3-time champion Patriots try to rebound
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Has it really been just 19 months since the New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years?
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Bill Belichick has formed the bedrock of a New England Patriots team that will try to win its third Super Bowl title in four seasons.
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Rashad Baker, a rookie defensive back for the Buffalo Bills, learned a hard lesson Sunday in his third NFL game: you can&#39;t give the New England Patriots a second chance.
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The unbeaten New England Patriots  continue their quest for perfection this weekend as the  top-seeded teams join the NFL playoffs.
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There was a time when Tedy Bruschi was unsure he'd be able to go to a football game again, let alone play in one. Yet here he is nearly three years later, fully recovered from a stroke and back at the Super Bowl as one of the unbeaten New England Patriots' defensive leaders.
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When Patriots players return to Gillette Stadium today after having two days off, they will likely begin addressing two areas that could use improvement from Sunday's win over the Dolphins: pass protection and run defense.
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Add a little to the fourth quarter mix, and the Patriots seem to take their game up a notch while others often turn scared and run sluggish.
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The New England Patriots held off the Indianapolis Colts to extend their winning streak to 16 games and begin their quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
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The Patriots are on a losing streak. Almost two weeks ago they blew the biggest lead in conference championship game history in losing to the Indianapolis Colts, and yesterday they lost their battle to prove tampering charges against the New York Jets in the Deion Branch trade case.
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The struggling New England Patriots looked nothing like the team that won the Super Bowl less than seven months ago. Their performance in Saturday night's 31-3 exhibition loss at Cincinnati was so bad that coach Bill Belichick wants to see a return to basics for a team that won its last 15 games last season.
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It's hard to imagine: A 12-2 team has reached a crossroads with two regular-season games left. But today's AFC East showdown against the New York Jets can be used as a barometer to measure whether the Patriots continue to be vulnerable.
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FOXBOROUGH -- With five games remaining in the regular season, the Patriots are in position to set a franchise record for fewest points allowed.
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The Patriots can be healthy or hurting. The field can be drenched or dry. The opponent might have a stingy defense or a high-scoring offense. New England just keeps winning.
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FOXBORO, Mass. - With a little more than two minutes to play and the New York Jets driving for a go-ahead score, the New England Patriotsâ defense huddled on the sideline.
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Defending Super Bowl champions New England Patriots hope to ride their bruising defense to another title game when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship in snowy Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - One of the Patriots' mantras during their run at a perfect 16-0 season has been that they can focus only on the game and the opponent that week. Another constant theme was that they had more important goals, meaning the Super Bowl.
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The New England Patriots' bruising  defense has put the Super Bowl champions in position to become  one of the NFL's greatest teams.