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Rob Gronkowski Is The Randy Moss Of Tight Ends

With news that New England tight end Rob Gronkowski probably is out for the rest of the season, it’s tempting to say the 9-2 Patriots will remain dominant over their remaining regular-season games and into the playoffs. After all, they did just fine without superstar 39-year-old quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of […]

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Rob Gronkowski Is The Randy Moss Of Tight Ends

With news that New England tight end Rob Gronkowski probably is out for the rest of the season, it’s tempting to say the 9-2 Patriots will remain dominant over their remaining regular-season games and into the playoffs. After all, they did just fine without superstar 39-year-old quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of […]

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With Brady Back, The Pats Are Playing Some Of Their Best Football Ever

Remember all that chatter about how this might finally be the year the New England Patriots would fall back to Earth? After all, Tom Brady was suspended for four games, and he’d presumably be rusty from the layoff when he returned. But instead of stumbling, the Pats weathered Brady’s absence just fine, and they’ve been […]

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Even Down Two QBs, The Patriots Are Playing With House Money

Going into Week 1, there were at least mild concerns that Tom Brady’s four-game Deflategate suspension (upheld in July after nearly 18 months of legal theatrics) might put a dent in the New England Patriots’ season before it even began. Though few reasonable analysts expected total calamity for the Pats, terms like “survival” and “staying […]

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