• Patriots staff is experienced on offense but lacks the same experience on defense
  • Catching up with Vincent Busa after his commitment to Sacred Heart
  • Hamilton-Wenham names Mike Flynn head coach
  • CM’s Fitzgerald set to represent Knights, Patriots during Super Bowl weekend
  • Maine continues building with large National Signing Day class

Tampa Bay Tuesday: Brady and the Bucs beat Carolina 46-23, move to 7-3

AP Photo Another week, another win that wasn’t pretty for Brady and the Bucs. As we’ve all learned over the years though, they don’t ask how, just how many. Right now, Brady and his Buccaneers are a seven-win team and just barely behind Green Bay (7-2) and New Orleans (7-2) for the top spot in the NFC playoff standings. “It’s not a game of perfect,” Brady said following the win….

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Patriots: Recapping Bill Belichick’s weekly OMF interview on WEEI

Jim Davis/Boston Globe Well, well, well, we have a winning streak. Ok, it’s not a big winning streak, but according to “Major League” Lou Brown once said two games is a winning streak, so we’ll take it. Here’s another week of what stood out to us from BB’s weekly interview with Ordway, Merloni and Fauria: Ordway opened up the interview asking Belichick how important it was for the Patriots to…

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Patriots: Pats defense and the weather smother Ravens in stunning 23-17 upset

We all saw this one coming, right? The Patriots were rightful 6.5-point underdogs at home heading into their matchup against Baltimore on Sunday night. The entire country assumed that the Ravens would roll as the Patriots’ transition into mediocrity continues. Instead, the football gods – or maybe Bill Belichick – brought a monsoon to Gillette Stadium for the majority of the game on Sunday night with howling winds and sideways…

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Patriots Preview: Baltimore Ravens (6-2) at New England Patriots (3-5)

Line: Baltimore -6.5 Opening Kickoff: The Patriots and Ravens have met 10 times in the regular season and 4 times in the postseason, including two straight AFC Championship Games in 2011 and 2012. The Ravens beat the undefeated Patriots 37-20 last season. The last time these two teams met at Gillette was December of 2016 with the Patriots winning 30-23. This will be the fifth prime time meeting between the…

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Patriots: Scouting the Ravens Offense and Defense

The Patriots and Ravens will renew acquaintances this week on Sunday Night Football. The Ravens have long been a thorn in the Patriots side both in the regular season and the post season. A big reason for that of course is John Harbaugh and his coaching staff. Despite turnover at the coordinator positions, Baltimore is well coached. They are tough, physical and fundamentally sound. Harbaugh has two of the best…

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