FOXBOROUGH – Things always get blown out of proportion this week and during the bye week before the Super Bowl. Fans and the media are always looking for anything other than the actual game to grab onto and push as a narrative. Bulletin board material is usually floating around somewhere. This time around, it took until Thursday, but Broncos head coach Sean Payton may have unintentionally given the New England…

Image courtesy of MassLive By Alan Segel NEFJ Contributor  FOXBOROUGH – Perfection.  It is more than just a word. It is a condition, state or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. When it comes to sports, perfection is something extremely hard to achieve. It does not matter the sport; perfection just does not happen very often and usually not at all.  Here…

FOXBOROUGH – Whether it was the throng of extra media members packed into the media workroom at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday or the AFC Championship backdrop at the podium, it was hard to avoid things being much different this week. The Patriots welcomed dozens of outlets to Gillette to kick off the week and despite the frenzied feel, the team is trying to keep things as normal as possible. “I…

FOXBOROUGH – Mike Vrabel spent enough years in the league to know what real leadership looks and sounds like. The head coaching position in the NFL requires a delicate balance between caring human being and the A-hole that only cares about one thing and that’s winning. Vrabel has struck that balance so well, that the Patriots are one win away from the Super Bowl in his first year as head…

Josh and Ben McDaniels have coached against each other in the NFL before. But, not with the stakes this high. The offensive coordinator of the Patriots and wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the Texans will square off in a meeting of the minds in a playoff game for the first time. Josh obviously has much more experience in these big game situations and rings to show for…