BEREA, Ohio —  The Patriots had Sam Darnold seeing “ghosts” Monday night. Baker Mayfield hopes to escape a similar pre-Halloween haunting. Mentally refreshed and physically healed after sustaining a badly bruised left hip against Seattle, Cleveland’s quarterback returns from the bye week only to face perhaps the NFL’s scariest unit — New England’s fear-inducing, turnover-prompting, […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are still rolling right along with a high-powered offense and a stingy defense that has their record blemish-free. The New York Jets look a bit different, though, from the team Bill Belichick’s bunch beat 30-14 less than a month ago. And, it all starts at […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Demaryius Thomas felt disrespected by the New England Patriots when he was traded to the Jets, telling the New York Daily News that the team was dishonest with him before shipping him off. Coach Bill Belichick responded to Thomas on Thursday when asked if he regretted how the situation played out. “Yeah, look, […]

The New England Patriots are re-signing veteran tight end Ben Watson after releasing him a week ago, according to an ESPN report. The news meant the Patriots will add a veteran piece to their offense, which has been hit by a rash of injuries. Watson retired in the offseason but came back to rejoin the […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Under coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots have made a habit of besting young quarterbacks. They can add Giants rookie Daniel Jones to that list. Tom Brady had two touchdown runs and moved ahead of Peyton Manning for second place on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list as New England pulled away for a […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Following a 16-10 win at Buffalo in Week 4, questions began to crop up about the New England Patriots’ offense that struggled to get the ball in the end zone in their first serious test of the season. The Patriots had the perfect opponent in Week 5 to have a bounce-back game. New […]