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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Thoughts on the Houston Texans' 41-28 divisional-round loss to the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium: What it means: The end of the road for the Texans, who finish 13-5. A season that once looked like it could end at th...

I love playoff football, and was plenty fired up for Sunday's divisional round game before I read the transcript of Bill Belichick's press conference in New England today. His talk of his love of playoff football couldn't help but add to mine. ...

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...

There really is no such thing as bulletin board material anymore. Teams are generally effusive about their opponents. Everyone is great. Everyone plays hard. Everyone is well coached. No players or coaches will find anything from their counterp...

The Patriots will be heavy favorites over the Texans on Sunday in a divisional round playoff game at Gillette Stadium. But one game between teams doesn't always tell us what will happen in a rematch. The Patriots played about as well as they co...

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...

The Houston Texans have a quarterbacks coach in Karl Dorrell. That shouldn't stop Gary Kubiak from placing a call today to Greg Knapp, who held the post in 2012. It wouldn't be admitting some sort of defeat to bring in a guy just fired as Oakla...

Reading the coverage... Who to root for to give your team the best outcome, from Nate Dunlevy of Bleacher Report. The Jaguars are unlikely to catch Kansas City if they are in a tie for the No. 1 draft pick. Houston Texans J.J. Watt is fighting...

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...

ESPN NFL analyst Jon Gruden previews this week's big "Monday Night Football" matchup as Matt Schaub and the Houston Texans (11-1) face three-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (9-3) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass...

Colts receiver Reggie Wayne entered Week 11 as the league leader in targets (105) and receptions (69). Andrew Luck looked to Wayne 15 times Sunday against the Patriots in New England's 59-24 win. Bill Belichick is well-known for finding ways to...

Reading the coverage ... Perhaps the best ESPN commercial ever. A must watch and must share. Houston Texans The guy coaching up rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill is a close friend of Gary Kubiak's -- former Texans assistant Mike Sherman. John ...

They've got a lot of young talent, headlined by a young and unproven quarterback. And on opening day at LP Field, the Tennessee Titans have the ultimate measuring stick: The New England Patriots are the defending AFC champions and the franchise th...

Some initial thoughts on the four games we'll be watching this weekend: Miami at Houston Miami left tackle Jake Long is coming of a knee injury and right tackle Jonathan Martin is a rookie. How well can the Dolphins protect rookie quarterback R...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans The Texans see a lot of Shannon Sharpe in Owen Daniels, says Jeffrey Martin. Shaun Cody and Earl Mitchell are vying for time at nose tackle, says John McClain, Matt Leinart continues to look sharp, say...

The lockout is forcing Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to scale back his plans. Eagles head coach Andy Reid is sure we'll see a worse product when the NFL resumes action because of what will have been missed. You know what I hear there? Coachsp...