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Pats defense, productive offense beat Jets 31-14

The defense Bill Belichick didn't want to put on the field a week ago kept the offense of the New York Jets off it Sunday. Complete Story...

Patriots look ahead to face another unbeaten team

The last NFL team to go unbeaten in the regular season gets its second chance in three weeks to stop an opponent from chasing that same goal.

Pats' Belichick defends decision to go for it

Bill Belichick defended his decision to go for it on fourth down as criticism mounted Monday of the call that led to the New England Patriots stunning loss. The coach hailed as one of the NFL's best was a target of columnists, talk radio callers and two of his former players. Why, they all wondered, did he gamble with a six-point lead and just over two minutes to go against the Indianapolis Colts?

Colts take advantage of Pats' gamble for 35-34 win

Bill Belichick risked everything on one play Sunday night. It cost him a victory, and it may wind up costing him a trip back to Indianapolis for a rematch with Peyton Manning later this season.

Brady, Belichick not expecting rout of Bucs

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick aren't expecting another blowout when their New England Patriots face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

Big Ben throws for 417, Steelers beat Browns 27-14

No matter how you measure it, the Cleveland Browns can't beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.

McD over Belichick as Broncos defeat Pats 20-17

Kyle Orton is no John Elway, Josh McDaniels is no Bill Belichick and those mustard-yellow uniforms certainly don't have anyone thinking "Orange Crush."

Belichick hopes to get Taylor back in '09

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and running back Fred Taylor are hopeful Taylor's ankle surgery Thursday isn't season ending.

Curran: What to watch in Week 5? Try Hoody vs. Hoody

Everybody loves candor. With that in mind, the NFL's Week 5 slate is kind of ... meh.

Curran: Sanchez will bounce back, L.T. never will

Curran: Please, please, please don’t look at the result of the Ravens’ game in New England and conclude, “Well, they came back to Earth a little bit.” Baltimore may have been more impressive in losing 27-21 than it was in running its record to 3-0 over the previous three weeks.

Ryan’s mouth adds juice to Pats-Jets rivalry

A rivalry that was already tense didn’t lose an ounce of juice when Eric Mangini was fired after last season. In fact, Rex Ryan might have ramped up things with his big talk and in-your-face approach.

Curran: Ryan’s approach livening Jets-Patriots rivalry

Curran: In outward approaches, Bill Belichick and Rex Ryan are exact opposites. And that’s what helps make them the main attraction as the NFL season enters Week 2.

Curran: Brady’s back — how do Pats keep it that way?

Curran: As the 2009 season begins, Tom Brady is once again gunning for the rest of the NFL. And they are gunning for him.

Belichick: Patriots' Brady not removed for injury

If there's anything wrong with Tom Brady's throwing shoulder, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn't saying.

Son of Pats coach arrested for alcohol possession

The 17-year-old son of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has to stay out of trouble for six months to escape a charge for alcohol possession in the Gillette Stadium parking lot.

Curran: Replicating NE's system tough for ex-Pats

Two months ago, Josh McDaniels was a precocious, lantern-jawed offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. The 32-year-old was on the make for a head coaching job that would allow him to bring his scheming brilliance to a team in need.

Patriots make Chad O'Shea WR coach

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has filled another vacancy on his staff, hiring Chad O'Shea as receivers coach.

Browns' GM search stalls

The Browns' search for a new general manager has stalled like one of their scoring drives.

Belichick happy for Holmgren but focused on Bills

Bill Belichick was happy for Mike Holmgren when the Seattle coach won the last home game of his 10th and final season in the job.

Curran: Belichick's best coaching job? Not even close

It’s been murmured lately that the job done by Patriots head coach Bill Belichick so far in 2008 is the best coaching he’s ever done.

Madden's championship game previews

This matchup seems impossible and improbable. If you would have looked at it before the season and for years when asked who your sleeper team was this year that didn't make it last year, the answer to that was Arizona for the last 3-4 years. And then they didn't do it so you would say they are the same old Arizona. And the year you say they're the same old Arizona it won't be them… they win their division. Then being in the playoffs is one thing but how about having home field for the NFC Championship Game, who would have thought that one?

Belichick makes questionable call in Patriots loss

Matt Cassel keeps making progress. The Patriots quarterback might have made more if coach Bill Belichick hadn't called a timeout.

Injuries force Patriots to scramble to fill spots

Bill Belichick searched for enough healthy defensive backs to finish the Patriots' last game. He may have the same problem in the next game against Peyton Manning and the Colts.

After injury, Pats' Harrison might be done

FOXBORO, Mass. - Champ Bailey and Rodney Harrison, veteran defensive stalwarts for the Broncos and Patriots, respectively could be gone for a while. And Harrison may be gone for good.

The Vine

Bill Belichick's Boneheaded Call on Fourth Down Causes Loss in Big Game to Colts

The Sunday Night NFL game between the 'Rivalry of the Decade' teams all came down to a frankly dumb call by New England head coach Bill Belichick, with a little help from his quarterback, Tom Brady.

What is wrong with Bill Belichick?
Source: espn.com

Circumstances surrounding the Matt Cassel trade keep getting curiouser and curiouser. The more we learn, the more inexplicable it gets.

Patriots' Belichick fires back at Walsh
Source: The Boston Globe

Patriots coach Bill Belichick fired back at former employee Matt Walsh in an interview that aired on "The CBS Evening News" last night, questioning Walsh's credibility and disputing his claims that he was told to conceal his filming of opposing coaches' signals. more stories lik …

South Park Crushes Bill Belichick
Source: youbeenblinded.com

The cartoon South Park doesn't mess around when they diss people. Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Scientology, and Jennifer Lopez are just a small sample of people and groups that the show has gone after.

Arlen Specter Tells Rush Limbaugh: 'NFL Is Discouraging Walsh From Coming Forward'
Source: AOL

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was a guest on Rush Limbaugh's radio show today, and at the end of the interview, the subject turned to Specter's investigation of the New England Patriots.

New Claim of Taping Emerges Against Patriots
Source: The New York Times

By JOHN BRANCH and GREG BISHOP Published: February 22, 2008

Belichick denies any taping of walkthroughs
Source: The Boston Globe

Patriots coach Bill Belichick and vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli broke their silence regarding taping procedures and suggestions of improper conduct from former employee Matt Walsh yesterday, with Belichick saying he "couldn't pick Matt Walsh out of a lineup" and  …

$100M lawsuit filed against Patriots
Source: The Boston Herald

A team of out-of-state attorneys has filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages from the Patriots [team stats] and coach Bill Belichick claiming that the team defrauded St.

Perfection Denied - The Patriots Suffer the Toughest Loss in Recent Sports History
Source: Musings of a Xen Master

A look back at the 2007 New England Patriots, one of the most disappointing teams in sports history

Giants Stun Patriots in Super Bowl XLII
Source: The New York Times

Manning led a game-winning scoring drive late in the fourth quarter to give the Giants an unlikely victory in the Super Bowl and spoil the Patriots' perfect season.

Giants Stun Patriots in Super Bowl XLII
Source: The New York Times

Eli Manning led a game-winning scoring drive late in the fourth quarter to give the Giants an unlikely victory in the Super Bowl and spoil the Patriots' perfect season.

To Understand Belichick, Look What He Did With the Cleveland Browns
Source: ESPN.com

PHOENIX -- For the fourth time in seven years, Baltimore Ravens head coach Bill Belichick triumphantly raised the sterling silver Lombardi Trophy over his head and declared his franchise the equal or better of the great dynasties -- Ming, Packer, Steeler, Cowboy or Niner.

Belichick To Open "Hoodies R Us" Franchises

Boston - Diversifying his interests beyond the gridiron, Patriot coach Bill Belichick has started a new retail franchise business, "Hoodies R Us," with the first location opening on Super Bowl Sundayin a mall in downtown Providence, R.I.

Questions Linger About Why N.F.L. Destroyed Patriots' Tapes
Source: The New York Times

Two crisis-management experts question the league's handling of the Spygate situation, saying the destruction of the tapes raised questions about what they contained.

Love to hate: Why almost everyone hates the Pats
Source: Yahoo! Sports

"Why does everybody hate us?" she asked. "When we won the first Super Bowl, we were the out-of-nowhere underdogs, and everyone seemed to celebrate it. Even when we won the other two, it didn't seem like people were that against us. But now … "

Looking Through Lens of Time, Mangini Did the Right Thing
Source: The New York Times

The more I think about the filming escapade, the more I feel that Eric Mangini, much more than Bill Belichick, should be offended.

Belichick says Jets' cheating charge won't add motivation
Source: The Boston Globe

"Bill Belichick has been watching videotape of the New York Jets -- the kind that won't cost him $500,000." "The kind that could help his Patriots stay unbeaten next Sunday by beating the team that turned him in for having an on-field camera snoop on the sideline."

Spy wring
Source: The Boston Globe

"It won't quite be reminiscent of the 1940 NFL Championship Game, when the Bears beat the Redskins, 73-0, but ... well, actually maybe it will."

Bill Belichick's PB&J Sucks
Source: blogs.clevescene.com

Bill Belichick might have bragging rights for his undefeated New England Patriots, but his cooking skills are on par with those of a third-grader. That's right, Belichick knows how to make a PB&J sammich.

John Madden lauds Bill Belichick's special ways
Source: The Boston Herald

John Madden isn't a Hall of Fame coach merely for his mastery of X's and O's. The former Oakland Raiders coach and longtime TV analyst also was skilled in the art of motivation.

The Patriots' Classroom, from a Bills Fan

As a registered Buffalo Bills fan, I would like to state for the record that I do not object to the Patriots going for it on 4th and anything last night or any night.

Buffing the résumé - List of records long in Patriots' romp over Bills
Source: The Boston Globe

"ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Randy Moss said he's not a fan of records, but he and his teammates keep collecting them."

A Day in the Life of Bill Belichick
Source: mydogeatsflint2.blogspot.com

3:00am: Wake up. Drink a cocktail of moose piss and virgin's souls. 3:15am: Get daily exercise by kicking puppies. 4:00am: Spend hours cackling about how you made Joe Gibbs your @!$%#.

Winning smile? Almost
Source: The Boston Globe

FOXBOROUGH - I'm going to guess they didn't put my recommended headline above this column: BELICHICK A TECHNOPHOBE.

Coach downplays this one? Perfect
Source: The Boston Globe

"INDIANAPOLIS - After 60 minutes of blood, bones, and thunder . . . after one of the great gut-check, come-from-behind wins in the history of New England sports . . .

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