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Byline: Neil Greenberg The NFL regular season is about to get underway, allowing us to quibble over how good (or bad) your favorite team will be. And to help us [...]

Byline: Adam Kilgore The New England Patriots' dynasty, barreling toward the end of its second decade, will end, likely soon. There are several reasons. The primary reason is that everything [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg The NFL announced the 2018 regular season schedule Thursday night, and the New England Patriots once again have the easiest schedule. What's stunning about that is they [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel At some point soon, the New England Patriots will need to find someone who can replace Tom Brady, who turns 41 around the start of this year's [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Each week, The Washington Post's Mark Maske provides in-depth Monday morning NFL analysis with 'First and 10,' a dissection of the league's most important developments. - - [...]

Byline: Tim Tucker Atlanta topped Boston in TV ratings for the Super Bowl. The Falcons' stunning, come-from-ahead loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday night posted a 57.0 rating [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, @LorenzoGReyes, USA TODAY Sports The New England Patriots have been the most prolific dynasty over the last two decades. If they want to keep making it to [...]

Byline: Adam Kilgore For the expanding swath of Americans sick and tired of the New England Patriots, relief does not appear to be in sight. The Patriots have advanced at [...]

The 2016 NFL season concludes Sunday night when the New England Patriots, who are three-point favorites, and Atlanta Falcons meet in Super Bowl LI. Here's how USA TODAY Sports' NFL [...]

Byline: Tom Pelissero, tpelissero@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports A thumbnail look at Super Bowl LI, based on conversations throughout the season with NFL scouts and coaches who have studied the Atlanta [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga This is a franchise that, in no particular order: chose a guy who couldn't win at the University of Toledo over a Hall of Famer as its [...]

Byline: Nate Davis, @bynatedavis, USA TODAY Sports Injuries: Several prominent Patriots are battling aches and pains, including WR Danny Amendola (ankle), TE Martellus Bennett (knee), LB Dont'a Hightower (knee), WR [...]

Byline: Nate Davis Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots Time: 6:40 p.m. ET, Sunday TV: CBS (Jim Nance, Phil Simms) Line: Patriots by 6 Injuries: The Steelers will get a [...]

Byline: Mark Maske When the Green Bay Packers were at their lowest point this season, no one was treated as sacred or deemed above public scrutiny or criticism. Some observers [...]

Byline: BARRY WILNER; The Associated Press This should be fun. The conference championship teams feature big-time offences - yes, we know, the Steelers didn't look like one in the red [...]

Byline: Tom Pelissero, @TomPelissero, USA TODAY Sports A quick look at the story lines heading into conference championship week as the Atlanta Falcons prepare to host the Green Bay Packers [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, @LorenzoGReyes, USA TODAY Sports A preview of the AFC Championship Game matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots: When: Sunday, 6:40 p.m. ET (CBS) Where: [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, @LorenzoGReyes, USA TODAY Sports Tom Brady had done enough to win. He had held his news conference, and now it was time to survey the damage. Still [...]

Byline: BARRY WILNER; The Associated Press When the point spreads came out for the divisional playoff round, the line getting the most attention was for the game at Foxborough, the [...]

Byline: Mark Maske PITTSBURGH - The notion that the Pittsburgh Steelers are the primary threat to the top-seeded New England Patriots in the AFC playoffs was reinforced quickly and emphatically [...]

Byline: Mark Maske It was an NFL season that meandered relatively aimlessly for a couple months. Television viewership suffered while the country focused on bigger issues. Those inside and outside [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, @LorenzoGReyes, USA TODAY Sports There are two weeks left in the NFL's regular season, and the holidays might not be happy for every team. But with just [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Each week, national NFL writer Mark Maske will provide his ranking of the league's 32 teams. Dallas's reign at the top ends after losing at New York, [...]

8:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN Line: Patriots by 7 The Patriots won their first game after losing the Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski to a season-ending back injury, beating the [...]

Byline: Tom Pelissero, @tompelissero, USA TODAY Sports Some things I'm thinking entering the final month of the NFL's regular season à I think the New England Patriots remain the team [...]

Byline: Mark Maske It just got much, much tougher for the New England Patriots. Tight end Rob Gronkowski is expected to undergo back surgery Friday to have a herniated disk [...]

Byline: Mark Maske It was at about this point in the season a year ago that the New England Patriots' determined, seemingly unyielding march toward a fifth Super Bowl title [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Each week, the Washington Post's Mark Maske provides in-depth Monday morning NFL analysis with 'First and 10,' a dissection of the league's most important developments from a [...]

Byline: Mark Maske The New England Patriots are widely acknowledged to be the NFL's best team at the moment. To some observers, they have lapped the rest of the NFL [...]

With the N.F.L. season around the halfway mark, there are many good teams. But just about any way you choose to look at it, one of them towers over all [...]

Byline: Tom Pelissero, tpelissero@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Martellus Bennett had to think about it for a second, but the answer hit him like a lightning bolt. What's the best analogy [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg Last week's record against the spread: 7-8-1 Miami Dolphins @ Cincinnati Bengals (-7) Winner: Cincinnati Bengals, 63 percent Pick: Cincinnati Bengals -7 The Bengals showed a commitment [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, @LorenzoGReyes, USA TODAY Sports The New England Patriots proved one thing in their opener. The system is as strong as ever. It's play calling. It's scheming against [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Each week, the Washington Post's Mark Maske provides in-depth Monday morning NFL analysis with 'First and 10,' a dissection of the league's most important developments from a [...]

Byline: Jacob Gofman Football is back. What a way to start the season as fans were treated to a Broncos-Panthers Super Bowl rematch on Thursday night and get a matchup [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Each week, the Washington Post's Mark Maske provides in-depth Monday morning NFL analysis with 'First and 10,' a dissection of the league's most important developments from a [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Each week, The Washington Post's Mark Maske provides in-depth Monday morning NFL analysis with 'First and 10,' a dissection of the league's most important developments. - - [...]

Byline: Mark Maske It's not like the New England Patriots haven't been here before. They twice lost Super Bowls in agonizing fashion to the New York Giants. They have had [...]

Byline: Frank Pallotta NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Philadelphia Eagles pulled off the victory over the New England Patriots in one of the most exciting Super Bowls in history, and [...]

Byline: Frank Pallotta NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Philadelphia Eagles pulled off the victory over the New England Patriots in one of the most exciting Super Bowls in history, and [...]

Byline: SARA SHAYANIAN Early ratings for the Philadelphia Eagles' win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII were down 3 percent from viewership last year. The game brought [...]

Byline: Frank Pallotta NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Philadelphia Eagles pulled off the victory over the New England Patriots in one of the most exciting Super Bowls in history, and [...]

Byline: Callum Borchers Once upon a time, the New England Patriots were lovable underdogs. No, really. Think back to the 2001 season. They had never won a championship. They were [...]

Byline: Mark Maske BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- As Robert Kraft recalls, he was a very popular guy among his fellow NFL owners when he bought the New England Patriots in 1994. [...]