Keidel: The Patriots Are Just Fine
Talk of the New England Patriots' demise was definitely premature, as their thorough beating of the New Orleans Saints shows us.
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Talk of the New England Patriots' demise was definitely premature, as their thorough beating of the New Orleans Saints shows us.
It's not clear that any NFL team can really challenge the Patriots this year... certainly no team in the AFC East.
Next we take a look at the AFC East's best offensive players, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady.
The agent for Tom Brady says the New England Patriots quarterback wasn't diagnosed with a concussion last year.
The NFL's most popular player may have concealed a serious head injury during the 2016 season.
President Donald Trump congratulated the New England Patriots on their Super Bowl win Wednesday but the normally joyous White House ritual was marred by the suicide of their former teammate Aaron Hernandez.
It looks like the Super Bowl LI mystery has finally been solved.
With their fifth Super Bowl title, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick's Patriots have made the most remarkable run in NFL history.
It's going to be hard to argue that Tom Brady isn't the best quarterback of all-time after this one.
He may not have the precision of Joe Montana, the arm of Dan Marino, the grit of John Elway or the mind of Peyton Manning.
Unlike all the other folks – coaches and players – that have been previously featured in this series, Chris Hogan might represent the biggest gut punch of them all for Miami Dolphins fans.
In 50 years of Super Bowl play, three quarterbacks sit at the top of the pyramid with four championships each: Pittsburgh's Terry Bradshaw, San Francisco's Joe Montana and New England's Tom Brady. Unlike Bradshaw and Montana, however, Brady has taken a long time to a compile his four SB wins. He was just 24 when the Patriots won their first title in January 2002. Now, Brady has a chance for a fifth ring at age 39, which is pretty amazing considering the pounding so many NFL quarterbacks take over their careers.
No NFL franchise has been as successful as the New England Patriots this century, but the outlook for the 2016 season was dim with the announcement that the team would be without quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of the year. However, the organization overcame its star QB's league suspension, and the Patriots finished with the best record, the best scoring differential and the best scoring defense in the NFL on their way to an seventh Super Bowl appearance since 2001. This is how they got here.
This year's Super Bowl has shaped up to really be two of the very best teams in the NFL, with two of the best QBs around.
Rob Gronkowski is the Patriots' second-most indispensable player, and the team has won despite his season-ending injury.
Here are five reasons you should root for the Falcons in this year's big game.
Whether you like them or not, there are a lot of reasons to root for the Patriots to beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.
CBS Sports NFL Insider, Jason La Canfora joined the Hochman, Crowder and Krantz Show on 560 WQAM.
Tom Brady and Matt Ryan, two contrasting quarterbacks leading high-powered offenses, are the story for Super Bowl LI.
This year's NFL Championship round is fueled by pyrotechnic passing and overall offense. What teams will move on to the Super Bowl?
Tony Gonzalez, 17-year NFL veteran and current CBS Sports NFL analyst, discusses Texans-Patriots and other divisional round matchups.
Brady doesn't get to miss 25 percent of the NFL season and qualify as its best player, even with the TD-Interception ratio record.
With proper game-planning and flawless execution, the New England Patriots went into Hard Rock Stadium and handed the Miami Dolphins a humbling, 35-14, defeat that secured Tom Brady and the Pats the top seed in the AFC playoffs.
With a chance to secure home-field advantage all the way to the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots invade Hard Rock Stadium to close out the regular season against the rival Miami Dolphins.
The Patriots and Broncos square off Sunday, pitting New England's pyrotechnic offense against Denver's granite defense.
