Patriots are ready - or not
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The opening game of the season brings plenty of excitement for Patriots fans, players, and coaches alike, but today's game against the New York Jets at Giants Stadium also brings an air of uncertainty for those who will be playing and coaching.
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The perception is that the New England Patriots are awesome, the result of their NFL record 20-game winning streak. In truth, they just win, not overwhelm _ their margin of victory during the streak is just about nine points per game.
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If the Patriots cap off the perfect season with a Super Bowl victory, they  will have made a convincing case that they are the best team ever seen on a football field.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The task in front of the Philadelphia Eagles tonight is Promethean. The New England Patriots know once Super Bowl XXXIX begins at Alltel Stadium that alone won't mean much, however.
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The New England Patriots know beating the New York Giants in Sunday's Super Bowl means more than a perfect 19-0 season -- it could be the defining moment of their careers.
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The Patriots start preparation for Thursday's season opener today, treating practice as they would a Wednesday session during a week leading up to a Sunday game. Led by head coach Bill Belichick , they move on to the regular season with little reflection of the five weeks of training camp.
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The New England Patriots are too well-versed in this Super Bowl stuff and far too classy to get involved in a war of words a full week before the big game. Well, maybe not.
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The game plan against the Patriots is in, but Super Bowl XLII will have to wait a week.
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It was not like the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots needed any extra motivation for their upcoming AFC Divisional playoff tilt against Peyton Manning and the high-powered Indianapolis Colts.
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The New England Patriots will face one more challenge in their bid for a perfect season: a Super Bowl meeting with the surprising New York Giants.
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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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To say the Jets needed this game requires about as much thought as tying your shoes. Next week they have the ferocious Patriots. The following week they have to fly out to St.
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If you're a Patriots fan, prepare to be surrounded by football coverage this weekend. And if not, well, you'll be surrounded anyway.
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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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I was hoping that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick would put Tom Menino into the game. There was an opportunity, second half, free safety Eugene Wilson lying on the ground with a busted arm, a spot now open in the lineup. Menino could have ambled onto the field as if he were looking for dining room chairs placed in ...
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The football team trudges on, one cleat in front of another, one opponent after the next. Yesterday is of no consequence, and tomorrow is irrelevant. It is today, here and now, that matters. So goes the mantra of the New England Patriots.
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Strategy? What strategy? To the casual observer, there appears to be no strategy when it comes to the Patriots' kickoff coverage.