ESPN Search

INDIANAPOLIS -- Well, I guess that next New England Patriots dynasty will have to wait until 2013. I stayed with my preseason pick to win Super Bowl XLVI and felt really confident about it. But I was wrong. The New York Giants beat New England, 21...

On Sunday we officially start 2012. But before that, let's end 2011 with a bang, courtesy of zany comments and predictions we received from our AFC East community last season. Here are the "Remember last year" greatest hits of 2011. Enjoy. B...

Enough preseason talk, speculation and projections. It's time for the real thing. We have a big Week 1 showdown in the AFC East to start the season. The New England Patriots will travel to Sun Life Stadium to play the Miami Dolphins on "Monday Nig...

ESPN analyst Herm Edwards debated resident "First Take" instigator Skip Bayless about the NFL's top five offensive players. Both selected New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady first and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning second. ...

With the New England Patriots gathering this week for informal practices, all four AFC East teams now have banked lockout sessions sans coaches. The Buffalo Bills got together last week. The Miami Dolphins have been working out semi-regularly beca...

You know who aren't locked out? ESPN.com's fantasy football folks. Undeterred by the fact we haven't had free agency or an official workout yet, our intrepid rotagonists have put together their initial top 200 player rankings for 2011. AFC East...

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...

With the 30th pick in the 2011 AFC East reader mock draft, the New York Jets select ... Brooks Reed, defensive end, Arizona. Readers came through with a flurry of suggestions that evolved into an interesting race. UCLA outside linebacker Akeem ...

The New England Patriots announced Friday morning their two most pivotal figures from the 1990s are finalists for 2011 induction into the team's Hall of Fame. Fans will have one month to choose one honoree from a ballot that includes head coach Bi...

The AFC East lacks star power. That's what the cumulative results of ESPN.com's positional Power Rankings say. NFC West blogger Mike Sando compiled a divisional breakdown of the Power Rankings to date and found the AFC East has been mentioned l...

BUFFALO -- Bobby Grier hasn't been embraced by New England Patriots fans. Bill Parcells left the Patriots in large part because owner Robert Kraft sided with Grier, the vice president of player personnel, on the selection of Ohio State receiver Te...

ESPN's upcoming hour-long documentary, "The Brady 6," looks back on the New England Patriots' fortune of drafting Tom Brady 199th overall in 2000. Much of the analysis focuses on the successes and failures of the six quarterbacks taken ahead of Br...

If there truly is a "Madden" curse, perhaps it's not reserved for the player who appears on the video game's cover each year. Maybe the real curse is in choosing him. "It's very polarizing," said Anthony Stevenson, senior product manager for EA...

Have you ever dreamed of placing a curse on somebody? If so, then I'm about to make your day. ESPN.com readers will choose who appears on the cover of Madden 12, the next version of the iconic EA Sports video game franchise. Players who appe...

The NFL long has been a quarterback-dominated league. But quarterbacks will be more important than ever in 2011 if a protracted labor stoppage wipes out offseason workouts or encroaches on training camps. ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton wro...

Did you know Drew Bledsoe, not Brett Favre, was the original choice to break Cameron Diaz's heart in "There's Something About Mary"? Prolific comedy writers Peter and Bobby Farrelly sat down with Michael Smith on the "First Take" set to discuss th...