Why The No. 1 Seed Is Still Important For The Patriots
While a potential trip to Oakland for the AFC Championship doesn't seem as daunting (or likely) for the New England Patriots, it's still important for them to clinch the No. 1 seed this weekend.
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While a potential trip to Oakland for the AFC Championship doesn't seem as daunting (or likely) for the New England Patriots, it's still important for them to clinch the No. 1 seed this weekend.
The Patriots can still clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC without a win in Miami, but they won't be relying on any help come Sunday afternoon.
The New England Patriots have dominated throughout the 2016 regular season and they're looking to do the same through the playoffs. At some point, it is possible they will have to meet up with their division rivals and there is still a lot of for grabs as they face the Miami Dolphins.
In what is sure to be a hotly contested point of debate this week in New England, Adam Kaufman and Joe Haggerty discussed Monday whether or not the Patriots should keep their star players off the field this coming weekend in Miami.
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Once again, the picture is simple for the Patriots if they want to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
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Going into week 16, the New England Patriots had already clinched a first-round bye and divisional title, but that didn't stop them from demolishing the Jets 41-3. The team excelled in all facets of the game. The Patriots are a team firing on all cylinders and a danger to any opponent.
After rushing for two touchdowns in New England's 41-3 win over the New York Jets on Saturday, LeGarrette Blount got an early Christmas present from quarterback Tom Brady.
The Ups -- and a few nitpicking downs -- from New England's 41-3 destruction of the New York Jets.
Tom Brady threw for three touchdown passes in less than three quarters, leading the New England Patriots to a 41-3 blowout of the woeful New York Jets on Saturday.
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Patriots president Jonathan Kraft addressed the team's signing of wide receiver Michael Floyd, who released by the Arizona Cardinals two weeks ago following a DUI arrest in Arizona.
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A yellow lab was rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a deep backyard sinkhole for more than two hours.
The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
Lawmakers listened as Ana Michelle Ramirez Sanan told of witnessing her mother being thrown to the ground by ICE agents.
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A JetBlue flight returned safely to T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island after hitting a coyote on the runway Tuesday morning.
The criminal trial for Kelsey Fitzsimmons resumed Tuesday with the North Andover police officer who shot her returning for cross-examination.
A JetBlue flight returned safely to T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island after hitting a coyote on the runway Tuesday morning.
Stephen Paul Gale, accused of raping two women in a Framingham store in 1989, was found guilty of all charges Tuesday.
A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to raise money by making out-of-staters pay more to visit parks
Lawmakers listened as Ana Michelle Ramirez Sanan told of witnessing her mother being thrown to the ground by ICE agents.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Frankie Rodenbaugh died just days after his babysitter allegedly left him in a car, strapped in his seat for hours with no food or water.
A woman went to visit her mother's grave at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury and was surprised to see the headstone was moved.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
The ads for the Find Mass Money website in Massachusetts make it seem easy. But one couple struggled to get their $11,000.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
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A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar, a well-known Irish pub in Worcester, Massachusetts for decades, is closing for good right before St. Patrick's Day.
Gillette is making a $1 billion investment in a new Boston headquarters.
The restaurants at View Boston are closing this spring.
Uno Pizzeria and Not Your Average Joe's are closing more restaurants in Massachusetts.
Kowloon is expected to draw big crowds to Revere, Massachusetts when it opens a new tiki bar.
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Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
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The loss snapped the Celtics' four-game winning streak and left them just a half-game ahead of the New York Knicks in second place in the Eastern Conference.
The Fleet said there 6,164 people in attendance at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, the largest regular-season attendance in franchise history.
Defenseman Nikita Zadorov broke a tie at 9:42 of the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Saturday night in an Eastern Conference wild-card showdown.
Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.
The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.