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A look at the snaps played by offensive skill-position players in the Patriots' 30-21 win over the 49ers: WR Randy Moss -- 78 of 81 snaps TE Benjamin Watson -- 77 of 81 WR Wes Welker -- 67 of 81 WR Jabar ...

New England Patriots at San Francisco 49ers 4:15 p.m. Channel 4 Line: Patriots by 3 When the Patriots pass All right, you can forget about those 300-passing-yard, 30-point-plus games this season.

You just can't come out preaching stretch the field. ... If you're running the ball well, they have to come up and honor that, and that's when you can take your shot.

Kicker Stephen Gostkowski couldn't buy or bribe his way onto the field last season.

That's how Ty Warren summed up the defense's performance in the New England Patriots' 38-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins, a game that saw New England's 21-game regular-season win streak snapped and gave Dolphins' ...

A record set in a monumental loss that ended an historic streak is easy to miss.

Professional athletes usually choose to hit the mute button in their minds to block out the boos of a fickle fandom.

Published September 22, 2008 at 6:19 p.m. AP FOXBOROUGH, Mass. _ New England Patriots fans had little to cheer about in the team's worst home loss in 10 years.

The Patriots are holding their afternoon practice on the lower field behind Gillette Stadium, and notable was that RB Laurence Maroney was present, colleague Christopher Gasper reports.

The light always seems to be green when it comes to talking about the Patriots and the red zone.

Tom Brady won't be suiting up for the Patriots this season, but that doesn't mean he can't help in other ways.

Stephen Gostkowski gave the New York Jets the boot yesterday, and it helped the Patriots in a big way.

The Patriots have downgraded tight end Benjamin Watson , wide receiver Sam Aiken and linebacker Eric Alexander from questionable to out for tomorrow's game against the New York Jets.

To the members of fantasy nation who had visions of 50 touchdowns and 5,000 yards dancing in their heads upon drafting fifth Beatle and future president Tom Brady, I offer my profound condolences.

Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs didn't make an interception last year until the final game of the regular season.

Deltha O'Neal's oldest child started school the other day, the 6-year-old entering first grade.

With Tom Brady's absence from the Patriots' injury report this week, what some might consider the second-most famous 56-game streak in sports history comes to a quiet end.

The Patriots offense can't get much better than it was last year, as Tom Brady threw an NFL record 50 touchdown passes and Randy Moss had a record 23 scoring catches.

Further confirming that Tom Brady will be ready to go on Sunday, the Patriots yesterday removed him from the injury report -- for his right foot and his always-troublesome right shoulder.

The hand-wringers, both among the NFL cognoscenti and fans -- the ones who gleefully wonder how the Patriots can ever recover from being only a minute away from Super Bowl victory No.