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Getty Images Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker got off to a good start in Sunday’s game against the Patriots, but he wasn’t available to finish the contest. Parker sat out the second half of the game after catching four passes for 47 yards in the early part of the contest. Parker has been...

As part of the league’s ongoing effort to speak out against racism, NFL players are permitted to put a name on their helmets, and Patriots coach Bill Belichick joined in that effort. Belichick chose Fritz Pollard, the NFL trailblazer who was the league’s first black coach, and put Pollard’s name...

Getty Images The Patriots looked set to go up by 18 points in the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Dolphins, but they couldn’t get the final yard they needed. Cam Newton hit wide receiver N'Keal Harry near the end zone and Harry lost the ball when Jerome Baker hit him as he moved to...

Getty Images The post Tom Brady-era in New England began with a win powered by an offense different from the one we’re used to seeing the Patriots play. Cam Newton ran 15 times for 75 yards and two touchdowns and the defense picked off Ryan Fitzpatrick three times on the way to a 21-11 win...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Cam Newton got into it with a couple of members of the Dolphins on his way off the field after piloting New England to a 21-11 home win. Newton and Dolphins linebackers Elandon Roberts and Kyle Van Noy were going back and forth as other Patriots players tried...

Getty Images Instead of playing his first game as a non-Patriot in the place where he won his first Super Bowl, Tom Brady could have been playing his first game in the state where he went to college. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Bears made an offer to Brady during his first foray...

Getty Images For Week One, Nick Folk won the Water Pik. The Patriots have promoted Folk to the active roster from the practice squad, making him the kicker for the opener against the Dolphins. The Patriots can then send Folk back to the practice squad and promote Folk for Justin Rohrwasser...

Getty Images The Dolphins had five limited participants in practice of Monday and Tuesday, but none of them are in danger of missing Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Cornerback Xavien Howard was one of the five and he said last weekend that he wasn’t sure if he’d be ready to play after...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their final...

Getty Images Tom Brady is playing this year for a coaching staff Peyton Manning knows well. Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was Manning’s quarterbacks coach for his first three years in the NFL. Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen coached on the Colts’ offensive staff in various...

Getty Images With Tom Brady out and Cam Newton in, the Patriots will be using a much different offense in 2020, because they have a much different quarterback. For now, no one knows what the offense will look like. A potentially significant clue comes from a decade ago, when Patriots offensive...

Getty Images Sunday is going to be a big day for quarterback Cam Newton. He’s making his Patriots debut and he’s returning from a long absence caused by a 2019 foot injury that cropped up after Newton spent an offseason recovering from shoulder surgery. Newton was asked on Thursday if he still...

Getty Images The Patriots are taking care of one of their top players, without adding years to his deal. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Patriots are giving cornerback Stephon Gilmore a $5 million raise this year. He’ll now make $15.5 million, with another $2 million if he...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced their plans to remain in the locker room during the playing of both the national anthem and Lift Every Voice and Sing when they take on the Patriots Sunday in a video calling for social justice action rather than “fluff and empty gestures.” Head coach Brian...

Getty Images I’ve picked the Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl for multiple reasons. First, they still have coach Bill Belichick, who will take full advantage of all of the various rules arising from the pandemic to get the most of out of this most unusual of seasons and who will provide a...

Getty Images Cornerback Cyrus Jones didn’t play a down after being claimed off waivers by the Broncos last November, but landing in Denver wound up to be a very good thing for Jones’ health. Jones had a stomach illness after joining the team last year that he thought was related to being at...

Getty Images Well, this isn’t ideal for the Patriots. On Thursday, the team added reigning defensive player of the year Stephon Gilmore to their practice report. The cornerback was limited with a hamstring injury. He has not missed a game since October 2017 when he sat out three games with a...

Getty Images The Dolphins won’t leave anyone guessing about their intentions for the national anthem before their season opener Sunday. They will stay in the locker room while Lift Every Voice and Sing, known as the black national anthem, and the national anthem are played. The team made a...

Getty Images On one hand, he fully participated in practice. On the other hand, he’s on the injury report. Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was listed on the first Dolphins injury report of the year as fully participating in practice despite a hip injury. Presumably, it’s the same hip...

Getty Images Kyle Van Noy left the Patriots for the Dolphins as a free agent this offseason, but he won’t have to worry about hearing any boos in his return to Gillette Stadium. There won’t be any fans on hand for Sunday’s game between Miami and New England, which may make it easier to hear...