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Remember the Lawyer Milloy signing by the Buffalo Bills in 2003? New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick cut Milloy just before the regular season. The Bills -- New England's Week 1 opponent -- swooped in, quickly signed the safety, and Mill...

Readiness factor: The Patriots' organization might have the NFL's most established infrastructure. Players dutifully follow Bill Belichick's scripted, proven routines. Leadership from players such as Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Logan Mankins, Matt Light (...

As part of the Best of the NFL Week on ESPN.com, here are five bests for the AFC East: Best at telling it like it is, Chan Gailey: Many would expect the Jets' Rex Ryan to be my pick here. But Ryan uses the microphone to talk up his players too oft...

This week's Power Rankings took a gander at the NFL's best up-and-coming assistant coaches. To define the list, ESPN.com's panel of division bloggers decided we would concentrate on assistants who have never been head coaches (we didn't count inte...

In taking a look at landing spots for free-agent running back Tiki Barber, ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton includes a pair of AFC East teams among five possibilities. Clayton considers the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots to be legitima...

ESPN The Magazine has compiled its ninth annual Ultimate Standings, a formula that measures how much teams give their fans. Factored into the equation are Bang for the Buck (wins relative to revenues), fan relations, quality ownership, quality pla...

ESPN analyst and former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi held a youth football camp Tuesday in Gillette Stadium. Bruschi met with reporters to talk about the lockout, the value of player-organized workouts, a visit from Patriots coach ...

Out of prison, Plaxico Burress will be pursued by NFL teams and won't have trouble finding work in 2011. That's what his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, claimed in an email to The Associated Press: "Many teams will want [Burress]. He will be a top free age...

ESPN analyst Tedy Bruschi discussed the importance of informal lockout practices for getting rookie quarterbacks ready to play in 2011. Bruschi said New England Patriots rookie Ryan Mallett is in the best situation because he won't need to be read...

Let's skim the AFC East mailbag to see what's on your minds these days. Neil in Jackson, Miss., weighed in on the recent post about the Miami Dolphins' chances to go from a losing team to the playoffs in 2012. I wrote the Dolphins wouldn't be able...

Examining the most crucial event in the history of every team in the division. Who made who? That was the question readers had to answer to determine the key event that shaped the New England Patriots. Is Bill Belichick the reason for their suc...

A select few recurring arguments take place in the comments sections under my blogs. Mark Sanchez versus Chad Henne is a popular one. "The New England Patriots haven't won anything since Spygate" is another. Then there's which team is better...

Marcus Cannon's last month has been marked by grave fear and elation. The offensive lineman from Texas Christian was diagnosed with cancer days before the NFL draft. Although non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is treatable, there are no guarantees. Cannon sli...

Phil Jackson's retirement from coaching the Los Angeles Lakers has moved New England Patriots overlord Bill Belichick to the top of the Forbes estimate of highest-paid coaches in the four major sports. No other AFC East coach appears on the list, ...

Sean McCormick of Football Outsiders studied the past 25 years to come up with a list of the NFL's 10 most disappointing teams for ESPN Insider. Two AFC East clubs and a Bill Belichick team made the cut. The 1995 Cleveland Browns were 10th. Bel...

It would've been a safe assumption -- possibly the safest assumption -- that Bill Belichick has done some deep thinking about game plans to cope with a long lockout. The New England Patriots coach isn't the kind of fellow to just sit back and see ...