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Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had an emotional week after losing his good friend and personal trainer Dana Parenteau, and on Sunday he took his emotions out onto the field and left it all out there.

The playoff planets are lining up for the Patriots, and the alignment is looking more and more familiar.

The Patriots spent Sunday dealing with more injury issues, but if nothing else, it looks like they’ll at least have an extra week to get a little healthier heading into the playoffs.

An interesting aspect to this game is how well New England can run the ball, behind an inconsistent offensive line and their top two running backs now on injured reserve. If the Patriots are too one-dimensional on offense then Tennessee might keep it interesting for a while thanks to their pass rush, but in the end the Titans are just far too overmatched in all three phases of the game to keep pace. The Patriots already had their annual WTF game two weeks ago against Philadelphia; they are not about to look past this one or lose a second straight home game.

Take the Patriots minus the points despite the big line.

Harmon has transitioned into a fine safety for the Patriots with a distinct role; one that he’s excelled on. Now he’ll have to take over DMac’s role for the time being.

Noted Stars Wars fan Julian Edelman posts picture tribute of himself as a Jedi to social media.

Through the first 10 games Harmon allowed only one completion on four attempts for 9 yards while logging three interceptions and a pass defensed

He really has a three-week audition for the Patriots. If he can produce and become a reliable target during the games against the Titans, Dolphins and Jets, then he can work himself into a nice supporting role for the post-season.

In both conferences the race for the number five seed is nearly as meaningful as getting a first round bye. Both of the number five seeds will most likely be playing against a team with a .500 (or losing record). On the other hand the number six seed will have to go on the road against a ten or eleven-win club.

The X-Factor this week in the passing game is White; he’s been coming into his own in recent weeks in replacing Dion Lewis

Patriots sign free agent DT Ishmaa’ily Kitchen, featured in funny comedy sketch.

Following another Sunday that saw two more New England Patriots added to the injured reserve list this week, the team was once again busy on the waiver wire.

Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick ends press conference “on a high note.”

Patriots superfan “Fitzy” posts new funny webcast about the Patriots AFC East Title

Brady spoke to the media for about four minutes on Wednesday but after two questions on the topic of Donald Trump wasted little time in getting back to preparing for this weekend.