Patriots Commentary:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mariota is completing 62.4 percent of his passes and has thrown for 2786 yards with 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions with a 91.9 passer rating. All very respectable numbers especially for a rookie

Tom Brady provides Uggs as Christmas gifts to teammates, celebrates the completion of his Christmas Tree.

It was a total group effort with the interior players pushing the pocket and the edge rushers bringing pressure outside.

Tennessee just gave up 183 rushing yards (while gaining just 24 yards on the ground themselves), so normally you would think that New England’s game plan would be to just run, run and run some more. Problem for the Patriots is that they are running out of running backs, so that may not be feasible.

Punters are players who don’t tend to get a lot of attention, but Ryan Allen is quietly having a terrific season and Sunday night was a prime example of how important he is to this football team.