Patriots-Texans Week 13 News, Notes And Fun Facts
To get you ready for Patriots-Texans, Levan Reid has a whole lot of news, notes and fun facts.
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To get you ready for Patriots-Texans, Levan Reid has a whole lot of news, notes and fun facts.
Here's what to watch for when the 10-1 Patriots visit the 7-4 Texans on Sunday night.
With the offense limping a bit over the past month, the Texans' porous pass defense is exactly what the Patriots need. James White may be the biggest beneficiary.
The state of replay review in the NFL is in shambles.
What we do know with a near-certainty is that the Patriots will enter the postseason as the top seed in the American Football Conference.
The Texans are now 4-3, the Colts are now 4-2, and the path to the No. 1 seed in the AFC has gotten even easier for the New England Patriots. Things continue to come up Patriots.
Taking a quick scan around that AFC, it's difficult to spot any team that's functioning on any level close to the Patriots at this point in time.
Will Fuller knew it was up to him to make things happen on Sunday with Atlanta focused on slowing down DeAndre Hopkins.
Stop me if you've heard this one before, but an NFL officiating crew completely botched the enforcement of the rules in a nationally televised football game. Whoopsies.
We all might have missed the emphasis on an even worse rule that simply can't be allowed to exist in real football games that actually matter. And that's a rule about "blindside blocks."
Bill Belichick and the Patriots aren't holding any lingering animosity toward the Houston Texans after their reported pursuit of Nick Caserio. Just don't ask Belichick about the situation, unless you want to get his usual grumpy response.
The story was very straightforward, and given that it was written by NFL reporter Ben Volin, most outlets (including this one) considered the story to be a report. But apparently, this was all just Volin's opinion.
After the Houston Texans made the peculiar decision to fire their general manager in early June, reports surfaced almost immediately that the team would try to sign Nick Caserio away from the Patriots. The Patriots apparently found some fault with the development.
Will former Patriots assistant Bill O'Brien take another crack at reuniting with a familiar face? Several NFL insiders anticipate just that.
Which matchups will determine this weekend's games? We dive in to find out as the first round of the playoffs approaches.
Making picks for wild card weekend, and also putting a bow on the 2018 NFL regular season that was.
While we don't yet know which team will be heading to Gillette for the divisional round, here's an early look at what to expect from each potential opponent.
Why is a team punished simply because it shares a division with another very good team? Let's explore that problem, then make some picks.
A Jets win versus the Texans would have put the Patriots in the driver's seat for a first round bye.
No NFL teams enjoy playing on Thursday Night Football. The task is going to be especially difficult this week for the Indianapolis Colts.
"We definitely didn't play our best game."
The New England Patriots have begun their 2018 season with a victory.
The first glimpse of Jeremy Hill in a Patriots uniform was a very positive one. But very early in the second half of Sunday's season opener vs. Houston, things took a very negative turn for the running back.
It was known early Sunday that rookie first-round running back Sony Michel would not suit up for the Patriots' season opener. Later in the morning, the remainder of the Patriots' inactives was released.
All offseason long, nothing but questions have surrounded the New England Patriots. Now it's finally time to get some answers.
