Patriots logo. Brady is trying to become the first quarterback to win five Super Bowls.
Column: Patriots’ familiar act assures little in Super Bowl
… 30-27 range. Expect Lady Gaga to do or say something people will talk about the next day. Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg@ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg
Patriots locked in to proven approach entering Super Bowl 51
Ten words have driven Patriots coach Bill Belichick since he arrived in New England 17 years ago. And they are 10 words that he leans on whenever he is queried about what’s gone into making his team an annual threat to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.
Watch Rob Gronkowski, Other Super Bowl Players Read Mean…
Jimmy Kimmel geared up for Sunday’s Super Bowl LI by inviting NFL players Rob Gronkowski, J.J. Watt and Russell Wilson to read mean tweets about themselves. It marked the second NFL edition of “Mean Tweets” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Odell Beckham Jr transitioned from an exciting new rookie to an extremely lame looking dhead in an alarmingly short amount of time,” read the New York Giants wide receiver.
Falcons’ D have big task ahead
Atlanta’s high-flying offense has been the toast of the town and the talk of the league since the Falcons dismantled Seattle and Green Bay in startling fashion in the playoffs. For those who’d watched the Falcons all year, it came as no surprise.
Matchups For The Falcons-Patriots Super Bowl
Atlanta led the NFL in points by a wide margin, thanks to a career year from QB Matt Ryan , who along with WR Julio Jones are All-Pros. If that combination comes close to its production during the season and, in particular, the nine connections for 180 yards and two TDs in the NFC championship game against Green Bay, the Falcons will be difficult to stop.
The Patriotsa offense isna t just Tom Brady. That will serve them well vs. Atlanta.
Tom Brady and the Patriots might want to rely a bit more on LeGarrette Blount in the Super Bowl. This Super Bowl is, in some ways, all about New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
Belichick: Beware of Super Bowl trick plays
Belichick says you prepare for everything in Super Bowl, especially trick plays Patriots coach says you need to be ready for anything in Super Bowl. Check out this story on muskego-newberlinnow.com: http://usat.ly/2k7MigB USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes believes Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time, regardless of the outcome of Super Bowl LI.
How Patriots, Falcons Super Bowl Could Salvage NFL Season
… papers with Oakland. Two of them fled for the sunny hills of Hollywood, a place that hasn’t actually cared about sports since Moneyball was nominated for six Oscars, and the other to Las Vegas, which surely has no bearing on the league’s dependency …
Super Bowl will pit Brady’s Patriots against Ryan’s Falcons
A season that began with Tom Brady serving a four-game suspension will end with him in the Super Bowl, where his New England Patriots will take on Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons. While much of the attention between now and the NFL championship game on Feb. 5 in Houston will be focused on Brady vs. Ryan, the truly key matchup could be Atlanta’s score-at-will offense, which produced the most points during the regular season, against the unheralded defense of New England, which allowed the fewest.
New England Patriots: Julian Edelman Has Advice For Teammates
The New England Patriots will be playing the AFC Championship Game for the sixth straight season. For some, it will be their first time.
New England Patriots: Julian Edelman Has Advice For Teammates
The New England Patriots will be playing the AFC Championship Game for the sixth straight season. For some, it will be their first time.
Mein Gott! Watch Tom Brady mangle the German language.
… included Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski, who is always up for some fun. Des writes for the Early Lead and the D.C. Sports Bog, scouring the Web to bring readers items of interest, both serious and amusing. He also covers fantasy football, as well …
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are facing a ‘damn good…
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady signals at the line against the New York Jets during an NFL game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. The New England Patriots did not need Tom Brady to beat the Houston Texans by 27 points in an early September game.
New England Patriots coordinators McDaniels, Patricia deserve to be top head-coaching candidates
It’s as much a part of the Christmas holidays around Gillette Stadium as egg nog and playoff tickets: The annual speculation about the Patriots’ coordinators and whether they’ll be moving on to head coaching jobs this offseason.