Dion Lewis:

Look no further than the Patriots third-down percentage the past two games to see that the running game is slowing down the offense. New England is 5 for 28 on third down percentage the last two weeks including just 2 of 13 against Denver.

Patriots acquire receiver Demaris Johnson, running back Trey Williams, place Trey Flowers on IR and add Austin Hill to Practice Squad.

The Patriots added to their depth at wide receiver, running back and kick returner on Tuesday by signing WR Demaris Johnson and RB Trey Williams. Williams played at Texas A&M and for Danny Amendola’s dad in high school

The reality is that NFL football is the ultimate team sport, nothing at all like individual sports such as boxing, golf or tennis. This leads to the question: which team in Sunday night’s feature game suffers more from injuries they are needing to overcome, the Patriots or Broncos?

The meeting was expected to be a typical Brady – Manning shootout when the schedule was released, but expect this one to be much more defensive oriented. The Patriots will have to be creative on offense with all the injuries against the Denver defense.

The Patriots used their defense and special teams to gut out a 20-13 win over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. By sweeping the Bills they can clinch the division with a win in Denver on Sunday.

The Patriots and Bills meet on Monday Night Football and with a victory, New England can just about wrap up the AFC East for another year. That would put them five games up on each team with six to go.

Given how Sunday’s games finished, tonight’s showdown against Rex Ryan’s Bills definitely still has some key things to keep an eye on.

The Patriots play the Bills on Monday Night Football and are looking to go 10-0. Buffalo has won two in a row but is lifetime only 3-24 against Tom Brady

Patriots running back posts Instagram photo following surgery on his knee.

The Patriots activated rookie UDFA Chris Harper off of the PS on Tuesday. As a WR/KR he’lll have a nice opportunity to garner himself some playing time

Patriots workout running backs Pierre Thomas and Robert Turbin

On Twitter earlier this week Lewis wrote a note to his fans stating he “plans to do everything in his power to comeback” like he never left.

The Giants have won the last 3 games with the Patriots including two Super Bowls, but this defense isn’t as talented. Brady will give them problems Sunday

A look at the NFL’s All-22 film shows how the Patriots can overload opposing defenses by going empty and just putting too many weapons for defenses to cover