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The New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 24-23, and are now 7-2. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, Kevin Wildes, and Greg Jennings ask if the Patriots are a Super Bowl contender, and if it's time for the Green Bay Packers to worry following their 16-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
The Patriots sit atop the AFC East at 6-2 and are on a five-game win streak. They are coming off a 32-13 win against the Cleveland Browns and proved they can win against a good defense, even if it takes some halftime adjustments.
Patriots coach Mike Vrabel fired back at critics calling the team's NFL schedule a "joke" as New England rides a six-game win streak to a 7-2 record atop the AFC East.
The New England Patriots are the favorites to win Super Bowl LI. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has installed the Patriots as 3-point favorites over the Atlanta Falcons. The favorite has won 32 of 50 Super Bowls. The total was set at 58, making it the ...
In a way, the Atlanta Falcons are quite familiar to New England Patriots fans across the globe; the two clubs’ meeting in Super Bowl LI remains one of the defining games in recent NFL history. That said, given that they are playing in two different conferences they are only regularly scheduled to meet every so often.
Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich said that Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson was like Marshawn Lynch with how difficult he is to tackle.
Atlanta Falcons star Bijan Robinson became the latest running back held in check by the New England Patriots ’ stout defense, finishing Sunday’s 24-23 loss with only 46 yards on 12 carries.
ATLANTA -- Defenses dominated what was supposed to be a super shootout, until Tom Brady led one classic drive to win the New England Patriots their record-tying sixth Super Bowl. Brady threw two perfect passes to Rob Gronkowski to set up rookie Sony Michel ...