A day after being dumped by the Patriots, Albert Haynesworth is getting another NFL chance.
The Buccaneers, who desperately needed help at defensive tackle after losing Gerald McCoy to a torn biceps Sunday, claimed Haynesworth off waivers Wednesday.
Haynesworth nearly signed with Tampa in 2009 before opting for a seven-year, $100 million contract offer from the Redskins. (MORE>>>)
For the New England Patriots and their latest runs of perfection, it was Eli Manning and the New York Giants all over again.
Four season ago, the Giants denied the Patriots' quest for a 19-0 season by beating them in the Super Bowl. Sunday, the Patriots had multiple other streaks on the line. Manning and the Giants won 24-20 in the final moments.
In New York's 17-14 win in Super Bowl XLII, Manning hit Plaxico Burress with the winning touchdown pass with 35 seconds left. In his Sunday encore, Manning cut it even closer. (MORE>>>)
The last time the New York Giants met the New England Patriots in a game that mattered, it was on February 3, 2008 for Super Bowl XLII. That day, the underdog Giants upset the then-perfect and heavily favored Patriots 17-14.
A lot has changed since those teams met on that historic date. Players and coaches have come and gone. The venue will be at the Patriots' home field, where they have an astonishing 18-1 regular-season record against NFC teams since 2002. (MORE>>>)
Heinz Field has mostly been a personal wonderland for Tom Brady [stats]. Yesterday, it was closer to personal purgatory.
“We never played the game with a lead. We never played the game on our terms,” Brady said after the Patriots [team stats] had the ball only about half as many minutes as the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 25-17 loss.
In his seven previous games at Heinz Field, the Pats quarterback was 6-1, including victories in two AFC Championship Games, completing 173-of-255 passes (67.8 percent) for 2,006 yards and 14 touchdowns, with three interceptions. (MORE>>>)
Tom Brady got the offense going just in time to lead the New England Patriots to the winning touchdown in the final minute of a 20-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
Brady threw an 8-yard scoring pass to Aaron Hernandez with 22 seconds left and the Patriots' top-ranked offense overcame the Cowboys' stingy defense.
Dan Bailey's 26-yard field goal had broken a 13-13 tie with 5:13 left. Each team ran one series before the Patriots got the ball after a punt with 2:30 remaining. Brady then completed eight of nine passes for 78 yards on an 80-play drive capped by his pass to Hernandez in the middle of the end zone. (MORE>>>)
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for a career-high 136 yards and two touchdowns and the New England Patriots beat the New York Jets 30-21 with a vastly improved defense Sunday.
Tom Brady had another strong game, completing 24 of 33 passes for 321 yards and one touchdown as the Patriots scored at least 30 points for the 13th consecutive regular-season game.
Meanwhile,
New York's Mark Sanchez had another tough one, passing for just 166
yards against the team that entered with the NFL's lowest-ranked
defense. One week earlier, he threw for only 111 yards in a 34-17 loss
at Baltimore. (MORE>>>)