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For the third straight year, game-by-game predictions were made when the NFL schedule was released. Full disclaimer: So much changes from week to week in the NFL that alters the picture, which is important context when going through this exercise....

Here's a look at how key upcoming dates on the new NFL calendar will impact the Patriots.

When the NFL schedule was released in April, and as the Patriots constructed their roster, the opinion here was that 11 wins was a good projection for the team. That has since been altered, a result of the ongoing contract standoff with Logan Mank...

On ESPN's "NFL Schedule Release Show" on Tuesday night, the panel of Tedy Bruschi, Darren Woodson and Adam Schefter dissected the Patriots' 2010 schedule. "This is what it's all about this year and what Patriots fans should look at with this sched...

Mailbag: With the draft near, what's Bill Belichick thinking? Here are some ideas.

The NFL regular-season schedule will be announced tonight (8 p.m. ET), which is highly anticipated. It's fun to begin thinking about planning the fall. Last year, the Patriots opened at Tennessee. Two years ago, it was a Monday Night Football date...

We take an early crack at game-by-game picks for 2013.

As was noted in this space previously, April 16 was the target date for the NFL to release the regular-season schedule for all teams. But the NFL has called an audible. "It will not be tomorrow but could be in the next week or two," NFL spokesman ...

The NFL's annual schedule release is a highly anticipated date. We already know who the Patriots will play, but there is something exciting about finding out the "when." How many prime-time games? How many short weeks? When is the bye? Which dates...

Can the Pats' banged-up offense and shuffled D get them to New Orleans?

Monday night's Patriots-Texans clash can't get here fast enough.

Quick-hit thoughts around the NFL and with the Patriots: 1. Because of the Patriots' unusually compact preseason schedule, which has them playing their final three games in a span of 10 days, how Bill Belichick manages the roster will be one of th...

ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton projects win totals for each NFL team, dissecting every schedule and potential pitfalls along the way. His projection for the Patriots: 12-4, which had AFC East reporter James Walker playing the "more or less" game...

We take an early crack at game-by-game picks for the 2012 Patriots' season.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Setting the schedule for the fourth day of the NFL Combine (full four-day agenda here): Focusing on the back end. This is the day that cornerbacks and safeties are scheduled to come to the media center for interviews. It is also po...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Setting the schedule for the third day of the NFL Combine (full four-day agenda here): Time to get defensive. Over the first two days of the combine, the spotlight has been on the specialists and offensive players. On Saturday, def...