The NFL's master schedule won't be revealed, except for dribs and drabs and rumors, until April, but all teams have known their 2008 opponents for a month and a half. And if Jets fans haven't taken a look at the coming season's strength of schedule, you might want to send out an SOS.

The New England Patriots have the league's "easiest" schedule.

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One of the most important numbers in the National Football League is three. And conference championship Sunday was all about the "trey."

The Patriots withstood a third solid postseason effort from the Chargers and once again will represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLII. NFL MVP Tom Brady was picked off three times, but the Pats still managed three TDs in a hard-fought 21-12 victory.

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When a quarterback gets on a roll, it can be mind-numbingly beautiful if he's throwing bull's-eyes for your team and mind-blowingly frustrating if he's on the bad guys' side.

That's what I was thinking during Tom Brady's Saturday night fever as he pitched one strike after another. His passes were mostly short but highly effective and well-distributed as the Patriots moved the ball at will for mos… More

Tennesseean Chad Pennington isn't the only one who will enjoy this weekend's business trip to Nashville. Chris Baker also loves the city, in part because the Titans fans love their football and in part because Baker helped beat them when he gathered in Pennington's 12-yard pass for the winning score with 2:10 to play in last season's opener.

"I really enjoy playing on the road," Baker told me aft… More

The sleet started to click off my second-floor window here at the Weeb around 10 this morning. Soon the wet snow started to float down. You could see some fat flakes on the heads of players who would go outside and then come back into the locker room.

One player was hopeful the Jets' practice would be moved into the practice bubble. But that was so Miami week. As an equipment man told him: "It's … More