Patriots close in on perfect season
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The New England Patriots moved to within one game of a perfect regular season when they crushed the Miami Dolphins 28-7 to become the first NFL team to go 15-0 on Sunday.
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The Patriots concluded mandatory minicamp yesterday at Gillette Stadium, capping off a three-week stretch of various team-building workouts, and coach Bill Belichick was pleased with the progress.
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - And should the Patriots finish in a perfect manner to put an exclamation point on arguably the greatest season in American team sports history, just what should be done? Perhaps a bit of reflection on those days when the local gridiron team was far from perfect . . .
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MIAMI -- The superiority of the AFC over the NFC has been obvious and well-documented this season, but there is dominance even within that superior conference and it involves the Patriots and their closest rivals.
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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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The Patriots set an NFL record with their 15th win, Tom Brady and Randy Moss edge closer to two marks and New England moves within one game of a perfect regular season.
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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 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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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 battling New York Giants on Saturday.
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The New England Patriots are more than a winning football team in our midst. They are a true role model for coaches and players everywhere in every sport.
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The New England Patriots appear ready to name Eric Mangini defensive coordinator.
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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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Upon further review, the Patriots' play this season has raised few red flags. They have been largely unchallenged on their way to a 3-0 start.
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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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FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts  - Only a Super Bowl XLII victory against the New York Giants now stands between the New England Patriots and a perfect, unbeaten season.
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It doesn&#39;t take a football genius to know that the New England Patriots are an amazing team. The organization&#39;s ability to plug in players and keep winning over the last three years is a model
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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.