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Getty Images The Patriots took their first loss of the season in Baltimore on Sunday night and falling into a 17-0 hole in the first half had a lot to do with why they wound up losing 37-20. Baltimore’s early offensive success was a bit of a surprise given how good New England’s defense had...

Getty Images Ravens safety Earl Thomas says the best player in the NFL is in Baltimore. Thomas said after Sunday’s win over the Patriots that quarterback Lamar Jackson deserves to be the league’s Most Valuable Player. “Lamar played MVP-type football. He’s separating himself,” Thomas said...

Getty Images The Patriots’ defense was too good to continue leaking the way it was early. And the Ravens found out they’re going to have to play more than one good quarter. After running out to a 17-0 lead, things have begun to normalize in Baltimore, with the Patriots cutting the gap to...

Getty Images The Ravens stole a page from the Patriots’ plan, scoring without having their offense on the field at all. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey scooped up a Julian Edelman fumble and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter, giving them a 24-13 lead. The fumble was forced...

Getty Images The plays Lamar Jackson made early were impressive, because they came so quickly. The ones he made late were more so, because they took so long. The Ravens quarterback led his team to an early barrage, but a long touchdown drive that started in the third quarter and ended in the...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick wasn’t in a mood to talk much after Sunday night’s 37-20 loss to the Ravens, but he did make it clear that his team got outplayed. “Give them credit, they were better than we were tonight,” Belichick said, via the Boston Herald. “Certainly the better...

Getty Images It was easy to see what happened last night as being bigger than just one game. After all, the Ravens knocked off the Patriots, in prime time, handing the league’s greatest champion its first loss of the season in pretty convincing fashion, and outdueling a future Hall of Famer in...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski has left the door wide open for a potential return to the Patriots in 2019. He has less than four weeks to walk through that door. So what are the chances he’ll actually do it? Per a source with knowledge of the situation, there’s a 20-percent chance Gronkowski will...

The Patriots added first-round pick N'Keal Harry to their active roster on Saturday, but he won’t be making his NFL debut against the Ravens on Sunday night. Harry was one of seven players declared inactive by the Patriots 90 minutes ahead of kickoff in Baltimore. Harry had been on injured...

Getty Images The Patriots have the league’s best defense. The Ravens don’t appear to be intimidated by that. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson just high-stepped across the goal line to cap a brilliant opening drive, as they took a 7-0 lead. The 11-play. 72-yard drive appeared to have ended...

Getty Images The Patriots’ defensive rankings are taking a real hit tonight. And the game is only 16 minutes old. The Ravens are up 17-0, with an impressive rushing display against the league’s top defense. The Ravens have outgained the Patriots 198-4 at the moment, with 140 of those yards...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reportedly hasn’t been happy with some of the decisions made by the team to jettison receivers. Brady apparently is quite happy about the decision to trade for his newest one. During his Friday media availability, Brady was asked this specific...

Getty Images Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson hates to run. But that’s not because he’s worried about getting injured. In an interview with Mike Tirico of NBC’s Football Night in America, Jackson pushed back against the perception that he’s taking too many hits. “I’m not,” Jackson said...

Getty Images Running back Alex Collins hasn’t landed a job since being cut by the Ravens in the wake of a March arrest and any interest in his services will likely be on hold for at least three more weeks. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Collins has been suspended for three games by the...

Getty Images Ravens first-round pick Marquise Brown has not played since Week Five because of an ankle injury, but it appears his time on the shelf is coming to an end. Brown was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday before sitting out Friday’s session. Head coach John Harbaugh said...

Getty Images Week Nine of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the 49ers and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images “I’m a fast cook, I guess.” That’s one of the best lines from one of Bill Belichick’s favorite movies, when Vincent LaGuardia Gambini a/k/a Jerry Gallo a/k/a Jerry Callo scored points in the cross examination of a witnessed the aftermath of a murder while making his grits...

Getty Images Justin Tucker has been the NFL’s top kicker for some time and the first half of the 2019 season hasn’t offered any hints that there’s a changing of the guard on the horizon. Tucker has not missed a kick yet this season and his work in October included seven field goals and 10...

Getty Images Ravens safety Earl Thomas has missed practice for rest days at points in the past, but the team cited a different reason for his absence from the field on Wednesday. Thomas was listed with a knee injury and Thomas confirmed that he’s not 100 percent when he spoke to reporters on...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady appeared on Wednesday’s injury report as participating in practice on a limited basis, with a right shoulder injury. Brady’s shoulder apparently has healed even faster than Jalen Ramsey‘s back. Thursday’s report, as distributed by the Ravens, does...