After a week four bye-week, the Vikings received star wide receiver Randy Moss in a trade with the New England Patriots.

After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team's fourth Super Bowl in seven years, the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19 – 0 season.

After losing the conference championship in 2001 to the St. Louis Rams, in 2002 to the eventual Super Bowl Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2003 to the Carolina Panthers, the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX at the end of the 2004 season, where they lost to the New England Patriots, 24 – 21.

After both teams traded punts, Richard Dent and linebacker Wilber Marshall shared a sack on Eason, forcing a fumble that lineman Dan Hampton recovered on the Patriots 13-yard line.

After a holding penalty in the fourth quarter negated a Patriots fumble return for a touchdown, Warner scored a 2-yard touchdown run and threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to tie the game, 17-17 with 1: 30 remaining.

" After the loss, the Patriots dropped to 5 – 5, but would not lose again the rest of the season.

After Warner's touchdown, the Rams defense forced the Patriots to a three-and-out.

After much debate, they decided that such a war was a private affair between the British and the colonists ( known as Patriots ), and that they should stay out of it.

After a disagreement with the Clio school board, the Patriots moved back to Flint in 2006.

After her husband was taken prisoner, Flora remained in hiding while the American Patriots ravaged her family plantation and took all her possessions.

After the Navy Island base was evacuated, other Patriots came to Detroit.

After losing the Ann, the Patriots stole another ship, the steamer Little Erie.

After losing a bet to friend Dave Andreychuk over the 2010 New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens playoff game, Sutherland was forced to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman wearing a dress.

After a two-year hiatus, Parcells returned to the NFL in 1993 as the head coach for the New England Patriots.

After his time with the Red Dogs, Hufnagel went on to be an offensive coach for several National Football League teams, including the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.

After playing college football at the University of Michigan, Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft.

After a 49-yard pass play to Reche Caldwell, a Stephen Gostkowski field goal gave the Patriots a 24 – 21 win.

After falling behind to the Patriots 17 – 3, though, the Rams rallied to tie the game late in the fourth quarter on a one-yard Warner QB sneak touchdown run and a 26-yard touchdown pass from Warner to Ricky Proehl.

After Carolina was forced to punt on their opening drive, Patriots receiver Troy Brown gave his team great field position with a 28-yard return to the Panthers 47-yard line.

After the Colts routed the Denver Broncos in the wild-card round of the 2004 playoffs, he told reporters that the Colts ' opponents in the next round of the playoffs, the Patriots, were " ripe for the picking ," and said " I think they're not as good as the beginning of the year and not as good as last year " ( when they won the Super Bowl ).

After the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, George's fight against school integration escalated, reaching its height in 1955-1957, when George was active in the Patriots of North Carolina and then in the North Carolina Defenders of States ' Rights which picked up the anti-integration banner after the Patriots ' demise.

After his dismissal by the new Baltimore Ravens, Belichick served under Parcells again as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach with the Patriots for the 1996 season.

After losing over a dozen players to the injured reserve list, including Rodney Harrison, Adalius Thomas, and Laurence Maroney, the Patriots still managed their league-leading eighth consecutive season with a winning record, going 11 – 5.

After Thompson came to London to live, he received a letter from Katie, which was dated February 8, 1897.

After three years of searching, on December 30, 1907, Spalding received a letter that ( erroneously ) declared baseball to be the invention of Abner Doubleday.

After the termination of this engagement he began to work on his own account, and received from his patron an order for a group, Orpheus and Eurydice.

After we had done so, he shook his head in disbelief, still thinking that he had received the smaller portion.

After multiple revisions, the show opened on Broadway on April 4, 1964 at the Majestic Theatre, where it closed after 9 performances and 12 previews, unable to overcome the generally negative reviews it had received.

After the death of his father in 1464, Albert and Ernest ruled their lands together, but in 1485 a division was made by the Treaty of Leipzig, and Albert received the Meissen, together with some adjoining districts, and founded the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.

After the end of the war in Europe in 1945, Berlin received large numbers of refugees from the Eastern provinces.

After the death of the founder the order was favoured and privileged by Benedict XI, and rapidly spread through Italy, Germany, Flanders, and France, where they were received by Philip the Fair in 1300.

After Maris broke Babe Ruth's home run record, Lane defended himself by saying he still would have done the deal because Maris was unknown and he received good ballplayers in exchange.

After a tie in the 1969 voting, the process was changed, in which each writer was to vote for three different pitchers: the first-place vote received five points, the second-place vote received three points, and the third-place vote received one point.

After Silvanus revolted, he received a letter by Constantius that recalled him to Milan, but which made no reference to the revolt.

After the season, Young received an offer to play for the minor league Canton team, which started Young's professional career.

After Barks received a 1960 visit from the Spicer brothers and Ron Leonard, he was no longer anonymous, as his name soon became known to his readers.

After his release, Ortega was exiled to Cuba, where he received several months of guerrilla training.

After the program was broadcast, Ford received over a thousand angry letters and telegrams in response to Draper ’ s appearance.

After Grindal died in 1548, Elizabeth received her education under Roger Ascham, a sympathetic teacher who believed that learning should be engaging.

After the death of his father in 1562, he became a ward of Queen Elizabeth and received an excellent education in the household of her Principal Secretary, Sir William Cecil.

After Fermi received the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, he, his wife Laura, and their children did not return home to Italy, but rather continued to New York City, where they applied for permanent residency.

After a year of high-school teaching, he entered graduate school with the help of his former professor from the University of Chicago to study astronomy at the Yerkes Observatory of the University, where he received his PhD in 1917.

After it was released, the film received widespread praise.

After the 1994 federal election, however, the merged party returned to the Bundestag, and the Greens received 7. 3 % of the vote nationwide and 49 seats.

After studying the Bible, Parham came to the conclusion that speaking in tongues was the Bible evidence that one had received the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

After this journey and several years of experience, a journeyman could be received as master craftsman, though in some guilds this step could be made straight from apprentice.