2016 Patriots Season:

The Patriots are 3-0 and one has to wonder how in the world doesn’t Bill Belichick ever get any consideration for Coach of the Year.

New England dominated in all four phases of the game, offense, defense, special teams and coaching in a 27-0 win on Thursday Night.

The Patriots take the field in the second of a three-game home stand to face the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football.

The New England Patriots will play the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

Media members were referencing ESPN’s Ed Werder’s piece that the Patriots were holding out hope that Jimmy G. may still be available to play this week during Tuesday’s presser with Bill Belichick.

The Patriots return to Foxboro just four days after their win over Miami. They’ll be taking on the 2-0 Houston Texans who have been impressive

I was expecting to find a profusion of talk about how ineffective Miami was on both sides of the ball in the first half. Instead the focus of many discussions was on the Dolphin comeback. The fact that the Patriots were trying to run out the clock with a rookie third string quarterback was glossed over. Only one article brought up the fact that Miami was unable to defeat a Patriot club playing without five key starters.

We’re going to focus just on the Patriots offense this week. The second half defense issues we’ll cover when we do our Houston breakdown of key matchups

It was essentially a tale of two halves as they totally dominated the opening thirty minutes and were holding on in the end for the victory.

It sounds like Garoppolo is expected to miss Thursday night’s game against the Texans due to the injury he suffered Sunday and possibly longer.

Bill Belichick has said on more than one occasion that things can change pretty quickly when it comes to injuries, and Sunday’s game against the Dolphins was a prime example of what he was talking about.

Disaster struck on Sunday and will likely affect the next two weeks for the Patriots, who may be feeling pretty smart for drafting rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett.

Among the Patriots nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, this year are two names that stand out and are certainly worthy. Ty Law and Willie McGinest.

The Pats and Miami have split the season series the past 3 years.So with the wait before the game tomorrow, here are some interesting numbers to pore over.

We’ve picked three players who in our opinion must play well for the Patriots to pull out a victory on Sunday.