PATRIOTSFANINPA

The difference,at least before the team plays a playoff game is that the past 2 years the team had gone undefeated at Gillette in the regular season....yep 2009 and 2010 were years the Pats went undefeated at home in the RS but were surprised both years in the playoffs.

Well thanks to the Giants, the team has gotten that home loss out of the way....if you want something to use for an extra grasp of hope that the Pats won't lose in the first playoff game this year.....this is it.

It's been 3 years since the team lost 2 games at Gillette in a season and 5 years with Brady at the helm since 2008 was Cassel's year.

So for all you One And Done prognosticators,there is hope.....

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Willie55

...and this team has the abilities to make adjustments during the game, not just jump out to a lead and hold on for dear life at the end of the game.

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The_Riddler

The difference now compared to the last 2 "one and dones" is the offensive line. This offensive line is much better than it was the last 2 years and I specifically speak of the right side of the line. Solder and Waters are much, much better than the Connelly/Vollmer combo of the last two years and this will be the key difference.

The Jets/Ravens home PO meltdowns were both attributed to the line and Brady getting rattled early in both games. As we all know, the way to get to TB is to get to him early and this happened against the Jets/Ravens, he got shell-shocked early and his confidence and ability to focus was impacted by this, no one can doubt that. This time around, with a much more stable right side and Light playing very well on that left side, things will be different.

I actually hope the Pats bring back the throw-backs for their playoff run just to shake things up. Call me crazy, but they seem to always play well when they wear the red and white.

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Hey Rex have you met our new Tightends? Say Hi to Aaron and Gronk !

patsfan-1982

6 seed vs 3 seed, Bengals @ Texans,
5 seed vs 4 seed, Steelers @ Broncos,

if cincy wins they are comeing to new england, if houston and denver win it will be denver if houston and pit win it will be the steelers comeing to new england,

denver is not going to beat the steelers so it's cincy or pit...the Bengals cant beat the pats and if the steelers come to new england and try to use that same game plan of man to man press Hernandez will rip them a new one because he is now at 100% the pats are not going to go one and done this year

PATRIOTSFANINPA

I believe that one of the two teams that backed into the playoffs on a 3 game losing streak,but yet managed to win thier division is going to win Sunday.

That's either Houston or Denver....maybe both could win.

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Pat the Pats Fan

This year's version has shown in the last few games the ability to take some tough shots from the opponent and come back. The Broncos, Phins, and Bills all gave it their best shot early, the Pats took it like a champion prize fighter, and then proceeded to pummel the other team. This years version has an offense that doesn't wilt, and a defense that somehow finds a way to shut down the opponent. Their potential playoff opponents in the AFC, none of them have high powered offenses that can keep the pressure on. I feel confident, this year's version will represent Pats nation well.

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A sarcastic Bill Belichick on Tom Brady's finger injury, "It's not life threatening."

randomk1

It's the growth of AH/Gronk

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Ochmed Jones

It almost seems like the offense executes better when they are playing with a sense of urgency. Maybe it is time to take the handcuffs off Brady and let him call all the plays at the LOS.

I thought the defense played pretty well after the last Bills touchdown.

scout

The thing I never bank or even buy into is a historical perspective. It makes no difference how many home games a team has historically lost or won, no difference in that team X has never lost a Y game before. Kind of like when the announcer states this qb hasn't had an interception in #games. You can bet the farm he's going to be picked. Just sayin.