Patriots see no patsies
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Bill Belichick has been able to motivate the Patriots to rise to the elite level of the NFL, so his ability to &quot;sell&quot; his team's next foe, the Arizona Cardinals, shouldn't be a surprise.
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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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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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The New England Patriots are unbeaten because of a simple approach -- score a lot early and keep the other team from scoring late.
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Nose tackle Vince Wilfork said Patriots players would not be affected by whatever ruling the NFL hands down in regards to allegations that the team illegally videotaped defensive signals of New York Jets coaches.
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Nobody's perfect. Not Tom Brady, not Bill Belichick. Not the New England Patriots.
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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 appear to have an easy path to their record 19th straight victory (including playoffs) against winless Miami in Foxboro on Sunday.
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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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Strategy? What strategy? To the casual observer, there appears to be no strategy when it comes to the Patriots' kickoff coverage.
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Next! A week removed from dispatching a previously undefeated team with haughty intentions, the rocking and rolling and seemingly unbeatable New England Patriots meet a second consecutive
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It will be hot, but not hostile. It will be a long trip, and there will be no shortcuts as the Patriots prepare for the Arizona Cardinals, who under Dennis Green may not win 10 games but may not lose 10, either.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Yesterday what was important was not what the Patriots did but what they did not do.
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FOXBOROUGH -- If you're going to measure the performance of the Patriots running backs by just their running yesterday you're going to be disappointed.
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New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick stayed true to form Thursday, refusing to discuss Tom Brady's health a few days after the quarterback was photographed limping in New York with a cast on his right foot.
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The Jets declined opportunities to gloat Wednesday about a controversy that has ensnared their division rivals, the New England Patriots.
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Foxboro, Mass. -- As exciting as they are on the field, the Patriots are deathly boring off it. &quot;We don&#39;t have a bunch of clowns,&quot; safety Rodney Harrison said.