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I feel a fact that is being over looked is the patriots philosophy of bend but don't break on defense. If I'm not mistaken Tebow had 316 passing yards on 10 completions. That is 31.6 yds/completion!!! I am well aware that the pats do give up many plays of 20+ yds but rarely give up big scoring plays. Tebow has a lot of difficulty on those precision passing plays that really hurt the patriots defense. The broncos were able to jump out on the patriots in their regular season meeting in Denver through their rushing attack in the 1st quarter. Bellicheck made adjustments and mcgahee and tebow weren't nearly as effective after that first quarter and especially in the second half. Yes the patriots benefited from a gift wrapped fumbled punt towards the end of the half, but i certainly wouldn't say the other turnovers were not forced. That tebow fumble was because he had pressure in his face on the option and he panicked. The patriots defense has also added patrick chung which is huge at the safety position (pats were playing guys off the street in the first meeting). I think the patriots win the turnover battle again in this game and their defense will be more effective against the run this time around. I expected blowout the first time around and was surprised it happened after that horrific start by the patriots. The pats are healthier and have the experience of playing this team already. Patriots won't give up the big plays that the safety-less steelers did (by the way polamalu is so overrated in the passing game, it kills me no one recognizes this expect some of my friends who are diehard steelers fans/football coaches. He is constantly out of position against the deep ball.) Patriots need to abandon the run early and spread it out 5 wide and run no huddle from the start. If they do brady eats up this young safeties and patriots win in a blowout.
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for you.
Tom Brady is the Man..... I get that and the Offense has countless weapons with Welker, Gronkowski, Hernandez, and other team players that make plays. 
If a healthy New England gets beat, what will be the excuse?
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