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This will be the first home game for Tom Brady since his suspension ended a week ago. Gillette will be loud and rocking, and NE should keep it that way.

The Patriots passing game transformed in the blink of an eye once Brady stepped back on the field. They finally resemble the unit we waited to see.

With Tom Brady, the Patriots are merely scratching the surface on what they can do with the two tight end sets, either with “12” or “22” personnel.

The offensive line isn’t playing well allowing 17 sacks and is averaging only 3.4 yards per carry. With Jeremy Hill and Giovanni Bernard, that is too low.

On the Patriots first four drives, Brady was a stellar 14 of 16 for 248 yards and two touchdowns. One of the incompletions was a drop from Julian Edelman.

Brady put to rest any talk of his being rusty with a razor-sharp performance as he passed for over 400 yards and three touchdowns

Guard Jonathan Cooper is being released, per Field Yates of ESPN. The team was activating DL Woodrow Hamilton from the PS.

Bill Belichick’s first playoff win was as the head coach of the Browns, and it was against Bill Parcells and the Patriots 20-13 after the 1994 season.

The Patriots passing offense needs to get going and Brady will get as many of those players involved and take advantage of some mismatches in the secondary.

The New England Patriots will play the Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The game will be televised by CBS […]

Three DBs of the Buffalo Bills have been fined for their role in starting a pre-game altercation with the Patriots Jacoby Brissett and Malcolm Mitchell.

The Patriots head back out on the road on Sunday when they travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns at 1 p.m. Tom Brady is back this week for the Patriots.

The Patriots are 3-1, but thudded back to earth with a lackluster effort on both offense and defense and were thoroughly outplayed.

The Patriots didn’t look like a team that had 10 days to prepare for this game and were shutout 16-0 by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon in Foxboro.

By this time tomorrow, the suspensions for both Tom Brady and Rob Ninkovich will be over… “what a long, strange trip it’s been.”