EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - On a night when the Patriots made a full-on assault on the NFL history book, punctuating their perfect 16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the New York Giants, it seemed it was the littlest things that mattered most. (Full article: 722 words)

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