Dynasty talk could ring true for Patriots
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Thursday&#39;s drive to Gillette Stadium began in Providence, RI, where three months ago New England linebacker Tully Banta-Cain left his Super Bowl ring in the bathroom of a local mall.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The "D" word has been mentioned early and often by the media throng the last two weeks. But the Patriots, ever mindful of the task at hand, refused to comment on talk of themselves as a dynasty. There was a Super Bowl to win and no one on the club was going to make the mistake of ...
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Though the timing of Wednesday's revelation of Randy Moss's dispute with a Florida woman might not have been optimal for a team preparing for the AFC Championship game, that doesn't mean the Patriots are unprepared to cope with such news. With the quest for perfection and the videotaping scandal hanging over them throughout the season, the Patriots are ...
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Patriots fans have come to expect the unexpected with the team's offensive attack. Some weeks it is a receiver-laden spread formation with a focus on passing. Other weeks it is multiple tight ends and a power running approach. Sometimes the change is on a play-to-play basis.
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Three years ago, when the Patriots were starting their run to the Super Bowl, a lot of New England fans suspected something special was percolating in Foxborough, even though the team was only 2-3 going into Game 6.
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For a team that enters this season with a 15-game winning streak, the New England Patriots' rookies present an interesting juxtaposition.
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The two most productive receivers in Patriots history connected with each other unexpectedly this offseason.
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The New England Patriots are sitting on the ultimate Super Bowl souvenir: A chance to be on the roster for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Hall of Famer Jim Brown says the New  England Patriots will reign supreme in NFL history should they  complete a perfect Super Bowl run.
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By Steve Keating  JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - The image of three men  huddled together in the euphoria following the New England  Patriots' 24-21 Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles  will be remembered as the defining moment of the NFL's newest  dynasty, and perhaps its end.
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It's hard to imagine: A 12-2 team has reached a crossroads with two regular-season games left. But today's AFC East showdown against the New York Jets can be used as a barometer to measure whether the Patriots continue to be vulnerable.
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A Jets&#39; victory over the Patriots would have made them the talk of the NFL. Now, until they defeat one of the NFL&#39;s elite, they might be viewed as paper tigers for a while - especially
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Before the Patriots put the finishing touches on Adalius Thomas's blockbuster contract last weekend, team chairman and CEO Robert Kraft figured it would be a good idea to meet the player in whom he was investing such riches.
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One wondered if the events of last week had penetrated the normally iron-clad concentration of the New England Patriots.
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FOXBORO Assistant coaches leave for better jobs. That is the price of a football dynasty doing business. The downtrodden and desperate all want to tap into your winning formula.
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For a team with few detectable flaws, the Patriotsâ run defense, ranked 10th in the league, has occasionally been suspect, populated by an over-30 set of linebackers.
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For the second game in a row, the Patriots' opponent might be without a star running back.