Patriots resume quest for perfection
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The unbeaten New England Patriots continue their quest for perfection this weekend as the top-seeded teams join the NFL playoffs.
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The Patriots can be healthy or hurting. The field can be drenched or dry. The opponent might have a stingy defense or a high-scoring offense.
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The New England Patriots' pursuit of a perfect season reaches a climax on Sunday when they face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
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A couple of years ago, there would have been a celebration in the New England Patriots&#39; locker room. Certainly some hugs and shouts.
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The Patriots had most of their training camp checklist complete entering their exhibition finale last night against the Giants, so all that was left was to experiment with a few wrinkles.
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The Patriots set an NFL record with their 15th win. Tom Brady and Randy Moss edged closer to two more marks. And New England still has one game left to reach an even more amazing goal: the first team to finish a regular season undefeated in 35 years.
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Remember this amazing run of Patriots prominence. In decades to come, those who rewrite sports history are bound to tell the story with such poetic license that the record will have to be set straight.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla  - Ask just about anyone what  they remember most about the New England Patriots' dramatic  32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers in last year's Super  Bowl and chances are you will get the same answer.
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They're back, probably better than ever and just as hungry to stay on top. The third Super Bowl in four years is anything but old hat for the New England Patriots.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - The New England Patriots earned a place in NFL history by completing a perfect 16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the hard-fighting New York Giants on Saturday.
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Troy Brown remembers the days when the Patriots were far from perfect.
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When it comes to timing, the Patriots can't get a break. When they were making their great stretch drive through the best teams in the NFL last winter on their way to winning their second Super Bowl in three years, they often were overshadowed by a team not even playing at the time.
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The struggling New England Patriots looked nothing like the team that won the Super Bowl less than seven months ago. Their performance in Saturday night's 31-3 exhibition loss at Cincinnati was so bad that coach Bill Belichick wants to see a return to basics for a team that won its last 15 games last season.
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The only perfect thing about the Patriots was their record. Now they don't even have that. Dominant in the first half of the season, they survived some close calls afterward. But that finally caught up with them in the Super Bowl and left them facing an offseason of what-ifs and what-will-bes.
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The Patriots know firsthand how hard it is to repeat. They have studied why they finished 9-7 and out of the playoffs in 2002 after winning their first Super Bowl.
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The New England Patriots are finally getting what they say they&#39;ve been craving - a game in which their record winning streak is secondary.
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The New England Patriots are two wins  from a perfect ending to a glorious season although they must  first beat the injury-hit San Diego Chargers in the AFC  Championship game on Sunday to book a trip to the Super Bowl.