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Remember the trade deadline rumors about Dion Lewis? Hmm, those seem like a distant memory now.

When you’re 40-years old and you’ve already had an incredible career, the only thing left is to continue stacking up the records in the record book.

Rob Gronkowski is a fan of touchdown celebrations.  Bill Belichick apparently is not.

More than half of the remaining NFL Week 12 games have odds of seven or more points. On paper there are few competitive games, but that doesn’t mean a whole lot. Last week the Chiefs were double-digit favorites but lost to a one-win Giants club in disarray. Washington was an injury riddled 7½ point road dog up against a hot team on a seven game winning streak.

The second biggest myth surrounding the Patriots besides that “Brady is a system QB”, is the old—- “Belichick the GM is hurting Belichick the coach.”

Look for Brady to work the tight ends, Rob Gronkowski and Martellus Bennett as well as the running backs, James White and Rex Burkhead heavily into the mix.

Best social media postings from the Patriots week 11 victory over the Oakland Raiders.

As the New England Patriots prepare for their Week 12 matchup with the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, the team took a break from the action of the football season to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Many current and former Patriots took to social media to share well wishes to fans as they spent time with their families this evening.

Anytime Patriots quarterback Tom Brady misses practice there’s always a little bit of a reason to be concerned given that the veteran never likes to miss time, but it sounds like Wednesday’s absence may not be a reason for concern.

Stephen Gostkowski named AFC Special Teams Player Of The Week following longest kick of career.

Stills who they’ll probably operate out of the slot against Jonathan Jones. Miami quarterbacks have a 117.4 passer rating when targeting Stills 

The Patriots have very few flaws offensively, but looking over the numbers after Sunday’s win over Oakland, there’s one number that stands out on the stat sheet that is a little surprising.

Malcolm Mitchell shares motivational Instagram post in hopes for a return to the field in 2017.

Patriots fan trolls Falcons with funny video of Georgia Dome demolition set to Super Bowl call.

The NFL community reacts to the tragic loss of wide receiver Terry Glenn over social media.