AFC East

The New England Patriots will face the AFC East champions, the Buffalo Bills, in single-digit temperatures during Saturday’s Wild Card game. NBC10 Boston Meteorologist Matt Noyes said the temperature will be around five degrees at game time with a wind chill making it feel more like five below zero throughout the course of the game. Flurries are highly unlikely,...

The New England Patriots will face the Buffalo Bills for the third time this season in the AFC Wild Card game on Saturday. After the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night, the Patriots are scheduled to play the Bills Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in Buffalo in the first round of the NFL playoffs. They split…

Who has the edge Sunday: The Patriots and their balanced attack or the Bills and their superhero quarterback? Phil Perry shares his take and explains the AFC East implications in his Week 16 preview.

The New England Patriots have taken the top seed in the AFC East ahead of Monday night’s showdown against the Buffalo Bills. The Patriots took over as the top seed after the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday. The Ravens and Patriots have the same records — 8 and 4 — but New England has the tiebreaker due…

The New England Patriots are on a six-game win streak as they head into Monday night’s AFC East showdown against the Buffalo Bills. Pats fans at Gillette Stadium on Sunday said they were pumped up for the big game. “Trending upward, upward all the way,” one fan said. The Patriots have now flip flopped their losing 2-4 record this...

After seeing their 11-year run of AFC East dominance end in 2020, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith explains why the Patriots could regain the division crown in 2021.

Believe it or not, the Patriots have been in this position before. Way, way back in 2008, the remnants of a team that had started 18-0 the year before had to make do without Tom Brady for the final 15 ½ games of the season — the reigning league MVP tore his ACL in New England’s season opener against Kansas…

Tom Brady’s departure for Tampa Bay has brought about a power vacuum in the division, let alone the AFC as a whole.

New England’s Stephon Gilmore has become the first cornerback in a decade to win The Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. Considered one of the game’s best cover cornerbacks, the All-Pro made his eight pro season his best with a career-high six interceptions that tied for the NFL lead. Gilmore was a key member of the...

The New England Patriots now know their home and road opponents for the 2020 NFL season.

For years the Bills have been one of three chasers in the AFC East, annually trying and failing to knock the Patriots from their decade-long run atop the division. Buffalo enters its Week 16 matchup with New England clinging to its best hope in years of ending that dominance.  With a win (or tie) the Patriots can clinch the AFC…

A trap game it wasn’t. The Patriots picked off Jets quarterback Sam Darnold four times, forcing and recovering a fumble for a fifth turnover and grabbing a muffed punt for a sixth in a systematic dismantling of their AFC East rivals, 33-0, on Monday Night Football at MetLife Stadium to improve to 7-0 on the season.

It’s true: none of New England’s three opponents in 2019 have won a game yet. The Steelers, on the receiving end of a 33-3 beatdown on opening night, are 0-3. The Dolphins, who tanked their way to a 43-0 laugher in Week 2, remain winless, as do the Jets, who scored two garbage time touchdowns in a 30-14 setback in...

Some of the players lost their shirts and Belichick released a rare smile to the world. See what else you might have missed from the parade for the champion New England Patriots.

Tom Brady quickly made it clear that winning a record sixth Super Bowl title won’t change his mind about playing at least another year. As long as No. 12 is still going, New England’s dynasty won’t crumble. “Doesn’t change anything,” Brady said moments after the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 on Sunday. “I can’t wait to spend some...

The New England Patriots closed the door on the Los Angeles Rams with a late fourth quarter interception, leading to a 13-3 victory that gave the team its record-tying sixth Super Bowl.

Wide receiver Julian Edelman looks back at a roller coaster season and ahead to Super Bowl LIII.

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman and cornerback Jason McCourty both entered the NFL in 2009, but their playoff experience is drastically different. McCourty is enjoying his first postseason run, while Edelman has been a playoff star.

The star quarterback, who allegedly had a frayed relationship with the head coach, didn’t show up to organized team activities (OTAs) for the first time ever. Neither did the star tight end, who flirted with retirement and was the subject of trade rumors. There was a mass exodus of talented players, particularly on the offensive side of the ball, several...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady spoke Friday about the news of wide receiver Josh Gordon’s suspension. “There wasn’t much reaction,” Brady said at his weekly media availability. “We all wish him the best. I think that’s kind of how we all feel. We want him to do what’s best for him.”