Unlike the 2012 schedule, when there were two prime-time home games in December, Patriots fans get a well-deserved break this year. The home prime-time games are Thursday, Sept. 12 (home opener vs. Jets) and Sunday, Nov. 24 (vs. Broncos). No potentially bitter cold nights at Gillette … until, perhaps, the playoffs (unless the flexible schedule alters that). The other prime-time games – vs. Falcons (Sunday, Sept. 29), Panthers (Monday, Nov. 18) and Ravens (Sunday, Dec. 22) are on the road.