third down and six. >> brady: they are probably >> brady: this is right in their wheelhouse, then. again, at two co-score game, probably four-down territory depending on the game. look at the cushion on the outside. >> joe: 3rd & 7, mahomes is pressured, finds a seam to take off for a first down. >> brady: you just can't win. you rush finds a seam and then runs to pick up the first down. you try to pressure him and he gets the ball out of his hand quick, and all of a sudden one of the speedy wide receivers is able to beat one of your defensive backs for a big play or a first down. >> joe: the best he's looked since that shoulder injury a few weeks ago. this week more practice than at any point since the injury, but it is feeling as good at any point since he injury. first down. it doesn't matter what either one of these teams does right now, they're moving it. >> brady: this is the perfect description of a passer, he is not a thrower. he uses touch and the ability to drop the football in behind the defensive coverage. i can't tell you hard that is to do. >> joe: is a it is with jus

he came out here, and we did what we offense as a whole. >> brady, brady! >> john: if there was any are u.s. on t.b. 12's game after four weeks away from the team, it certainly didn't show. >> [inaudible] >> did you? >> no. >> me neither. >> got the wd-40 out for him, you know what i'm saying? get that arm ready. he did well today. >> john: his teammates happy to have him back on the field, >> he drew a friendship and you get excited for that. so you definitely try that. >> new england fans showed up in droves and players took notice. >> in the game, hearing them chanting "brady" and all the support that came out for this game, it's pretty awesome. he looked in the crowd. there was a lot of blue and red out there, so it was really something to see. >> john: a sign right here, the fans welcome back the goat. that's the greatest of all time. big win for the patriots and a great return for tom brady. leave in cleveland, john cuoco, 7news. >> nicole: and tom brady just crushing it in cleveland. we'll have more highlights and coverage live from cleveland later i

this is crazy. >> brady: has been unbelievable. you could check it the other way and say each defense is really struggling right now, but that is just where we are in this day and age in college football. both quarterbacks have played exceptional. you look at texas tech, patrick mahomes has done, he is the leading rusher and really put this team on his back right now. they've got to get a stop out of their defense. >> joe: the big 12 standings are sponsored by sonic, the official sponsor of the big 12 conference. oklahoma trying to keep pace with baylor, and west virginia, still a long way to go. those teams locked at the top. >> brady: all roads lead through morgantown. west virginia who is undefeated, taking on oklahoma state next week, that should be a fantastic game. oklahoma state is 5-2. i think we should go. >> joe: will make a trip out there. >> brady: let's do it. >> joe: but can texas tech come up with the stop? 7:56 to go, baker mayfield and ou back to work from the 25. it's been a career day for joe mixon, to the outsid

his fifth of the day. >> brady: that was just

. >> anchor: a big return to gillette stadium from tom brady. >> another beautiful throw by tom brady. >> anchor: number 12 and the patriots beat the bengals. feels good, doesn't it? the pats' quarterback had another huge day, tossing three t.d. >> anchor: this is brady's first game back at home, and it did not disappoint. 7's sports director joe amorosino begins our team coverage. >> joe: it was by no means the walk in the park cleveland was last week, but brady was right on, 376 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions to go along with another patriots' win. brady now 98-15 in his career at home with another dominating performance following the 300 yards he threw four. gets the 15-yard score. that put the patriots ahead 10-7 at halftime, the first of two touchdowns on the day for white. brady fires it in to rob gronkowski for 40 yards out. gronk's first touchdown of the season. a monster day for the big man, racking up a career high 162 yards. brady 376 yards and three touchdown, becoming the fourth player in nfl history to reach 5,000 completions. the patriots win it 35-17. 7's

>> brady: sure. >> joe: what was it? 781st 7878 first downs tiesa record. >> brady: on pace for one of the longer games finishing and >> joe: oklahoma is going to win its fourth in a row after that 1-2 start. this will be their 11th consecutive big 12 win. >> brady: you just a lincoln riley a moment ago. if you wonder why these young men, whether it is kliff kingsbury or lincoln riley, these guys continue to keep moving on and getting had jobs because no one can stop these offenses. they just have defensive coordinators in a tizzy trying production. as much as you want is a texas tech's defense couldn't stop oklahoma, oklahoma's defense couldn't stop texas tech, either. >> joe: both teams, and this is perfect. both teams finished with exactly 854 yards. setting an ncaa record with 1,708 yards combined. >> brady: that is playstation stats. that is a sort of thing you expect maybe when a into overtime, because of the rules, you get more touchdowns, extended playing time. just ridiculous. >> joe: there are so many guys you

>> brady: sure. >> joe: what was it? 781st 7878 first downs tiesa record. >> brady: on pace f o the longer games finishing and regulation. >> joe: oklahoma is going to win its fourth in a row after that 1-2 start. this will be their 11th consecutive big 12 win. >> brady: you just a lincoln riley a moment ago. if you wonder why these young men, whether it is kliff kingsbury or lincoln riley, these guys continue to keep moving on and getting had jobs because no one can stop these to figure out how to limit production. as much as you want is a texas tech's defense couldn't stop oklahoma, oklahoma's defense couldn't stop texas tech, either. >> joe: both teams, and this is perfect. both teams finished with exactly 854 yards. setting an ncaa record with 1,708 yards combined. >> brady: that is playstation stats. that is a sort of thing u expect maybe when a game goes into overtime, because of the rules, you get more touchdowns, extended playing time. just ridiculous. >> joe: there are so many guys you could take a look at and h

this is crazy. >> brady: has been unbelievable. you could check it the other way and say each defense is really struggling right now, but that is just where we are in this day and age in college football. both quarterbacks have played exceptional. you look at texas tech, patrick mahomes has done, he is the leading rusher and really put this team on his back right now. they've got to their defense. >> joe: the big 12 standings are sponsored by sonic, the official sponsor of the big 12 conference. oklahoma trying to keep pace with baylor, and west virginia, still a long way to go. those teams locked at the top. >> brady: all roads lead through morgantown. west virginia who is undefeated, game. oklahoma state is 5-2. i think we should go. >> joe: will make a trip out there. >> brady: let's do it. >> joe: but can texas tech come up with the stop? 7:56 to go, baker mayfield and ou back to work from the 25. it's been a career day for joe mixon, to the outside, kisean allen, the sophomore safety, drags them down. heot he moves over 200 ya

>> brady: sure. >> joe: what was it? 781st 7878 first downs tiesa the longer games finishing and regulation. >> joe: oklahoma is going to win its fourth in a row after that 1-2 start. this will be their 11th consecutive big 12 win. >> brady: you just a lincoln riley a moment ago. if you wonder why these young men, whether it is kliff kingsbury or lincoln riley, these guys continue to keep moving on and getting had jobs offenses. they just have defensive coordinators in a tizzy trying to figure out how to limit production. as much as you want is a texas tech's defense couldn't stop oklahoma, oklahoma's defense couldn't stop texas tech, either. >> joe: both teams, and this is perfect. both teams finished with exactly 854 yards. setting an ncaa record with 1,708 yards combined. stats. that is a sort of thing you expect maybe when a game goes into overtime, because of the rules, you get more touchdowns, extended playing time. just ridiculous. >> joe: there are so many guys you could take a look at and highlight on this night

his fifth of the day. >> brady: that was just

this is crazy. >> brady: has been unbelievable. you could check it the other way and say each defense is really struggling right now, but that is just where we are in this day and age in college football. both quarterbacks have played exceptional. you look at texas tech, patrick mahomes has done, this team on his back right now. they've got to get a stop out of their defense. >> joe: the big 12 standings are sponsored by sonic, the official sponsor of the big 12 conference. oklahoma trying to keep pace with baylor, and west virginia, still a long way to go. those teams locked at the top. >> brady: all roads lead west virginia who is undefeated, taking on oklahoma state next week, that should be a fantastic game. oklahoma state is 5-2. i think we should go. >> joe: will make a trip out there. >> brady: let's do it. >> joe: but can texas tech come up with the stop? 7:56 to go, baker mayfield and ou back to work from the 25. it's been a career day for joe mixon, to the outside, kisean drags them down. he got 6 or 7. he moves over 200

this is crazy. >> brady: has been unbelievable. you could check it the other way and say each defense is really struggling right now, but that is just where we are in this day and age in college football. both quarterbacks have played exceptional. you look at texas tech, patrick mahomes has done, he is the leading rusher and really put this team on his back right they've got to get a stop out of their defense. >> joe: the big 12 standings are sponsored by sonic, the official sponsor of the big 12 conference. oklahoma trying to keep pace with baylor, and west virginia, still a long way to go. those teams locked at the top. >> brady: all roads lead through morgantown. west virginia who is undefeated, week, that should be a fantastic game. oklahoma state is 5-2. i think we should go. >> joe: will make a trip out there. >> brady: let's do it. >> joe: but can texas tech come up with the stop? 7:56 to go, baker mayfield and ou back to work from the 25. it's been a career day for joe mixon, to the outside, kisean allen, the sophomore safe

his second of the day from tom brady! >> brady with the second touchdown pass to the other tight end. i say the other tight end because we always think about rob gronkowski, but we're getting a look at what this could be moving forward. >> reporter: oh, man, brady and bennett were just clicking big time today. 3rd quarter, play action pass, bennett white open again, dives into the end zone. his third touchdown of the day. the patriots with a 30-7 lead over the browns, and the game was essentially over. and when tom wasn't it doing it with his arm, he was making them pay with his legs. 3rd and 5. scammable. runs and dives. -- scramble. runs and dives. was just happy to be -- who says he was just happy to be doing his job. >> i mean, this is not the time to reprotect, i'm happy we -- reflect, i'm happy we won today. there's no point on looking back at anything, super bowls, championship games, the last four weeks, i just have to go out and do the best i can every week. >> reporter: bride makes his -- brady makes sunday taki

>> brady: sure. >> joe: what was it? 781st 7878 first downs tiesa record. >> brady: on pace the longer games finishing and regulation. >> joe: oklahoma is going to win its fourth in a row after that 1-2 start. this will be their 11th consecutive big 12 win. >> brady: you just a lincoln riley a moment ago. if you wonder why these young men, whether it is kliff kingsbury or lincoln riley, these guys continue to keep moving on and getting had jobs because no one can stop these coordinators in a tizzy trying to figure out how to limit production. as much as you want is a texas tech's defense couldn't stop oklahoma, oklahoma's defense couldn't stop texas tech, either. >> joe: both teams, and this is perfect. both teams finished with exactly 854 yards. setting an ncaa record with 1,708 yards combined. >> brady: that is playstation stats. that is a sor expect maybe when a game goes into overtime, because of the rules, you get more touchdowns, extended playing time. just ridiculous. >> joe: there are so many guys you could take

tom brady taking the field at gillette for the first time this season. 10 -3 and brady gets on the board. a short touchdown pass to james white. pats up 10-7 at the half. brady finds rob gronkowski with a perfectly placed pass. three tds, 376 yards, 73rd time brady has run for at least 300 patriots win 35-17 on brady's homecoming day. >> we always get great clout -- great crowds. they were in it today. we could do a lot better in the second half. it's good to be 5-1. we are in a decent place. just got to keep stringing these games together. there is a ton of football left. >> reporter: tom brady did what he always seems to do, win. we will have more and locker room reaction coming up in just a few minutes but for now, let's go back to you. >> we love it when they win. watching brady win on the home turf is certainly a welcome sign for everyone in patriots nation. >> albert enjoins us right now. >> reporter: i tell you patriots fans are finally emptying out of the parking lot at gillette stadium. just a few tailgaters left but it has been an incredible day for these fans who couldn't wait

going to be tom brady. it was huge. we love tom brady. >> reporter: the pats fan feeling like she was more of a teammate by the end of the shoot. >> we're like giving each other high-fives and fist bumps like after all of the good takes. this is so cool. >> reporter: even getting a chance to try on brady's bling. >> i was like i want to put on every single ring. i just tried on one. i didn't want to go overboard. >> reporter: but the commercial he and his brother peter are the team behind dumb and dumber. there's something about mary... and boston based fever pitch. brady even worked with the rhode island natives on the 2003 dom dee stuck on you which starred another local favorite, matt damon. in a statement about the new commercial, bobby fairly praised number 12 saying in part tom brady quite simply is the greatest of all time. >> o'riley says she is with him on the commercial. in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, 7 news. >>> next, we're getting a first look at the feature film based on the boston marathon

brady? brady, where are you? brady? brady! no-- [shaky breathing] oh! no, please, please. please don't leave me. no! no, brady! you can't-- you can't leave. brady, hi, hi. >> brady: i heard you. what--i'm right here, baby. >> theresa: hi, hi. >> brady: what's going on with you? >> theresa: hi. >> brady: hey. mmm. remind me to make breakfast more often for you. that was nice. >> theresa: it's just that you weren't here and i-- you made breakfast? >> brady: yeah. i did. >> theresa: what's the occasion?

tom brady returns. he has surprised many people when he decided not to continue about his suspension. everybody went to the calendar and circled october 9. october 90th year ended the focus of the nfl will be on the return of the game's greatest quarterback, a full week of practice for brady and that is the first as he was prohibited from having contact with the teams at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on 3 september but we know that today, all will be well. the patriots nation -- when he gets under center for the first time since the final pre-season game in new york many are excited about his return to his coaches not letting on that this is anything more than just another game. >> hopefully all of the players are focused on the job they have to do and not worried about what everybody else is doing and they will go out and play well as a team and each of us do our jobs. try to do our job and see if we can compete. >> reporter: of the manageabilitis big deal about his return but you know bill belichick's return

created a brady back son. >> brady's back, back again. tell a friend. >> welcome home, we missed you. >> reporter: now that brady is back, many fans predict the team will go undefeated from here to the super bowl. in foxboro, paul burton wbz news. >> next sunday it's the past and the steelers in pittsburgh. >> we have that game right here on wbz at 4:25 pm. the 5th quarter postgame show is on my tv 38 right after the game. >>> let's move to the forecast. it has been a pretty nice fall weekend but in a couple days we might be pushing 80 degrees. >> yes it does. today, we had a high temp of 71 degrees. it's hard to think we could get warmer but we will going into our midweek forecast. 62 degrees right now in boston and manchester. very mild for us as temperatures are running warmer compared to yesterday. 20 degrees degrees -- 20 degrees warmer in nashua, lows around 50 degrees and that gusty southwest wind and the clouds keeping temperatures more elevated tonight. satellite radar shows a few showers pushing into southern hampshire coast but

>> brady: sure. >> joe: what was it? 781st 7878 first downs tiesa record. >> brady: on pace the longer games finishing and regulation. >> joe: oklahoma is going to win its fourth in a row after that 1-2 start. this will be their 11th consecutive big 12 win. >> brady: you just a lincoln riley a moment ago. if you wonder why these young men, whether it is kliff kingsbury or lincoln riley, these guys continue to keep moving on and getting had jobs they just have defensive coordinators in a tizzy trying to figure out how to limit production. as much as you want is a texas tech's defense couldn't stop oklahoma, oklahoma's defense couldn't stop texas tech, either. >> joe: both teams, and this is perfect. both teams finished with exactly 854 yards. setting an ncaa record with 1,708 yards combined. >> brady: that is playstation stats. at expect maybe when a game goes into overtime, because of the rules, you get more touchdowns, extended playing time. just ridiculous. >> joe: there are so many guys you could take a look at and hi

brady! brady! >> john: with noise like that, you would have thought the patriots were taking the field at gillette. the stadium filled with pats' fans. they fueled the team to a big-time blowout of the browns. players could feel it. >> it was pretty exciting. it fete like a home game. at one point the fans were chanting "brady, brady." >> you see them chanting there's a lot of blue and red. it was something to see. >> john: it certainly didn't hurt having number 12 back under center for the first time this season. >> it's super great. he's our leader. he's our guy. he came out here on fire. and we did what we had to do this week as an offense as a whole. trey if there was any are u.s. in t.b. 12's game after fur weeks away, teammates couldn't tell. did you see any rust at all today? >> >> no. >> me neither. >> we got the w.d. 40 out for him, you know what i'm saying? he did well. >> trey: they're just happy to have him back doing what he does best. >> you develop a friendship and you get exc

or not tom brady it's a great team all together. i think with him back i think and fans will be very happy. >> anchor: still no word on any sightings of tom brady here at gillette but we should see him at the patriots next practice which will be on wednesday. that's the latest live from foxboro, byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: thank you. stay with 7 for coverage of tom brady's return as the pats get ready to take on the browns. trey daerr will be live in cleveland this weekend and you can catch his live reports starting on saturday. >> anchor: investigators looking into a deadly police involved shooting in lynn. police shot and kill a man threatened them with a gun. sky 7 hd over the building on lynn shore drive. police were executing a search warrant for a suspect in an armed robbery. when they got to department the 57-year-old man inside reportedly pointed a gun at them which is when police opened fire. investigators say the man was wanted in connection with an armed robbery that happen last month. >> reporter: a salem, new hamp

and now it is all systems go for tb 12, tom brady. a full week of practice for brady. on the year, that's a start. and he was banned from having contact with the team since 4:00 p.m. eastern time on the third of september. we know come tomorrow, all will be well with patriots nation when brady gets under center for the first time since the final preseason game in new york. while many seemed to be excited about brady's return, his coach is not letting on that this is an -- not anything more than just another football game. have to do and not worry about what everybody else is doing. play well as a team and each of us do our jobs. leave the fans to fans. start to do our job and see if we can compete. >> the man in the but he may not be making a big deal but trust me, he's fired up and so are brady's teammates. wondering if -- how much sleep tom is going to get tonight. i tell you we cannot get brady's return, we'll see if the patriots can go 4-1 tomorrow afternoon. that's the story in cleveland. back to you. >> all right. thanks. you get some sleep yourself. >>> a good c

brady it's a great team all together. the fans are going to be really happy. >> reporter: while there were no gillette today. he will be at the team's next practice on wednesday. latest live in foxborough byron barnett 7 news. >> anchor: stay with 7 for coverage of brady's return. trey daerr live in cleveland over the weekend. live reports start on saturday. >> anchor: 7 news tracking hurricane matthew. the category 4 hurricane is making a b line through the carribean. florida's governor already this is a serious hurricane. in jamaica the island nation feeling the effects of hurricane matthew. shelters already filling up. the haitian coastline is expected to feel the brunt of this powerful hurricane. where is this storm heading next? bri eggers with all the details in the track. >> reporter: an ominous picture here the brighter the reds are eye. 35 miles out from the eye. that eye 15 miles wide. you see it slowly moving. a powerful storm to the north. some of those impacts hurricane force wind as i mentioned. haiti could

brady and bennett, not done. third quarter, then it out -- bennett out, gone from 37 yards out, just gets it over the pylon to read brady finishes 25 over 40, three touchdown passes. ed harding had a front row seat for the return of brady and he joins us nowiv . ed? ed: it was natural, it was normal, it was very much tom brady. they looks like the new england patriots we have seen for the last 15, 16 years. brady commonly, efficiently carved up the cleveland browns. let's show you the highlights. lynchie, you mentioned the runs after the catch. and then the execution and on top of it, they had the points and quite honestly, they probably left 10 or 14 points out there. they could not convert. but it must've been rough. right, tom brady? >> i could do better in a lot of areas. i think it was a good win today. but it was one game andt' have a long road ahead, so we will keep building. ed: it is one game. the team was shut out a week ago against the buffalo bill's. they had not scored in five of the last seven quart

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and 4 first half. >> brady: both teams going into their bye. very unique. >> joe: morin throws behind the intended receiver. picked off by harris. first career interception for harris. he runs it back 35 yards. it will be a fourth turnover day >> brady: matt morin wanted to take a shot downfield. working on harris. a poorly thrown football. you have to throw that more upfield. harris was in an aggressive position. he was able to see the football. see the wide receiver and the quarterback at the same time. that's what allowed him to have enough vision to make a play and get the interception. >> [whistle blowing] >> joe: brown takes a knee. the trojans have won 3 in a row after that 1 and 2 start. or that 1 and 3 start. >> brady: what a say for sam darnold. 5 touchdown passes. effective utilizing his feet. picking up the 1st down. think about his team 3 years from now. >> joe: 13-2 touchdown to interception ratio now. not only has he led them to wins and racked up touchdown numbers. one of the nation's most efficient through his first down 4 star

not even 5*ding brady to the thrown on brady. patriots fans think he'll be the saving grace after the rough outing and the pats had one week ago against the bills. but belichick keeps on saying time and time again that is not going to be the case. >> and with fanses to do our job and try to compete. >> bill belichick not taking the bait when asked about the pending return of tom brady and when they tried to stick to script, they couldn't hide the satisfaction knowing the 3?time vp is back in charge. >> and the same throughout the building and have to prepare every week to the max and it is tom back at quarterback, baby! >> and they're stressing the 4 the season. >> with every season and every game and every opponent, you don't need extra motivation to play this game. >> one thing is clear. focused on rebounding from the bills no matter who starts at quarterback. >> we need to be prepared to get a win on the road and have not been on the road for 3 weeks. a different feeling but that is the goal of everyone. >> brady sure to hear

. >> brady: trending in the wrong direction, and talking about again a defense that is trying to adapt to a new scheme. these guys have different responsibilities and a 4-3 versus a 3-4. >> joe: lacoste again, fourth down. >> brady: the one bright spot, at least in my eyes tonight, has been justin herbert. you watch the way he has played really with the exception of the first pass of the game, he has been really efficient. he has missed some throws down field, but that is expected in your first start versus one of the best defenses in the country. two touchdown passes, he created some plays on his own. he could have a big play right here on fourth down. from the washington fan still here. and they will roar even louder on a on the turnover on downs as mitchell can't pull it in. they have been waiting a long time to be able to cheer here in eugene, cheater period when these teams made up. on monday, game 3 of the nlds, the cubs and the giants for the mlb postseason continuing on fs1. the cubs took lead to game 2 5-2 right now, heading to the 90 and wrigley. that game will be from san fr

brady, 25 out of 40, three touchdowns. ed harding had a front row seat for the return of brady and he joins us now live from cleveland . ed? field, but in the postgame press conference, brady said he was rusty. the patriots could take rusty like that the entire year. this is the area i want to focus on. they were able to stretch the field. they had a number of ways that were 30 yards are better and the couple spectacular catches by chris hogan. the first time in his career he has gone over 100 yards as a receiver. he did it on his first game with brady. throw for the three touchdowns, when he walked away he was grateful for the opportunity to be back to work. here is what he said. tom brady: it was awesome. i have got amazing fans and so much support. for a long time, you know, we have been at rallies where there are millions of people and training camp -- 27,000 people at practice, and i feel like we have the best fans in the world. there to see this -- brady rolling out to get the first down. sometimes you have to time t

on "the brady bunch" she was the perfect older sister. with powerful demons. she sat down with abc's abbie boudreau. ? shot through the heart ? >> reporter: tonight on "dancing with the stars," a throwback to the 1980s for maureen mccormick, or as most people remember her from the 1970s, marcia brady. at 60 years old, the beloved tv veteran has turned in solid performances week after week. even paying homage "the brady bunch," the show that made her famous 47 years ago. ? the >> reporter: america's favorite girl next door says toeing the line between marcia brady and maureen mccormick hasn't been a ball. >> for years i think, you know, in my own personal life, i felt like i had to play marcia brady. ? here's a story of a lovely lady ? ? who was bringing up three very lovely girls ? >> reporter: the oldest girl with that hair of gold was the perfect one. famously inspiring jealousy from little sister jan. school is how great marcia is at this, how wonderful marcia did that. marcia, marcia, marcia. >> marcia, marcia, marcia does not bother you. >> not at all. >>

brady to bennett, 5 yards at the half. 23-7 pats. they hooked up one more time. brady to bennett. the pats win 33-13. brady goes over 400 yards passing to go with the 3 touchdowns, and he didn't play for most of the fourth quarter. 250 career wins for bill >> i thought the team played really well. it was fun to be part of it. it has been a fun week to get ready to play and be back doing what i love to do. it is fun to come out and play and fun to win. >> it is super great. he is our leader. he came out on fire. we executed as the offense and got a team it was awesome. jamie: still to come, dodgers and nationals. it's a new hampshire success story. thousands of working adults earning a college degree to further their careers. i'm colin van ostern, and i helped launch college for america at southern new hampshire university. so their workers can get an associate's or bachelor's degree... most debt-free. as governor, i'll grow the economy by cutting college costs for students and families. a stronger workforce helps our businesses grow, too. this is just the beginning. kelly ayotte:

his teammates are fired up to have tom brady back. they went three-1 without brady. they plan on going four-1 this afternoon. steve burton, wbz, sports. >>> it's not just the team that's fired up for the return of tom, a good chunk of patriot nation has followed the pats cleveland for the big game. nick geovany spoke with some of them and continues our team coverage. >> go pats. >> reporter: 640 miles from home, cleveland, ohio, starting to feel like foxboro. >> the trip was great as usual. just our annual jaunt into enemy territory. >> foxboro north, foxboro west. if you say so. >>s that the buffalo. >> reporter: patriots nation has welcome back their quarterback. >> we knew brady was back week five, it just happened to be in cleveland, so we said let's do it. >> reporter: appreciate off his four-game suspension, his return this weekend puts deflategate in the rear view. >> never should have been gone, first of all. i think he's going to to great. i think he will do just fine. they're going . no-no. >> reporter: despite his month-long hiatus, fans who made the trek

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brady steps up boom, rob coleman. second 53-yard touchdown and gronkowski has 69 career t.d.s yes, take a bow because you deserve it. brady getting greedy. connects with am zoell -- amendola to the 40. how about this. little confidence worst for goskowski. then they get the ball to start the second half. amendola factors in yet again from his own four. look at that little move and the spin. 73 yard return. from two plays later from the 12-yard line it's brady towedleman then it has been a while since getting into the end zone. call goes towedleman. so 31-17 in the third. here's lagarrett you blunt with his ninth touchdown of the season. up and over like walter payton. at that point it's over. but the bills always get the final. patriots 7-1 through the first half of the season. >> they come in here and get a win. it was big. >> 7-1 is good place. i think it's decent position. but coach always says it doesn't get you any with where in this league and he's right. we have a lot of football ahead. this one is first to get

even paying homage "the brady bunch," the show that made her famous 47 years ago. ♪ the brady bunch >> reporter: america's favorite girl next door says toeing the line between marcia brady and maureen mccormick hasn't been a ball. >> for years i think, you know, in my own personal life, i felt like i had to play marcia brady. ♪ here's a story of a lovely lady ♪ ♪ who was bringing up three very lovely girls ♪ >> reporter: the oldest girl with that hair of gold was the perfect one. famously inspiring jealousy from little sister jan. >> all i hear all day long at school is how great marcia is at this, how wonderful marcia did that. marcia, marcia, marcia. >> marcia, marcia, marcia does not bother you. >> not at all. >> you hear it all the time? >> i do. >> reporter: that beautiful complexion and wholesome attitude resaw on tv gave way to a young woman struggling with her weight, depression, and what she says was an incredibly dark drug addiction. mccormick says she started using cocaine in her late teens after "the brady bunch" ended. >> once i tried cocape, it changed my endorph

you may have heard the news from his buddy, brady, is back. julian edelman was surrounded by women monday night, but his main man was also on his mind. >> every time you have a teammate comeback that hasn't been playing, it's always exciting. is always exciting to have him >> reporter: star quarterback tom brady can finally tread on the same turf as his teammates after serving his four game suspension after the deflategate scandal. in fact, he showed off his newfound freedom with a little practice in brookline on sunday. and, the ladies are loving it, too. >> i am so excited. he is going to score 100 points on the ground next weekend. i can't wait. i can't wait until sunday to see how he does. >> reporter: 400 to be exact, who practice their own football skills at a women's clinic hosted by julian edelman. >> how ball. the fundamentals my dad taught me when i was young. >> reporter: with no official sign of tom brady at gillette, yet, julian edelman will certainly do. >> he is so adorable and supersweet. >> reporter: as you can tell, there was

. >> [whistle blowing]. >> brady: pittman is a true freshman. be the next juju smith-schuster. he is not there yet. you are right. that's a huge loss if he is not able to come back and has the impact everyone is looking for him to have the rest of the season. >> joe: morin found his fellow tight end kern. leon again with a short gain. arizona will head into the first bye week in 2 se and lick their wounds after a 2 and 4 first half. >> brady: both teams going into their bye. very unique. >> joe: morin throws behind the intended receiver. picked off by harris. first career interception for harris. he runs it back 35 yards. it will be a fourth turnover day >> brady: matt morin wanted to take a shot downfield. working on harris. a poorly thrown football. you have to throw that more upfield. harris was in an aggressive position. he was able to see the football. see the wide receiver and the quarterback at the same time. that's what allowed him to have enough vision to make a play and get the interception. >> [whistle blowing] >> joe: brown takes a k

tom brady will take the field this sunday. night team john cuoco live gillet gillette stadium teammates and fans are pumped for the come back. >> well kim the word of the day here is excited. it's what julien edelman was saying fans were saying about tom brady getting back on the field. playing with team always exciting. and you know, always exciting it paths wide receiver julien edelman down playing return of tom brady to the team. as women's football clinic mopped night. i am excited to have him back. it's been fun. his teammates were even more stieth lipped in locker room earlier in day view seen tom yet today? no. i haven't seen him. obviously, thrilled to have him back. wew we know what type of leader he's been for this team. but all of that being said, you know we still have a job to do with him here now. so we're excited about the challenges that lie ahead. former patriots linebacker spoke outside his charity bowling tournament and said tb12's return will be huge for team. especially coming out, you know, a tough four g

. >> and brady is back officials. the quarterback spotted throwing the ball as he gets ready to join the team today. . thanks so much for joining us. >> it is monday, october 3rdrd. i think our patriot season is divided in 2 halves the pre-brady half and post brady's return. >> he's back, we're back at it. we're good to go. >>> and good morning, everybody, 56 in boston right now. we were in the low to mid-50s for most of us across the boardment we've had low level clouds in place. showers around today. an upper level disturbance back to our west that's going to swing through. that will bring a chance of a pop up shower or 2. so while the clouds do win out today there will be a few peeks of sunshine mostly cloudy sunrise 6:44 this morning. breaks of sun coming well into the 60s today so a normal day by beginning of october standards. a few inland showers as we head into the ride home i like worcester county and back through the western part of the state. there may be isolated small hail. just got the 5 a.m. update matt

. >> brady: trending in the wrong direction, and talking about again a defense that is trying to adapt to a new scheme. these guys have different responsibilities and a 4-3 versus a 3-4. >> joe: lacoste again, fourth down. >> brady: the one bright spot, at least in my eyes tonight, has been justin herbert. you watch the way he has played really with the exception of the first pass of the game, he has been really efficient. he has missed some throws down field, but that is expected in your first start versus one of the best defenses in the country. two touchdown passes, he created some plays on his own. he could have a big play right here on fourth down. >> joe: the roar you hear is from the washington fan still on a on the turnover on downs as mitchell can't pull it in. they have been waiting a long time to be able to cheer here in eugene, cheater period when these teams made up. on monday, game 3 of the nlds, the cubs and the giants for the mlb postseason continuing on fs1. the cubs took game 11-0, they lead to heading to the 90 and wrigley. that game will be from san francisco. the c

the pats win 3 and won with brady's suspension. when he returned to the field against the cleveland browns. fans were ready shouting his name from the stands. >> they showed up today. impact on other players as well. >> when tom came on the field and hear our fans in his stadium cheering his name it gave me an extra boost. >> reporter: completing passes to 7 different players. 3 touchdowns to bennett. the team and brady getting ready for the next match up against the cincinnati bengals. not wanting to focus on the past. >> no point in looking back at championship games or last 4 weeks none of it matters. >> reporter: teammates thrilled that their leader is back at the top of his game with no plans to slow down soon. >> it's unbelievable what he's doing. it really is. old benjamin button hasn't slowed down yet. >> reporter: you can imagine how loud it will be at gillette plays his first home game against the cincinnati bengals. >> anchor: for highlights and analysis all season long download the 7 news mobile or tablet apps. >> ancho