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In this edition of the Cold, Hard Football Facts we take a look at New England's place in offensive history entering the AFC championship game.

As the Patriots prepare to host the Houston Texans for the second time in just over a month, we take a look back at how past playoff rematches have been trouble for the team.

In this edition of The Cold, Hard Football Facts we size up the Patriots against the top contenders in the AFC playoff field.

It's no secret that the New England Patriots possess the best offense in football here in 2012. But even the most devoted fans and knowledgeable analysts don't realize just how good it is.

In this installment of Cold Hard Football Facts, we take a look at what the stats say about the game of the year: Patriots vs. Texans.

In this edition of the Cold, Hard Football Facts we take a special look deep inside how important turnovers are to winning. Plus, we make the case for Tom Brady as league MVP.

The 2012 Patriots right now are doing something the Cold, Hard Football Facts thought near impossible: they are on pace to surpass the 2007 Patriots for the most points in NFL history.

The Patriots enter Week 11 No. 28 league-wide in Defensive Passer Rating (97.3). Put another way, opposing quarterbacks torch them for a 97.3 passer rating week after week.

The Patriots are on pace to score 525 points, which would be second best in franchise history, behind only the 16-0 team of 2007, and No. 8 in NFL history. But are they really the best scoring offense in football this year?

Week 8 of the 2012 season provided a near-perfect testimony to this eternal truism of the NFL: it's a quarterback's league.

Kerry J. Byrne of ColdHardFootballFacts.com offers his five reasons to be excited about the Patriots prospects during the 2012 season.

Mental toughness was the Patriots hallmark in its Super Bowl glory days. However, after three losses by a total of four-points, including Sunday's excruciating 24-23 defeat at Seattle can we point the finger at a failure of mental toughness?

It feels like old times in New England for those of us weaned on the smash-mouth mother's milk of 1970s Patriots football.

In this weeks installment of the Cold, Hard Football facts we take a look at the history of the Brady-Manning rivalry. Plus, we take a look at how the Patriots measure up in 20 different indicators, ranked from best to worst among the 32 teams in the NFL.

Has the younger, faster new-look Patriots defense, for which we had such high hopes at the start of the season taken a huge step backward? We take a look at the defensive passer rating of the Patriots in this edition of the Cold, Hard Football Facts.

New England's 20-18 loss to Arizona Sunday marked the end of the greatest display of clutch kicking in NFL history.

The New England Patriots kicked off the season in grand fashion with a resounding 34-13 win over the Tennessee Titans. With that performance we begin to get answers to two of the biggest questions that haunted Patriots fans in the off-season.

Kerry Byrne of Cold, Hard Football Facts points out that with just a little help on defense, the Patriots could be bringing home a fourth Lombardi Trophy.