sign up here to have Beyond the Back Page delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Six wild-card playoff games, including a Monday night for the first time in NFL history, featured a few official and play-calling controversies and a handful of proven truths as … Read More

The six-time Super Bowl winner got his tongue wagging by wearing a “Danger Zone” sweatshirt adorned on it at a press conference Wednesday. Belichick, whose team plays in Buffalo in a playoff game on Saturday, told a curious journalist that the hoodie was “something the … Read More

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – So the Patriots are in the playoffs and they’re underdogs. This does not happen often. During the two decades of dominance, the Patriots were not favored in just seven of their 41 playoff games. And all but … Read More

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers knew what they were getting into with Antonio Brown. Now they want us to believe in their side of the story. Now they want the most ridiculous event in the NFL this year to go away. Sorry, bucko. Joke is on … Read More

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Tom Brady emphasized a recurring theme throughout his career latest episode of “Man In The Arena,” and it was his conviction that the world has no right to know his feelings and opinions on every single matter. … Read More

BOSTON (CBS) – The rules of the NFL can be hard to follow. The penalty for lowering the helmet? Often twice as. The rule – which punishes players on either attack or defense for contacting an opponent – was introduced in 2018, and its enforcement … Read More

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Mac Jones is a rookie. He’s also a winner of 10 games, a starter of 16, and he will soon get his first taste of NFL playoff action. That’s a relatively rare reason for a novice QB, … Read More

sign up here to have Inside the Giants delivered to your inbox every Wednesday morning. There is something about not having a lot of money, spending too much time in dark, cramped offices, eating fast food, sleeping on couches and waking up and putting on … Read More

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – In sports – and life for that matter – there are fairy tale book fantasies, and then there are impossible illusions. This Pibe dream used to sit among the latter, but now it may be about to … Read More

Bill Belichick toppled Kyle Pitts in an almost exaggerated way earlier in the week, calling Falcon’s rookie tight-end an NFL superstar and putting him in the same breath as Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez. Then he got almost completely silent on him in the Patriots’ … Read More