By this time tomorrow, the suspensions for both Tom Brady and Rob Ninkovich will be over… “what a long, strange trip it’s been.”
Playing their divisional rival Buffalo always has a special feel to it, even more so these last two years with Rex Ryan at the helm.
The Patriots and Bills will meet for the 113th time in their history. The Patriots have dominated the series holding a 69-42-1 edge overall.
Rex Ryan goes undercover as a reporter during Julian Edelman conference call.
The play of the Patriots offense line has to be considered one of the pleasant surprises thus far in 2016.
The Patriots return to Foxboro for the final tilt of their three-game home stand where they will take on Rex Ryan’s Buffalo Bills on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The NFL Week 4 schedule brings us two firsts of the season. Sunday morning CBS will broadcast the first of three games being played in England this season, and it also marks the first byes. The Jaguars will play in London for the fourth consecutive year, and last year they extended their agreement to play overseas through 2020. This will be the Jags’ first division game at Wembley Stadium. For the Indianapolis Colts this will be their first trip to the UK.
There are only a handful of venues that have posted a line on the Patriots-Bills game. CG Technology is the only Vegas parlor to publish odds on this game, listing the Pats as 4½ point favorites. Three offshore sites are split at either four or four and a half points.
Good morning, here are Sunday’s Patriots news 9-25, and AFC East Notes for this week.
With the release of 20 players on Saturday, the Patriots have their first look at the 53-man roster. Expect some changes before next Sunday.
Bill Belichick and Nick Caserio look at the same player and ask, How can we take what he does best and make it work within the framework of our system?
In the Patriots intra-squad scrimmage, Brady was surgical, carving up the opposing (White) defense while leading a blowout victory.
Do you think that Patriots fans, missed football? Saturday’s practice had the incredible number of 21,781 fans packing the Gillette practice fields
“Becoming a Bostonian has been unbelievable,” Edelman said. Boston is a gritty, tough town and a perfect match for me.”
Jabaal Sheard, Rob Ninkovich, Chris Long, Trey Flowers and Geneo Grissom give them plenty of options to set the edge, rush the passer or kick inside.
In this interview Steve Balestrieri talked to Mike Rodak who covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. He gave Steve a first look on the team heading into Training Camp this July.