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PATRIOTS OFENSE: Arguably the best offense against the best defense in the NFL, but San Francisco matches up well and here's why.

Nov 14, 2010; Pittsburgh , PA, USA; New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker is seen before the against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.

While Wes Welker 's contract situation has played out in the public eye, safety Patrick Chung is hoping to keep his own circumstance out of view.

Despite playing more cornerback than wide receiver a year ago, New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman has yet to workout in the secondary during New England's OTAs thus far, according to ESPN Boston .

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says it's time to put the team's Super Bowl loss behind and start thinking about the upcoming NFL season.

The New England Patriots opened up Thursday's organized team activity to the media, the second time they've done so since kicking things off last week.

In the NFL offseason, the free-agency frenzy, and the draft is essentially like having two minutes to shop for groceries before a massive storm hits.

Nate Davis of USA Today has been handing out grades to each NFL team for their offseason performance, based on "roster maneuvers, coaching changes, current events and so forth." Recently, he handed out offseason grades for the AFC East .

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who has drawn a lot of notoriety this week after the release of his "Funny or Die" video short, might not be ready to give up the acting bug.

The 2012 NFL season is just around the corner and - after an eventful offseason - the AFC's playoff picture is starting to come into focus.

Rob Gronkowski isn't the only productive tight end in fantasy football, or even New England.

While some teams in the AFC East such as the Buffalo Bills have vastly upgraded their roster this offseason, the New England Patriots are still the best team in the division by a mile.

This week we will be taking a look at the AFC East. Who is gonna come out of no where to help you in your league, and who is gonna disappoint you.

There's a logjam at wide receiver on the Patriots' roster. Do you know how many are on the team right now? The correct answer is 11.

New England has a bevvy of options at the position, including the team's top three holdovers from the 2011 roster -- Wes Welker , Deion Branch and Chad Ochocinco -- and veterans Brandon Lloyd and Jabar Gaffney , who signed as free agents.

The 2012 offseason has been a pleasing one for Patriots Nation, with the Patriots signing more free agents than any other team in the NFL , and moving up twice in the first round for defensive help in this year's NFL draft.

With a little more than three months until the 2012 NFL season kicks off, it's never too early for odds of a winning year.

If you want to know which quarterbacks should have better fantasy seasons in 2012 than they had in 2011, look no further than the new receivers and tight ends they are scheduled to throw to.

Following up on a story we ran Friday in regards to the possibility of former Steelers linebacker James Farrior retiring, his agent, Ralph Cindrich, responded to a question posed via Twitter about it.

The AFC East blog continues its rankings this offseason. Sunday, we take a look at the offenses in the division.