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    Bill Belichick claims no knowledge of, no involvement in Spygate 2

    Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick reiterated on Tuesday morning that he has nothing to do with the incident at Sunday’s Bengals game in which a Patriots videographer was caught filming the field from the press box in violation of league rules. “Yeah I’m really focused on getting ready...
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    Five teams can clinch playoff berths in Week 15

    Getty Images Three teams have booked passage to the playoffs and five more can join them before Week 15 comes to an end. Two of those teams play in the AFC East. Per the NFL, both the Patriots and Bills will wrap up playoff spots if they win this weekend. The Patriots will be in Cincinnati and...
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    Report: Severe sanctions unlikely in SpyGate 2

    Getty Images In Spygate, which happened during the 2007 season, the NFL fined Bill Belichick $500,000, fined the team $250,000 and docked the Patriots their first-round draft pick in 2008. The Patriots again are under investigation for an incident that involved a videographer. Severe sanctions...
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    Jaguars place Jake Ryan, Brandon Thomas on injured reserve

    Getty Images The Jaguars announced Tuesday they placed linebacker Jake Ryan and offensive lineman Brandon Thomas on injured reserve. Ryan has a hamstring injury and Thomas a knee injury. Ryan played the past two weeks after being activated from the non-football injury list. Thomas has not...
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    Bengals say NFL is investigating the Patriots over “incident” at Sunday’s game

    Getty Images The Bengals say that the league office is investigating after a Patriots employee was seen filming at the Bengals’ game on Sunday. Toward the end of an otherwise mundane press conference today, Bengals coach Zac Taylor was asked this question by a reporter: “Rumors are out there...
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    Bill Belichick says he has nothing to do with taping at Bengals game

    Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he was not involved in the issue that arose on Sunday when a Bengals employee reported to NFL Security that a Patriots employee appeared to be filming the Bengals’ coaches. The incident took place during the Bengals-Browns game and raised...
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    Report: Odell Beckham told other players “come get me” in October

    Getty Images Remember the vague possibility that the Browns could have traded receiver Odell Beckham Jr. before the October 29 deadline? Beckham apparently wanted it to be more than a vague possibility. Sunday’s report from Jay Glazer of FOX indicating that Beckham has told other players and...
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    Patriots admit video crew violated league policy, say it was unintentional

    Getty Images The Patriots have admitted that a video crew they sent to Sunday’s Bengals-Browns game violated league policy by filming the field from the press box. But the team says it was a mistake, not an attempt to cheat. In a statement issued Monday night, the Patriots indicated the...
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    Jaguars signing Tyler Gauthier off Patriots’ practice squad

    Getty Images The Jaguars are signing offensive lineman Tyler Gauthier off the Patriots’ practice squad, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Gauthier signed with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in May. He has never appeared in an NFL game. Gauthier started 25 games at center his final...
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    Nick Folk still has some pain, but it could have been worse

    Getty Images Nick Folk got a field goal blocked, and his football team lost. But after the last week and a half of his life, it could have obviously been worse. The Patriots kicker was back on the job Sunday, after having an emergency appendectomy on Thanksgiving, then being released for a...
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    Tom Brady: I don’t make excuses or blame the referees

    Getty Images There were several calls by officials that went against the Patriots in Sunday’s 23-16 loss to the Chiefs, including incorrectly ruling that wide receiver N'Keal Harry stepped out of bounds before scoring on a pass from Tom Brady. Brady was asked about the officiating during a...
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    Chris Jones doesn’t think Chiefs need offense to win games for them

    Getty Images The Chiefs defense gave up more than 1,000 yards to the Patriots in a pair of losses last season, but the unit fared much better in New England this Sunday. The Patriots only gained 278 yards and their attempt to tie the game at the end of the fourth quarter failed when Bashaud...
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    Minor tweak to automatically reviewable plays is needed

    Getty Images When officials saw receiver N'Keal Harry step out of bounds in the second half of Sunday’s game at New England, even though he didn’t, Patriots coach Bill Belichick had no way to challenge what should have been a touchdown, because he had exhausted his budget of red flags. But when...
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    Officials wrongly marched off only 5 yards on a Chiefs 10-yard penalty

    Getty Images Patriots fans were upset with multiple missed calls in Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs, but the most egregious officiating error of all may have been on a penalty that was correctly called but then wrongly enforced. Midway through the third quarter, Chiefs guard Laurent...
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    Patriots still not willing to bring back Antonio Brown

    Getty Images Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. And the Patriots are still not interested in bringing back receiver Antonio Brown. The latest re-confirmation of the lingering reality that the Patriots aren’t interested in a reunion with Brown comes from Adam Schefter of ESPN.com...
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    Adam Vinatieri becomes first active player named to NFL all-time team

    Getty Images As the NFL has unveiled its all-time team in celebration of the league’s 100th season, there’s been some criticism that more recent players were overlooked in favor of players from the 1960s and 1970s. But when the all-time kickers were revealed, an active player finally made the...
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    Albert Huggins cut, Nick Folk back for Patriots

    Getty Images The Patriots are bringing back kicker Nick Folk in time for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. New England is waiving rookie defensive tackle Albert Huggins to make room for Folk, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Huggins is an undrafted rookie who has not played at all for the...
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    Week 14 injury report roundup

    Getty Images Week 14 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Bears and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...
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    Patriots worked out Nick Folk, plan to re-sign him

    Getty Images First, the Patriots were expected to re-sign Nick Folk. Then, there was some question about whether the kicker was healthy enough to return. Now, comes word from Ian Rapoport of the NFL that Folk worked out for the team Friday, is healthy and will re-sign with the Patriots on...
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    Damien Williams out for Chiefs on Sunday

    Getty Images Running back Damien Williams won’t be in the lineup for the Chiefs in New England on Sunday. Head coach Andy Reid announced on Friday afternoon that Williams will miss his second straight game with a rib injury. Williams was injured in Week 11 against the Chargers in Mexico City...
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