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Green Bay's bid for perfect season is ended by Chiefs, Indianapolis gets first win after 13 losses, and Denver is hammered by Patriots, dropping Tim Tebow to 7-2 as starting QB. The best Green Bay can do is 15 wins.

Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes, including two to Rob Gronkowski, and the New England Patriots took control of the AFC East with a convincing 37-16 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday night.

Tom Brady followed up his stellar 500-yard outing in the season opener, with a 423-yard outing as the Patriots beat the Chargers 35-21 in their home opener.

Desperate to slow down Tom Brady, the Miami Dolphins tried playing 12 men on defense....

Before defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth could get to training camp and take his conditioning test, the Washington Redskins traded him to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round pick in 2013, according to league sources.

New York reaches its second straight AFC championship game, as quarterback Mark Sanchez throws three touchdown passes

PFT's picks: Mike Florio and Gregg Rosenthal agree the Patriots will eliminate the Jets, but they are split on each of the other three divisional playoff games.

Take pro football out of the mix, and NBC's ratings problems are glaring.The NFL's Sunday night shootout between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers was seen by nearly 21.2 million people on NBC, the only prime-time program to top 20 million viewers last week, the Nielsen Co. said.

Tom Brady outscrambled Brett Favre, then kept the ball away from Tarvaris Jackson when Favre was knocked out of the game, and the New England Patriots held on to beat the Minnesota Vikings 28-18 on Sunday. Brady scrambled free to find Brandon Tate breaking free behind the defense for a 65-yard touchdown to give the Patriots the lead in the third quarter.

The New England Patriots and Vikings are discussing a trade that would bring star receiver Randy Moss back to Minnesota.