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Wednesday 30 august 2017

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O YEAH!

New England Patriots quar-
terbacks Jimmy Garoppolo
(10) and Tom Brady (12) warm
up on the field during an NFL
football practice, Tuesday,
Aug. 29, 2017, in Foxborough,
Mass.
Associated Press
Patriots remain

power of weak
new-look AFC
East

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The only
real question in the AFC
East is how early in the sea-
son the New England Patri-
ots will clinch the division.
Bill Belichick’s bunch is
again the clear choice,
even with Tom Brady los-
ing favorite receiver Julian
Edelman for the season
with a knee injury.
New England has won
the AFC East eight straight
years, and in 13 of the last
14 — with the only stum-
ble coming in 2008, when
Brady tore knee ligaments
in the season opener.
But don’t think for a sec-
ond the defending Super
Bowl champions are taking
anything for granted, even
with the Miami Dolphins,
Buffalo Bills and New York
Jets entering the season
with major flaws.
“We start off every year Osaka stuns defending U.S. Open champ Kerber
kind of the same and Bill
will put us through the
wringer and have all dif- Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts after scoring a point
ferent things that we need against Angelique Kerber, of Germany, during
to do as a team and build the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament,
upon,” safety Devin Mc- Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in New York.
Courty said. Associated Press
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