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NFL This Week

Tom Brady vs. Jaguars is one-sided confrontation

By BARRY WILNER
If there's ever going to be
a changing of the guard in
the AFC, then Sunday's visit
to Jacksonville by the Patri-
ots would seem a perfect
time.
Except when you look at
the numbers that say Tom
Brady doesn't lose to the
Jaguars.
Ever.
Jacksonville had a 10-point
lead at New England in
the second half of the
AFC championship game
last January when Brady
worked his magic, helped
mightily by the Jaguars' dis-
comfort being so close to
making the Super Bowl. It
shouldn't have been a sur-
prise in this matchup: Brady
now is 8-0 against the Jags,
the only AFC team without
a win against the five-time
Super Bowl champion and
three-time league MVP.
He has 19 TDs and two in-
terceptions against Jack-
sonville while completing
more than 70 percent of
In this Jan. 21, 2018 file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gives a shout as he takes the field to warm up before his passes for more than
the AFC championship NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in Foxborough, Mass. 1,800 yards.
Associated Press Continued on Page 19
Training Camp Primer

Capitals try to forget Cup celebrations as NHL camps open

AP Hockey Writer and focus," center Evgeny
When Alex Ovechkin em- Kuznetsov said. "We have
braced Josh Norman in a to move forward. When
meeting of two of Wash- you taste that win, you
ington's biggest sports stars, want to do it over again. To
the Redskins cornerback do that, it's not easy."
had a question for the A year after being written
Capitals' Stanley Cup-win- off as title contenders, the
ning captain. Capitals are now a focal
"You still celebrating?" Nor- point of the NHL as camps
man asked. "We're done," open. Elsewhere in the
Ovechkin said. "We're done Eastern Conference, the
for right now." The Capi- rival Penguins will look to
tals seemed to celebrate rebound from a second-
as hard as any champion round postseason exit, the
in NHL history. When they Lightning are stacked even
get on the ice for the first after general manager
practices of training camp Steve Yzerman stepped
Friday, they will be just one down and the Maple Leafs
In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Dallas Stars' Tyler Seguin (91) celebrates their 3-2 overtime win in of 31 teams chasing a title look like Cup favorites after
an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues in Dallas. all over again. "We have to adding John Tavares.
Associated Press forget already about that Continued on Page 23