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• Mac Jones was helping Cam Newton learn Patriots' playbook, report says

Not a great sign that Newton was still learning the offense in Year 2, if Rob Ninkovich is to be believed....2021
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• Rob Gronkowski jokes about having the Patriots playbook for the past four weeks
Now former Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski jokes about having a copy of the New England Patriots playbook. Peter Schrager reacts to the Gronk news....2020
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• View from Above: Remain calm, all is well - for now

It's a classic moment from a movie that will live on for generations. A young Kevin Bacon as an ROTC neophyte in the cult-flick "Animal House," trying to keep order as rioting and looting had begun during a homecoming parade - and pleading with the good citizens of the fictional town of Faber to "remain calm! All is well!" He was immediately trampled. And so I stand here now (figuratively, of cour...2018
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• View from Above: New England remains 'The Land of Opportunity'

When it comes to name-calling, you can probably create your own descriptive phrases on what the New England Patriots have become in recent years. Winners? Super Bowl Champions? A dynastic team? What about royal-pains-in-the-***? You get the idea. Not everyone who comes this way is appreciative of recent history. As the saying goes, 'haters gonna hate.' But here's a trait you might not have ...2018
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• View from Above: New England remains 'The Land of Opportunity'
When it comes to name-calling, you can probably create your own descriptive phrases on what the New England Patriots have become in recent years. Winners? Super Bowl Champions? A dynastic team? What about royal-pains-in-the-***? You get the idea. Not everyone who comes this way is appreciative of recent history. As the saying goes, 'haters gonna hate.' But here's a trait you might not have ...2018
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• View from Above: Can we really kick the kickoff to the curb?

Whoa, hold on just a sec. We're messing with the kickoff? The very first play of any and every football game, anywhere and everywhere for all time, might go the way of the Dodo bird and become extinct? It's possible. Strange, but in the past couple of years we've watched as rule changes regarding kickoffs have overhauled, re-worked and ultimately de-fanged a once-exciting play and turned it in...2018
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• View from Above: A head-scratching draft, but for the right reasons?

2018

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• View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership

2018

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• View from Above: Three we'd like to see in 2018

"Every day I'm shufflin', shufflin', shufflin'." LMFAO sang about this, amiright? It's not exactly time for Party Rock to be in the house tonight, but the shufflin' part is accurate. The slow, twisting, shufflin' grind of a new year and new season begins this week with the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. The gear for next year begins in 'low' – and if you know how to drive a stick – you know it's...2018
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• View from Above: Three "D's" to getting back on track

It's been a bit more than a week since ‘The Game,' which should have provided at least a little time to get over any lingering disappointment, decompress from the buildup to Super Bowl 52, and decide what priorities should be for 2018. Disappointment. Decompress. Decide. Emotions and actions, we'll call the "Three D's" to getting back on track and to returning to a Business As Usual status in N...2018
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• View from Above: Questions remain, and answers may not be swift

2018

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• View from Above: Don't look now, but next year is this year

When you get to your NFL-record 10th Super Bowl, there's a natural tendency to believe there will always be another chance. Or, that there will always be "next year." And then, when you see the thousands of fans who lined up outside of Gillette Stadium for the Send-Off Rally Monday morning in Foxboro - some who arrived as early as 3:00 am ET (hello Peru, Maine!) - you realize how special a moment...2018
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• View from Above: Look ahead at your own peril

2018

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• View from Above: Remember the Titans? Hardly.

New England vs. Tennessee in the AFC Divisional Playoff. Not exactly what you expected? The easy explanation as to ‘why' it will be the Titans in Foxboro Saturday night, and not Kansas City or Buffalo would be because ‘it's why they play the games.' You simply just don't know how things will turn out beforehand, regardless of what you think you know, or the relative strength of the opposition. A...2018
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• View from Above: Now, it's all about fitting in
Now that the teaching part is just about completed, it's time to see which players fit the part. Actually, the teaching part never really ends. But generally speaking, OTA's and mini-camp practices consist of instructing the newcomers on technique, tuition and the always-important "Patriot Way," while serving as a refresher-course for the veteran players in the mix. Everyone can certainly use the...2017
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2021
"Mac Jones was helping Cam Newton learn Patriots' playbook, report says"

2020
"Rob Gronkowski jokes about having the Patriots playbook for the past four weeks"

2018
"Currently serving in several media capacities - which include hosting "Patriots Playbook" on Patriots."

2017
"Patriots Wrap Up: Bennett reportedly back in New England"

2016
"Christian Hackenberg: The Mystery Man of the NFL Draft"

2015
"Game of the Week: Giants must take page from Pats to beat Bills"

2014
"LeGarrette Blount, Jonas Gray, Shane Vereen's Pre-Week 12 Fantasy Outlook"

• View from Above: Remain calm, all is well - for now
It's a classic moment from a movie that will live on for generations. A young Kevin Bacon as an ROTC neophyte in the cult-flick "Animal House," trying to keep order as rioting and looting had begun during a homecoming parade - and pleading with the good citizens of the fictional town of Faber to "remain calm! All is well!" He was immediately trampled. And so I stand here now (figuratively, of cour...2018
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• View from Above: New England remains 'The Land of Opportunity'
When it comes to name-calling, you can probably create your own descriptive phrases on what the New England Patriots have become in recent years. Winners? Super Bowl Champions? A dynastic team? What about royal-pains-in-the-***? You get the idea. Not everyone who comes this way is appreciative of recent history. As the saying goes, 'haters gonna hate.' But here's a trait you might not have ...2018
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• View from Above: Can we really kick the kickoff to the curb?
Whoa, hold on just a sec. We're messing with the kickoff? The very first play of any and every football game, anywhere and everywhere for all time, might go the way of the Dodo bird and become extinct? It's possible. Strange, but in the past couple of years we've watched as rule changes regarding kickoffs have overhauled, re-worked and ultimately de-fanged a once-exciting play and turned it in...2018
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• View from Above: A head-scratching draft, but for the right reasons?
2018

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• View from Above: Let's stop playing games, Gronk

2018

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• View from Above: Everyone wins at playing this game

There is some excitement in the air, and a sense of anticipation. Maybe a little nervousness too, if only because we're about to embark again on the great unknown. But it's not an actual game we're referring to - instead, it's the game within the game. You can't play the game in the fall well enough if you don't have at least some success with this game in the spring. And which game is it, exa...2018
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• View from Above: Should we consider 'Life After Gronk?'

2018

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• View from Above: Free Agent Frenzy finally delivers

Feeling any better? I mean, based on social media posts and talk show callers - it was time for Armageddon in New England about this time a week ago. The Patriots were ready to implode, the entire NFL had passed them by in free agency, they weren't going to sign anyone who could play, all the good players were going somewhere else...what else have we missed here? The three most popular questions ...2018
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• View from Above: The real "Happy New Year"

With all due respect to the Anglican calendar, this week is the week to celebrate "Happy New Year," at least in the world of pro football. March 14th, and not January 1st, is the start of 2018 for the NFL. The new league year and free agency period begin at 4:00 pm ET on the 14th, and the first day of the New Year will end at the stroke of midnight. By that time, teams will receive personnel not...2018
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• View from Above: Three we'd like to see in 2018
"Every day I'm shufflin', shufflin', shufflin'." LMFAO sang about this, amiright? It's not exactly time for Party Rock to be in the house tonight, but the shufflin' part is accurate. The slow, twisting, shufflin' grind of a new year and new season begins this week with the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. The gear for next year begins in 'low' – and if you know how to drive a stick – you know it's...2018
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• View from Above: New England remains 'The Land of Opportunity'
When it comes to name-calling, you can probably create your own descriptive phrases on what the New England Patriots have become in recent years. Winners? Super Bowl Champions? A dynastic team? What about royal-pains-in-the-***? You get the idea. Not everyone who comes this way is appreciative of recent history. As the saying goes, 'haters gonna hate.' But here's a trait you might not have ...2018
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• View from Above: Can we really kick the kickoff to the curb?
Whoa, hold on just a sec. We're messing with the kickoff? The very first play of any and every football game, anywhere and everywhere for all time, might go the way of the Dodo bird and become extinct? It's possible. Strange, but in the past couple of years we've watched as rule changes regarding kickoffs have overhauled, re-worked and ultimately de-fanged a once-exciting play and turned it in...2018
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• View from Above: A head-scratching draft, but for the right reasons?
2018

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• View from Above: Santos was the voice in all of us

We lost someone we all knew last week. Maybe you didn't know Gil Santos personally, but you knew him, alright. For more than four decades, Santos' pronounced baritone delivery grabbed your attention over the radio like few others could. His was the voice you heard when you were maybe looking for scores, wanted results of last nights' games, hoped for news about the Patriots – or when you simpl...2018
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• View from Above: Let's stop playing games, Gronk
2018

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• View from Above: Everyone wins at playing this game
There is some excitement in the air, and a sense of anticipation. Maybe a little nervousness too, if only because we're about to embark again on the great unknown. But it's not an actual game we're referring to - instead, it's the game within the game. You can't play the game in the fall well enough if you don't have at least some success with this game in the spring. And which game is it, exa...2018
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• View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership
2018

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• View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal

We're getting a little anxious. A little apprehensive. Maybe even a little bit nervous over the days and weeks to come before the NFL mainstreams itself back into the public's consciousness? Oh, the NFL will try to keep us informed and entertained with something called The Combine, and I suppose that's fine if that's all there is – especially if you're into watching men-in-tights. It serves a pu...2018
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• View from Above: Three we'd like to see in 2018
"Every day I'm shufflin', shufflin', shufflin'." LMFAO sang about this, amiright? It's not exactly time for Party Rock to be in the house tonight, but the shufflin' part is accurate. The slow, twisting, shufflin' grind of a new year and new season begins this week with the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. The gear for next year begins in 'low' – and if you know how to drive a stick – you know it's...2018
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• View from Above: Three "D's" to getting back on track
It's been a bit more than a week since ‘The Game,' which should have provided at least a little time to get over any lingering disappointment, decompress from the buildup to Super Bowl 52, and decide what priorities should be for 2018. Disappointment. Decompress. Decide. Emotions and actions, we'll call the "Three D's" to getting back on track and to returning to a Business As Usual status in N...2018
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• View from Above: Remain calm, all is well - for now
2018

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• View from Above: New England remains 'The Land of Opportunity'
2018

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• View from Above: A head-scratching draft, but for the right reasons?
2018

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• View from Above: Santos was the voice in all of us
2018

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• View from Above: Let's stop playing games, Gronk
2018

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• View from Above: Should we consider 'Life After Gronk?'
2018

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• View from Above: An Open Letter to NFL Ownership
2018

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• View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal
2018

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• View from Above: Questions remain, and answers may not be swift
2018

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• View from Above: Don't look now, but next year is this year
2018

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• Patriots Wrap Up: Bennett reportedly back in New England

In a move that seemed almost inevitable, the Patriots have claimed Martellus Bennett off waivers from Green Bay, according to media reports. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/928732442722230272 https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/928732908575186946 In order to make room for Bennett on the 53-man roster, veteran defensive end Geneo Grissom appears to have been let go. https://twitter....2017
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• View from Above: Patriots have 'em where they want 'em

After nine weeks of the current NFL season, the more things change - the more they stay the same. The Patriots are 6-2, and currently in possession of 1st place in the AFC East. Seriously, did anyone figure much differently at this stage of the year? Maybe you thought the record might be a bit better, but there was practically zero doubt throughout the league New England would prove to bedivisio...2017
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• View from Above: Look ahead at your own peril
2018

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• View from Above: The scoreboard may not lie, but the numbers do

2017

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• View from Above: Be careful who you wish for

2018

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• View from Above: Two ways the 2017 season will end for the Patriots

2017

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• View from Above: Face it, NFL. You had your chance

2017

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• Christian Hackenberg: The Mystery Man of the NFL Draft
2016

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• View from Above: A tale of love, hate and ultimate appreciation

Three thoughts for the price of one, as the Patriots prepare (again) for Super Bowl history: If You Can't Beat 'em... As someone who has covered the NFL for the better part of four full decades, spent a little more than a quarter-of-a-century affiliated with the Patriots, and loves a good sports argument as much as anyone - is it easier to see now why this franchise is as reviled as it is around t...2018
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• View From Above: Is improvement real, or isn't it?

If you are of an age old enough to recall, how about this TV ad blast from the 1980's? "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" A series of TV ads from the former consumer electronics company asked viewers if we could tell the difference between recorded sounds on their product or if the audio played was live and authentic. The point being, the quality was so superior you couldn't tell either way. That's ...2017
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• Game of the Week: Giants must take page from Pats to beat Bills
As the New York Giants head to Western New York this weekend, they'd be wise to take a page out of the Patriots' playbook....2015
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• View from Above: 'Next man up' philosophy could use an update

2017

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• View from Above: Getting defensive is paying off, finally

I'm not usually one to brag much. But... ...told ya' so. Hey, I'll be the first to admit the matchup going into the game with Atlanta didn't appear to favor the Patriots. When you consider the bigger picture coming in, a physically talented and high-powered offense figured to cause trouble for a defense that was routinely pounded on earlier in the schedule. Add to that the ignominy of giving up ...2017
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• View from Above: Remember the Titans? Hardly.
2018

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• View from Above: Charity sponsors get put through their paces, too
If you think mini-camp is just for the players this week, think again. Monday inside Gillette Stadium, the Patriots Charitable Foundation held its annual "Fantasy Camp" for sponsorship participants, who had the opportunity to take part in football drills, film study sessions and have lunch with Patriots' players in a truly unique behind-the-scenes day. This is the seventh consecutive year the Foun...2017
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• LeGarrette Blount, Jonas Gray, Shane Vereen's Pre-Week 12 Fantasy Outlook
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• View from Above: Remain calm, all is well - for now
2018

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• View from Above: Can we really kick the kickoff to the curb?
2018

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• View from Above: Let's stop playing games, Gronk
2018

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• View from Above: Everyone wins at playing this game
2018

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• View from Above: Should we consider 'Life After Gronk?'
2018

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• View from Above: Free Agent Frenzy finally delivers
2018

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• View from Above: Missing football? Let it spring eternal
2018

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• View from Above: Three we'd like to see in 2018
2018

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• View from Above: Rubber-necking from the right side of this wreck

I'm caught between a rock and a hard place with giving Philadelphia's Lane Johnson any more time in the spotlight than is deserved. Yes, his Eagles won the Super Bowl. Yes, he was a high draft choice for Philly in 2013, and he has become a very good offensive lineman. He's earned his due for playing the game. But he's also playing a game with us, too. You realize, of course, that he's tweaking ...2018
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• View from Above: Questions remain, and answers may not be swift
2018

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• View from Above: New England remains 'The Land of Opportunity'
2018

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• View from Above: Rubber-necking from the right side of this wreck
2018

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• View from Above: The scoreboard may not lie, but the numbers do
2017

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• View from Above: Patriots' break, Steelers' mistake part of bigger NFL problems

2017

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• View from Above: Having a little fun looking ahead

2017

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• View from Above: A failure to communicate isn't the only issue

2017

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• View from Above: Getting defensive, but not about TB12

Okay. We all saw it happen on the Gillette Stadium field Sunday. Defensively, the Patriots are - and may continue to be - a WIP. A Work-In-Progress. We also saw that even at the football-advanced age of 40 years old, Tom Brady continues to perform at a level unmatched in the NFL history books. Each and every time a 4th quarter comeback is led - and there have been what, 52 of them? - there is...2017
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• View from Above: It's a volatile mix, sports and politics
Do sports and politics mix? Perhaps the better question is, can sports and politics ever mix? Sure they can, if you're one who can enjoy or tolerate multi-car crashes, mile-long traffic jams through midtown, smashing your fingers with a hammer or having your teeth pulled without first having a shot of Novocain. Invariably, because sports and politics are both so polarizing to the populace at l...2017
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• Christian Hackenberg: The Mystery Man of the NFL Draft
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