Ray Rice ran for 159 yards and two first-quarter touchdowns as the Ravens beat the Patriots Sunday, 33-14. Willis McGahee added a 3-yard touchdown run for Baltimore. Tom Brady threw three interceptions in the loss.
Sunday's schedule of NFL playoff games features a rematch of last week's game between the Packers and Cardinals, as well as the second meeting of the season between the Ravens and Patriots.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady missed virtually all of the 2008 season with a knee injury. But the 2007 league MVP came back strong a year later, passing for 28 touchdowns, and won the AP Comeback Player of the Year award.
Dallas beat Philadelphia Sunday, 24-0. The two teams meet again in the playoffs. Baltimore won the AFC wild-card berth and will face the Patriots in the playoffs. Jets top Bengals for the other AFC wild-card spot.
Indianapolis lost its' first game of the season Sunday, 29-15, to the Jets. The Patriots and Bengals each won to clinch their divisions. Green Bay is in the playoffs after pounding Seattle. Steelers, Eagles and Cowboys also won.
Saints beat the Redskins, 33-30, with a field goal in overtime to stay unbeaten. Colts now 12-0 after win over Titans. Michael Vick accounts for two touchdowns in Eagles 34-7 win in Atlanta. Late field goal carries Dolphins past Patriots.
The Saints improved to 11-0 with a 38-17 win over the Patriots Monday night. Drew Brees passed for a season-high 371 yards and five touchdowns. Brees completed his TD throws to five different receivers.
AP Sports Writer Rachel Cohen previews three key games in the NFL this week, including the Patriots visiting the Colts. Two 6-2 teams meet as the Bengals play the Steelers. The Cowboys also tangle with the Packers.
Colts hang on to beat Texans, 20-17, for their 17th straight regular season win. Tom Brady throws for 332 yards as New England tops Miami, 27-17. Kurt Warner's five touchdown passes lead Arizona over Chicago. Bengals beat Ravens.
The Vikings lost their first game of the season, 27-17, to the Steelers. The Colts remain unbeaten after a 42-6 win over the Rams. The Patriots routed Tampa Bay, 35-7, in London, England.
Tom Brady tied a career high with six touchdown passes in the Patriots 59-0 rout of Tennessee. Raiders upset Eagles in Oakland, 13-9. Arizona beats Seattle, 27-3, on a record-tying day for Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner.
LONDON: The New England Patriots will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season at Wembley Stadium, the third straight year the NFL will stage a regular-season game in the British capital.
The game will be played Oct. 25. The Bucs will be listed as the home team, giving up a game in Tampa.
"Over the past two years, we have seen firsthand the excitement that exists for our sport in the UK," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday in a statement. "The games have helped us to deepen our connection with our UK fans as well as create new ones. We are looking forward to another outstanding game in 2009."
Five weeks ago, the New Orleans Saints beat the San Diego Chargers 37-32 before 83,000 fans at Wembley. Last season, the New York Giants defeated the Miami Dolphins 13-10. Both games were sold out.
The NFL is also expected to play a regular-season game in London in 2010.
Pats to play Bucs in London in 2009....
by FOXSports.com
The infection in Tom Brady's surgically repaired left knee has potentially put the New England Patriots quarterback at risk of having to undergo a second ACL reconstruction, The Boston Herald reported.
Doctors concerned by the infection have performed three procedures in an attempt to eradicate it, a source told the newspaper. Brady said on his Web site that he had an arthroscopic procedure done to "clean and to test the wound" last Wednesday, but the paper said two additional procedures have been performed since that time.
According to the source, the fear is the patellar tendon graft used to replace Brady's anterior cruciate ligament is in danger of becoming compromised and may have to be removed. A new reconstruction would push back his rehabilitation, effectively forcing him to start from scratch, and could delay his return to the field.
Report: Brady has additional surgery on left knee....
By JIMMY GOLEN
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have come back from injuries before, winning three Super Bowls and reaching a fourth despite losing Rodney Harrison, Richard Seymour, Junior Seau and Drew Bledsoe. Now they will try to do it without Tom Brady.
The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will miss the entire '08 season with a left knee injury that needs surgery, the team said Monday. That leaves the Patriots without one of the game's great quarterbacks and severely damages their hopes of a return trip to the Super Bowl.
Coach Bill Belichick would not say what the injury is, but the play, Brady's reaction and the prognosis all point toward a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Pats QB Tom Brady out for season with knee injury....
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts newspaper is reporting that a New England Patriots player was arrested on drug charges, and then helped federal authorities in a sting operation that resulted in the indictment of a supplier.
New York State Police say starting offensive lineman Nick Kaczur was arrested in New York in April on a misdemeanor charge of illegal possession of oxycodone, a prescription painkiller, according to a report Wednesday in The Boston Globe.
Court documents say a cooperating witness then worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration by wearing a hidden recording device during three drug transactions.
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