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Getty Images Matthew Slater has carved out a long and successful career playing special teams for the Patriots that has resulted in seven selections to the Pro Bowl. Until Wednesday, though, it had never resulted in a weekly award as the AFC’s top special teams player. Slater can now cross...

Getty Images The top of the AFC’s playoff picture has looked the same for some time now and there’s little reason to think the Patriots and Ravens won’t be able to remain in the top two spots. What it will look like behind them is a bit less clear. Seven teams have five, six or seven wins to...

Getty Images Stopping Lamar Jackson is one thing. Preparing to stop him is another. Making it harder to solve the problem that is the Ravens offense is that fact that it’s difficult to get ready to face the Ravens, as the Rams learned both before and during Monday night’s 45-6 debacle. “You...

Getty Images No teams have booked spots in the playoffs yet this season, but three of the 12 teams in the field could change that by the time Week 13 comes to an end. The NFL released scenarios that would lead to playoff berths for the Patriots, 49ers and Saints this week. New Orleans has the...

The Cowboys two tripping calls Sunday after only seven were called in the first 162 NFL games this season. So did someone tip off either the league office or officials to watch for tripping? That’s a hot topic in Dallas-Fort Worth this week after the NFL confirmed to the Cowboys that the...

Getty Images Jared Veldheer said in May his body wasn’t up to the pounding of a full season. Part of a season might be a different matter. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Patriots are releasing Veldheer from the reserve-retired list, which would enable him to sign with another...

Getty Images Officials called only seven tripping penalties across the NFL entering Sunday, according to ESPN Statistics and Information. The Cowboys were called for two Sunday. Only twice previously over the past 10 years had officials penalized a team for tripping twice in the same game...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was listed as questionable for Sunday’s win over the Cowboys with an elbow injury. And while the elbow still seems to be an issue, Brady made it clear during his weekly visit with Jim Gray of Westwood One that there’s no question about Brady’s...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was not shy about airing his frustration with the offense’s play after a 17-10 win over the Eagles in Week 11 and that sparked a response from former teammate Rob Gronkowski. Gronkowski said on FOX’s pregame show Sunday that Brady and the Patriots...

Getty Images The Cowboys’ annual Thanksgiving Day game frequently ranks as the NFL’s most-watched regular-season game. But their game against the Bills on Thursday will have a hard time topping what the Cowboys-Patriots drew Sunday. The game received a 19.5 overnight rating and a 40 share...

Getty Images Every Sunday, Mike Tirico, Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, and yours truly gather at the big desk in Studio 1 to have a conversation about various topics emerging from the week that was in the NFL. Already, we’ve done it 12 times in 2019. Last night’s conversation covered a bunch of...

Getty Images The Patriots defense has led the way for the team as they’ve won 10 of their first 11 games this season and cornerback Stephon Gilmore has been at the forefront of the unit’s efforts throughout the season. Sunday’s 13-9 win over the Cowboys was no exception. Gilmore’s chief job...

Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans made some history with his first catch of Sunday’s game against the Falcons. Evans picked up 17 yards on a pass from quarterback Jameis Winston in the second quarter of the game and that moved him over 1,000 receiving yards for the season. It’s the sixth time...

Getty Images The Patriots had fewer than 300 yards. Tom Brady passed for fewer than 200 yards. The Patriots scored only one touchdown. They had no scoring drive longer than 38 yards. The Patriots won anyway, holding on for a 13-9 victory. It was the Patriots’ 18th consecutive home victory in...

Getty Images The Patriots offense scuffled again on Sunday, but they were able to score the only touchdown of the game and come away with a 13-9 win over the Cowboys. That touchdown was scored by rookie wide receiver N'Keal Harry on his only catch of the game. Fellow rookie Jakobi Meyers had...

Getty Images For the second time this weekend, an NFL team clinging to a slim lead with five of seconds left on the clock and facing fourth down opted to throw the ball away in order to kill the remaining time. It worked for the Texans on Thursday; it didn’t work for the Patriots on Sunday...

Getty Images The Cowboys have played four teams that currently have a winning record. They won none of those games. Next up on their schedule are the Bills (8-3) on Thanksgiving Day. If the Cowboys lose that one, they will be a .500 team. “Yeah, we’ve got to get over the hump, simple as...

Getty Images The Patriots listed three of their wide receivers as questionable on Friday and they’re set to play without at least one of them. According to multiple reports, Phillip Dorsett will not play against the Cowboys. Dorsett suffered a concussion while catching a touchdown pass from...

Getty Images Some would call Patriots coach Bill Belichick the greatest coach in NFL history, but Belichick does not believe he deserves that honor. As part of the NFL’s unveiling of its 100th anniversary All-Time Team, Belichick said on an NFL Network that Paul Brown is the greatest coach in...

Getty Images Tom Brady was limited in practice Friday. It’s probably not time to panic. (Actually, it’s never too soon to panic, that’s a proven fact.) The Patriots listed their quarterback as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys, after his limited work today. It’s the first...