New England Patriots News

Reason for concerns: AFC East (SportingNews.com)

A capsule look at reasons for concern among teams in the AFC East: Buffalo Bills 1. Left tackle. The Bills might not be good enough at the position. LT Demetrius Bell struggled mightily last season and has gotten limited preseason reps coming off knee surgery, so stamina might be an issue. RT Cornell Green has not looked... Read more

Laurence Maroney keeps motor running

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - After registering a pair of widely talked about and debated DNPs, there was finally a Laurence...

Trouble around corner

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Patriots took the field last night against the Giants for the first time since losing...

Laurence Maroney returns but status with the team still uncertain

-- There was a Laurence Maroney sighting Thursday night in the New Meadowlands Stadium. Maroney played in his first game since the Patriots preseason opener in New England's 20-17 loss to the New York Giants. He played with New England's...

Patriots secondary under the microscope against the Giants

By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- All eyes were on New England's secondary in its 20-17 loss to the New York Giants Thursday night at the New Meadowlands Stadium. That's because Leigh Bodden's season is over,...

Confident Hoyer has filled his role nicely

Many of New England’s backups who played last night will be on pins and needles until tomorrow afternoon as they wait to see if they’ve made the roster. Read more

Patriots better, but not quite right

Matt Light spoke this week of the Patriots’ starters wanting to put forth a better effort than they did last week against the Rams, so they would be ready and willing to play last night against the Giants. Read more

Welker won’t get ahead of himself

Wes Welker is nine days away from hitting another landmark in his recovery from reconstructive knee surgery.

Ventrone hoping for shot

On Aug. 14 Ross Ventrone was a member of the Patriots . The next day he was released. Eight days later he was re-signed.

It’s going to take some time

The game against the Rams ended at 10:45 p.m. on Aug.

Maroney back in the mix

There are no more preseason carries for Laurence Maroney. There is nothing else he can do.

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Thursday's National Football League Capsules (PA SportsTicker)

One perfect series and done for Sam Bradford.

Patriots-Giants Stats

New England 7 3 0 7--17 N.Y. Giants 6 3 3 8--20 First Quarter NYG--Boss 13 pass from Manning (pass failed), 10:43. NE--Gronkowski 5 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 6:51. Second Quarter NYG--FG Tynes 24, 12:01. NE--FG Gostkowski 46, :27. Third Quarter NYG--FG Tynes 24, 3:53. Fourth Quarter NE--Jenkins 66 pass from Hoyer... Read more

Manning, Brady solid in finale tuneup (The Canadian Press)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Eli Manning and Tom Brady were solid in their final tuneups for the regular season.

Manning, Brady solid in finale tuneup

Eli Manning and Tom Brady were solid in their final tuneups for the regular season.

Tom Brady, Eli Manning solid in finale tuneup

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Eli Manning and Tom Brady were solid in their final tuneups for the regular season. And...

Reebok says it never had a deal with Brandon Spikes (The National Football Post)

Reebok issued a statement earlier today that it never offered a marketing deal to New England Patriots rookie...

Patriots-Giants in-game update: Patriots take 7-6 lead

The Patriots talked the talk before kickoff, saying that they had put their embarrassing loss to the Rams behind them and that they were going to play better tonight against the Giants. So far, the defense hasn't shown any signs...