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Getty Images In his rookie season in 2011, Cam Newton ran for 14 touchdowns. No quarterback had ever rushed for that many touchdowns in a season before, and no quarterback has done it since. But Newton is on pace to surpass that total this year. Newton ran for two touchdowns in today’s win...

Getty Images The Patriots had 12 players listed as questionable on Friday’s status report. Only one of those 12 won’t play. Running back J.J. Taylor won’t play because of a quadriceps injury. Quarterback Cam Newton, who has an abdomen injury, will play as expected. The Patriots’ other...

Getty Images Cam Newton has run for more yards than he has thrown for, and run for more touchdowns than he has thrown for. His 46 rushing yards and two touchdown runs have helped the Patriots to a 28-0 halftime lead on the Chargers. It was a team effort for New England in the first 30 minutes...

Getty Images The Chargers were favored by some oddsmakers for Sunday’s game at SoFi Stadium. They instead suffered the worst shutout loss in team history, getting a 45-0 butt kicking from the Patriots. The Patriots have won four of five, and two in a row, to climb back to 6-6 and remain in the...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Cam Newton was a limited participant in practice all week, but it does not appear his abdomen injury will cause the team to start a different player against the Chargers. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Newton is expected to be in the lineup on Sunday...

Getty Images The Buccaneers enter their bye week at a crossroads, possibly in more ways than one. With three losses in four games, a 6-2 start has melted to 7-5. An NFC South championship won’t happen, and it’s fair to wonder whether they even get to the playoffs. Based on their last four...

Getty Images The Patriots traded a conditional draft pick to the Dolphins for wide receiver Isaiah Ford just before November’s trade deadline, but his stay with the team only lasted a little more than a month. Ford was waived off the roster as the Patriots made a series of roster moves on...

Getty Images The activated linebacker Asmar Bilal from injured reserve Saturday, the team announced. Bilal went on injured reserve Sept. 26 with a calf injury. He made his debut in Week 2 with one special teams snap. The Chargers also announced they promoted linebacker Cole Christiansen and...

Getty Images Former NFL running back LeGarrette Blount has announced his retirement. Blount, who last played in 2018, wrote on Instagram that he’s ready to say it’s over. “I just want to inform y’all that I’m officially retiring,” Blount wrote. “I have thought long and hard about this...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Cam Newton downplayed the abdomen injury that put him on the team’s injury report this week, but his presence in the lineup against the Chargers isn’t considered a sure thing. Newton was limited in practice for the third straight day and he is listed as...

Getty Images There was no Thursday night game this week, so Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. There will be 12 games played that day and the 24 teams taking part in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on...

USA Today Sports Starting cornerback Casey Hayward is one of four Chargers players listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Hayward (groin) did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday after missing last week’s game against the Bills. He’s recorded 30 total tackles and six...

Getty Images Linebacker Jack Cichy is on his way to the Patriots. According to multiple reports, Cichy was claimed off of waivers on Thursday. He will have to go through COVID protocols before joining the team and won’t be in the lineup against the Chargers this weekend. Cichy was waived by...

Getty Images Cam Newton popped up on the practice report for the first time this season, listed as limited Wednesday with an abdomen injury. The Patriots quarterback remained limited Thursday. He insists the Patriots have nothing to worry about. “I will be [ready to play],” Newton said...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick offered some unprompted praise for a high school football coach this week, in comments that weren’t surprising to anyone who has followed both coaches’ careers. The coach was Kevin Kelley of Pulaski Academy in Little Rock. Belichick was talking about...

USA TODAY Sports Last Sunday’s game between the Cardinals and Patriots came down to field goals. Cardinals kicker Zane Gonzalez missed a 45-yard kick in the fourth quarter, which gave the Patriots a chance to win the game in regulation. A Cam Newton run and a late hit by Cardinals linebacker...

USA Today Sports Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa had a monster stat line in Los Angeles’ Week 12 loss to the Buffalo, racking up 3.0 sacks and six tackles for loss. But Bosa didn’t practice on Wednesday, listed with a shin injury. Fortunately for L.A., it sounds like Bosa is on the right...

Getty Images The Patriots are in the process of turning around a lost season. As they try to get to .500 through 12 games, a question has emerged regarding the health of their starting quarterback. Cam Newton was limited in practice on Wednesday with an abdominal injury. Newton, who missed...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick called Joey Bosa a one-man wrecking crew. The Bills will nod in agreement. The Chargers pass rusher nearly single-handedly wrecked things for the Bills on Sunday, with three sacks, five quarterback hits and six tackles for loss. But Bosa, who missed...

USA Today Sports If you don’t have an effective plan for Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa, he can ruin your day. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is well aware of that. And with New England taking on Los Angeles this weekend, Belichick called Bosa a “one-man wrecking crew” on Wednesday...