• Bill Belichick nearly ruined Jets fans’ nights everywhere

    Bill Belichick nearly ruined Jets fans’ nights everywhere

    The tension was palpable, in living rooms all across the city, and in those parts of New Jersey that do not bleed blue. Because here was Bill Belichick, seemingly conspiring to interrupt if not ruin
  • Bill Belichick’s Patriots misery further exposed by Tom Brady

    Bill Belichick’s Patriots misery further exposed by Tom Brady

    The sixth and final docu-series episode began airing in the weeks leading up to the Patriots’ Super Bowl 52 loss to Nick Foles and the Eagles. They called it “Tom versus Time,” because Father
  • Sad state of Jets-Patriots rivalry offers one bit of hope

    Sad state of Jets-Patriots rivalry offers one bit of hope

    For the better part of two decades, the Jets bided their time and tried to wait out the Patriots. Year after year, the Pats would go 14-2 or 13-3 or some such tribute to gaudy dominance. Year after
  • Bill Belichick acknowledges why Patriots are in such a messy spot

    Bill Belichick acknowledges why Patriots are in such a messy spot

    Bill Belichick knows why he’s losing his breakup with Tom Brady. While the NFL’s oldest player has entered the MVP conversation and vaulted the Buccaneers to first place in the AFC South in his
  • Patriots trade rumors swirl around Stephon Gilmore: ‘Almost anyone’

    Patriots trade rumors swirl around Stephon Gilmore: ‘Almost anyone’

    Bill Belichick has never been afraid to dive into the trade market, but the Patriots could be sellers this deadline instead of buyers. In their first season without Tom Brady, and heading into
  • Patrick Graham’s NFL career started by hanging up on Bill Belichick

    Patrick Graham’s NFL career started by hanging up on Bill Belichick

    Patrick Graham had just been hired as the defensive line coach at the University of Toledo when Bill Belichick was on the other end of the line offering him a job as a Patriots defensive assistant. “And he hung up on him,” Duane Brooks told The Post. “He thought it was a prank.” It was …
  • NFL is back: Ten intriguing storylines as season kicks off

    NFL is back: Ten intriguing storylines as season kicks off

    With the beginning of every NFL season, there’s always a laundry list of issues and storylines to watch. The 2020 NFL season is no different … except it features even more compelling plots due in large part to COVID-19. With the full-schedule kickoff Sunday, here’s a look at my top-10 storylines as season begins: 1. Does …
  • ‘Rude awakening’: Who will win the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick divorce?

    ‘Rude awakening’: Who will win the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick divorce?

    Name a more compelling on-field subplot to the 2020 NFL season than following what happens in New England without Tom Brady and what happens in Tampa with Brady. You can’t. Because there isn’t anything more fascinating. How will Bill Belichick and the Patriots power on while playing without Brady under center for the first time …
  • Gisele Bündchen blew up over Bill Belichick’s treatment of Tom Brady

    Gisele Bündchen blew up over Bill Belichick’s treatment of Tom Brady

    Gisele Bündchen always has husband Tom Brady’s back. In the wake of the Patriots’ 2018 Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, the supermodel allegedly joined Brady for a meeting with team owner Robert Kraft, where the topic of discussion was head coach Bill Belichick’s treatment of the franchise quarterback, as detailed in Jeff Benedict’s new …
  • The seriousness of Tom Brady’s 2018 playoff thumb injury revealed in ‘The Dynasty’

    The seriousness of Tom Brady’s 2018 playoff thumb injury revealed in ‘The Dynasty’

    Author Jeff Benedict explores the greatest contemporary sports dynasty of our time, the New England Patriots, in his upcoming book “The Dynasty,” which releases Tuesday. This excerpt is from Chapter 42, “Threading the Needle,” which highlights QB Tom Brady’s hand injury leading into the Jan. 21, 2018, AFC Championship game. On the Wednesday before the …