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And Now, Donté Stallworth Blowing The Lid Off An H1N1 Vaccine Conspiracy

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

Donté Stallworth hasn't seen much playing time with the Patriots this year. He's only played in one game, and his 63-yard touchdown reception against the Texans marks the only time he's gotten his hands on the ball. This doesn't mean that Stallworth has…

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Former Patriots offensive guard Jack Davis has died at the age of 80.

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The New England Patriots are on a bye week. But your resident AFC East blogger is still getting a taste of wild-card weekend. I am traveling to Houston this evening to cover Saturday's playoff game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans. This…

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The Giants ended the Patriots’ season in heartbreak for the second time in as many Super Bowl meetings, winning their fourth Vince Lombardi Trophy.

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Four years after watching their perfect season implode, the Patriots were again beaten in the Super Bowl by the Giants. And it was excruciating.

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The regular season is in the books, and it turns out the New England Patriots are the kings of the drops for 2012. The Patriots lead the NFL in total offense and scoring. However, dropped passes in their high-tempo offense was one of the few downsides. …

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The Patriots were run over in Cleveland, with Peyton Hillis rushing for 184 yards and two touchdowns as Eric Mangini once again found a way to beat Bill Belichick, 34-14.

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Minnesota hung tough with the Patriots, but a BenJarvus Green-Ellis touchdown in the fourth quarter allowed the Patriots to beat Moss, Brett Favre and the Vikings 28-18.

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After the Patriots failed to pick up a game-clinching first down in the final minutes, San Diego missed a game-tying field goal attempt to hand New England a 23-20 victory.

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The Patriots became the first team in NFL history with a rushing touchdown, a receiving TD, a kickoff return for a TD, a blocked field goal for a TD, and an interception return for TD in the same game in a 41-14 win at Miami.

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New England’s porous defense allowed 30 points, but came through with a game-sealing interception in a 38-30 as Danny Woodhead debuted with a touchdown run.

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The Patriots’ road woes from a season ago continued as they surrendered a 7-point lead and failed to score in the second half in a 28-14 loss to the Jets.

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Although the Patriots had already locked up the No. 1 seed in the AFC, they did not take their foot off the gas in a 38-7 victory at home over Miami to conclude a 14-2 regular season.

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"It never gets old. We never get tired of winning," Tom Brady said after the 34-3 rout that hung another AFC East banner in the Patriots’ corner and clinched a playoff bye.

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New England rallied back from a six-point, fourth-quarter deficit and then held off a late charge led by Packers backup QB Matt Flynn to claim a 31-27 win in Foxborough.

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In a game that was hyped as a matchup of teams fighting it out for the AFC East title, the Patriots delivered a humiliating blow to their rivals with a rout behind Tom Brady’s four touchdown passes.

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The Patriots’ lethargic first half led to a 17-10 deficit to the lowly Lions in the Thanksgiving matinee, but New England came out strong after halftime to post a 45-24 holiday win to improve to 9-2.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Scott Pioli is out as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, who have been negotiating the past two days with Andy Reid to become their next coach.

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James Sanders’ interception of Peyton Manning in the final minute ended the Colts’ would-be rally and cemented a 31-28 win that allowed the Patriots to stand as the team to beat in the AFC.

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The Patriots blitzed the Steelers with an early 23-3 advantage and cooled off Pittsburgh through its second-half rally to preserve a 39-26 win that improved New England’s record to 7-2.

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The Patriots erased a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime and then beat the Ravens 23-20 on a Stephen Gostkowski field goal deep into the extra period.

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New England jumped to a 31-3 lead and held on for a 38-24 season-opening victory as Wes Welker returned from a knee injury with eight catches and two touchdowns.

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The football playoffs kick off this weekend, and Globe Patriots reporter Shalise Manza Young will talk about the Patriots and the playoffs at noon.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Ross Tucker shares his thoughts on the moves made (and not made) by the Bills this week. Patriots RB Danny Woodhead is playing a role similar to the one Kevin Faulk played for many years. A vote for Tom Gamble to be the next Jets general manager. LB Ter…

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Tom Brady took time during the Patriots’ bye week to reflect on the retirement of Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and the death of longtime Patriots equipment manager Don Brocher, among other things.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady was 24 years old in his first season as a starter. It ended with a Super Bowl triumph.

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Danny Woodhead has been dependable ever since joining the Patriots early in the 2010 season, staying healthy, earning a spot start every so often, and taking advantage of the running and passing plays the Patriots call for him, gaining yards. Almost alw…

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It’s the year of the rookie quarterback with Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson starting in this weekend’s wild-card round and RG3 and Wilson facing each other, but for old time’s sake, there is one potential playoff matchup that is …