COMMENTARY
Five takeaways from the Patriots’ playoff-clinching 34-13 win over the Bengals, which improved Bill Belichick’s team to 11-3 on the season and sets up New England for a chance to clinch another AFC East title next Saturday against Buffalo…
GIVE IT TO GILMORE
A number of the gambling venues giving odds on who would be the NFL’s defensive player of the year had installed Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore as the favorite for the award entering Week 15 — and that was before he almost single-handedly turned New England’s game at Cincinnati from concerning to comfortable.