Forget the streak, Patriots say they&#39;re focused on Buffalo
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The New England Patriots take a string of 17 straight victories into Sunday&#39;s game against the Buffalo Bills. A win at Ralph Wilson Stadium would make them the sixth NFL team to win 18 straight, including playoff games.
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Tomorrow's encounter with the Miami Dolphins represents the Patriots' final divisional game of the season. A win would give New England a 5-1 record in the AFC East and, coupled with a Jets loss, their fourth straight division title and fifth in six years.
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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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Pressure is only an illusion. To feel it you have to believe it, accept it. Pressure doesn't exist if you're a New England Patriot. It's simply not allowed. How else do you explain a team that accomplished more in a year than most NFL teams hope to accomplish in a half-century? You say win streak, they say "What streak?" You ...
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FOXBOROUGH -- Any time the Patriots face the Bills, there is much talk about the teams' connections, most notably Buffalo quarterback Drew Bledsoe and safety Lawyer Milloy , two former Patriot standouts who now call Buffalo home.
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With less than a minute left in their NFL record 19th straight victory Sunday, the New England Patriots finally acknowledged the streak by dousing coach Bill Belichick.
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FOXBOROUGH -- History never felt quite this ho-hum. For weeks, cautious Patriots players downplayed their run at the record book, insisting their systematic construction of a winning streak dating back to October of 2003 was of little or no consequence. We were chastised for forecasting the possibilities and discouraged from attaching significance to a milestone that would not produce a ...
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Bill Belichick points out that streaks mean nothing without titles.
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Few conclusions can be drawn after Week 1 of the National Football League season, but after AFC East play had concluded yesterday it seemed New England and New York could be the most complete teams, and that Buffalo and Miami are offensively challenged.
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There&#39;s fallout from the New England Patriots&#39; victory over the Buffalo Bills last Sunday. Two Bills players, Jonas Jennings and Chris Villarrial, aren&#39;t happy with Patriots linebacker Vince Wilfork.
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The &quot;future&quot; is getting a chance to revive the presently struggling New York Giants. Two other teams also decided it was time for a change at quarterback, but the Buffalo Bills are not one of them.
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FOXBOROUGH -- In the end, the Patriots had to bow up to make the Buffalo Bills bow down.
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Bill Belichick's teams are known for playing hard until the end. That philosophy has rubbed off on Eric Mangini. The student gave the teacher a scare, but Belichick's New England Patriots held off a late rally by Mangini's New York Jets for a 24-17 victory Sunday.
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Foxboro, MA -- Tom Brady threw a pair of touchdown passes and Adam Vinatieri tied a career high with five field goals, leading New England to a 29-6 rout of Buffalo at Gillette Stadium.
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Foxboro, Mass. -- There have been prettier games in the streak, and certainly more meaningful ones. But among the hallmarks of the victories the Patriots have collected like so much pocket change over the
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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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It's all about the game this week. As the Patriots prepare for Saturday night's playoff test against the visiting Jaguars, it would be difficult to find anyone within the franchise who hasn't adopted that singular focus.