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Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...

Getty Images Patriots head coach Bill Belichick confirmed something at his Friday press conference that a lot of people probably took for granted. Wide receiver Julian Edelman will not be returning for the team’s Week 17 game against the Jets. He has been on injured reserve due to his knee...

Getty Images The Patriots placed defensive lineman Tashawn Bower and linebacker Josh Uche on injured reserve Thursday, the team announced. Bower, 25, began the 2020 season on the practice squad. The Patriots added him to the 53-player roster on Nov. 7. He played seven games with three starts...

Getty Images Cam Newton received a pink slip from the Panthers on March 24. He remained on the free agent market three months before agreeing to terms on a one-year deal with the Patriots. The Patriots have a 6-8 record in his 14 starts this season, and he has 12 rushing touchdowns and only...

Getty Images The Patriots waived tight end Jordan Thomas on Wednesday, the team announced. New England claimed Thomas off waivers from the Cardinals on Nov. 10. Thomas, 24, played two games as a reserve for the Patriots and was inactive for four others. He did not accrue any statistics. The...

Getty Images Jets head coach Adam Gase doesn’t have many supporters in his own backyard, but he got a positive review from one of his peers on Wednesday. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was asked about Jets quarterback Sam Darnold during his Wednesday press conference. Belichick had praise...

Getty Images When receiver Terrell Owens wanted out of Philadelphia, he threw everything he had at the wall in order to make it happen. Well, almost everything. Owens, whose effort to be traded or cut in 2005 included a claim that the Eagles would have been undefeated that year if the...

Getty Images Stefon Diggs continues to show he was worth everything the Bills gave up to get him. The wide receiver has been named AFC offensive player of the week after making nine receptions for 145 yards with three touchdowns in Buffalo’s 38-9 victory over New England on Monday Night...

Getty Images The Patriots had eight players opt out of the 2020 season over COVID-19 concerns. One of them, running back Brandon Bolden, said he plans to resume his career by returning to the Patriots in 2021. “For everyone asking,” Bolden wrote on social media, “s— yea I’ll be back.” Bolden...

Getty Images It’s an annual tradition for Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to field questions about possibly leaving for a head coaching job with another team. This hasn’t been a winning season for the Patriots, but McDaniels is still seen as a possible candidate for openings...

USA TODAY Sports Simms and I saw a big win by the Bills over the Patriots coming. But we didn’t put our money where out mouths are. Someone out there disagreed with us, and that person put money on it. A lot of money. Via the Buffalo News, a BetMGM customer put $500,000 on the Patriots plus...

Getty Images It sounds like the Patriots won’t be making a change at quarterback. Cam Newton has started 14 of New England’s 15 games this season, missing one while on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Head coach Bill Belichick wasn’t definitive when asked during a Tuesday interview on WEEI if Newton...

Getty Images The coaching carousel will be spinning very soon. In the looming game of musical chairs, Bills receiver Stefon Diggs hopes offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s butt doesn’t find a seat. “I hate to give him so much credit because I don’t want anyone to steal him from me,” Diggs...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick likely will be dealing with Bills quarterback Josh Allen for the rest of Belichick’s career in New England. And every time the two teams prepare to play each other, Allen will now have an extra boost of motivation. During last night’s broadcast...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick has repeatedly shot down questions about whether he would bench Cam Newton for Jarrett Stidham, and after pulling Newton for Stidham during Monday night’s loss to the Bills, Belichick didn’t have any answers about next week. “Game was over about 10...

Getty Images The Bills did something on Monday night that has not been done for a very long time. Beating the Patriots 38-9 meant that they beat New England both times the teams played this season and it made the Bills the first team to sweep a season series from the Patriots since 2000. Bills...

Getty Images The Patriots lost to the Bills 38-9 on Monday night, and that 29-point margin was their worst in more than 17 years. The last time the Patriots lost by a larger margin was in Week One of 2003, also to the Bills, when New England was blown out 31-0. That game had special...

Getty Images In most lines of work, it takes natural talent plus a relentless work ethic to have success. When talent combined with hard work doesn’t result in success, frustration becomes the obvious result. Patriots quarterback Cam Newton, who has the talent to play quarterback at a high...

Getty Images Cam Newton had a vintage Cam Newton touchdown run Monday night. He avoided the sack of Mario Addison and then broke three other tackles on the way to the end zone. The 9-yard touchdown run narrowed the Bills’ lead to 10-9 after Nick Folk‘s extra point was wide left. It was...

Getty Images It’s a strange night at Gillette Stadium. Playing in an empty stadium, the Patriots are hosting a game while eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since Dec. 24, 2000. The Patriots are headed to their first losing season since they went 5-11 in 2000, Bill...