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Five nuggets of knowledge about Sunday's AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium: One last time: This will mark the final matchup between two future Hall of Famers -- quarterback Tom Brady of the Patriots and linebacker Ray Lewis of Baltimore. L...

Let's take a look at whose stock is rising and falling in the AFC East. Falling 1. New England Patriots' tight-end depth: The Patriots lost dynamic Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski for the season after he broke his arm for a second time Sunday...

The New England Patriots' top-ranked offense will be fine without Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski, who reinjured his arm Sunday against the Houston Texans and is out for the playoffs. New England got plenty of practice and was 4-1 when Gronkowski b...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots had a celebratory locker room after beating the Houston Texans, 41-28, Sunday night. However, the season-ending arm injury to tight end Rob Gronkowski did somewhat dampen the mood. Here are various play...

After re-watching the second half of the Patriots' win over the Houston Texans on Sunday, passing along picked-up notes and observations. 1. Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had two catches on the opening drive of the second half, including one ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Player after player fell back into a common NFL safety net following the Houston Texans' 41-28 loss to the New England Patriots. We've just got to make more plays, they said. It's a blanket, cliched and too-easy solution to...

The Patriots have shown they can adapt to life without Rob Gronkowski.

The New England Patriots have very few weaknesses on offense. But one of the glaring issues all season has been drops. According to ESPN Stats and Information, New England was tied for fourth in the NFL with 37 drops this season. The Patriots and ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about the Houston Texans' divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots on Sunday at Gillette Stadium: Play-action influence: Per ESPN Stats & Information, when using play-action, Matt Schaub's yards per at...

The New England Patriots gobbled up 419 yards and scored six touchdowns against the Houston Texans in a regular season meeting. The guy who's got to get the Texans defense ready for a better showing Sunday, Wade Phillips, said the unit's effort at...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans If the Texans struggled with Aaron Hernandez, how are they going to stop Rob Gronkowski, too? John McClain of the Chronicle considers the question from Houston, while Tania Ganguli looks at it from New Engla...

Five things to know about next Sunday's Houston Texans-New England Patriots AFC divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium: It was ugly last time: On Dec. 10, on "Monday Night Football," the Patriots smoked the Texans 42-14. New England was up 28...

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots made a lot of plays on "Monday Night Football." They also made for a lot of impressive photos -- as did the Houston Texans, plus some NBA teams, college athletes and more. Check them out: Playbook's Daily...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- In the full deck that is the NFL, Bill Belichick is the Joker and Tom Brady is the Ace of Spades. No NFL contender has this level of elite coaching and elite quarterbacking on the same team. That is what separates the New Engl...

It's been a while since the New England Patriots won a Super Bowl, but they remain the standard-bearers in the AFC. They've been to two of the past five Super Bowls, including the most recent one. They've been in five of the previous 11 Super Bowl...

Here are five nuggets of knowledge for Week 10: Spiller time: If the Buffalo Bills have any chance of pulling off a monumental upset of the New England Patriots, the Bills must get C.J. Spiller involved. Spiller is Buffalo's most dynamic player bu...