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PatsFans.com Article · 01-03-2012, 08:20 PM

Patriots Defense Has Locked Down When It's Counted
By: Christine Roy

The defense may not be the best, but they've come through when it's counted.

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The_Riddler · 01-03-2012, 08:42 PM

Telling you right now, getting Chung and Spikes back is going to make a huge difference with this defense. I am loving what I am seeing out of Sterling Moore at CB. Kid is physical and is always around the football and it stuck out even more after I just watched the Replay on the Network.

Two cold weather games at Foxboro and our defense is getting healthy and we're finding some nice gems in the tall grass. I believe this defense will step up. They're generating TO's and they'll build off of that shutout performance for last 3 quarters.

Opportunistic D combined with this scary offense is the same recipe that the Saints used to take out the Colts for the hardware. We can be that team.

***jmt57*** · 01-03-2012, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MSU

Minus the first Bills game and against the Giants. Which is somewhat worrisome because they'll be playing Manning tier QBs in the playoffs, not Matt Moore or Fitzpatrick.

Yes, if you focus on the team's weakest unit's worst games then you will find reason to be worried. Same holds true for the eleven other playoff teams, and their weakest unit's worst games.

Let's get through the AFC first and worry about the potential opposing Super Bowl quarterback later. I think I would put Andy Dalton, Tim Tebow, T.J. Yates (or Jake Delhomme), Joe Flacco and a gimpy, one-legged Ben Roethlisberger a whole lot closer to Moore and Fitzpatrick than to Manning.

***Rob0729*** · 01-03-2012, 10:23 PM

I think this defense gets too much unwarranted crap. I don't think it is a good defense, but it has shown it can be as good as any defense at times. Their biggest problem is consistency, not that they always suck.

supafly · 01-03-2012, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

I think this defense gets too much unwarranted crap. I don't think it is a good defense, but it has shown it can be as good as any defense at times. Their biggest problem is consistency, not that they always suck.

Right. They do not "suck," but they do lack consistency.

Well said.

Keyser Söze · 01-03-2012, 10:30 PM

That Indy game still bothers me. And don't give me that bs "garbage time"

***Rob0729*** · 01-03-2012, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by supafly

Right. They do not "suck," but they do lack consistency.

Well said.

Well, then the offense sucks too because they lack consistency too. The offense has always started out crappy for first quarter to half of games since midseason. There is a difference between sucking and lacking consistency. The reason both the Dolphins and Bills got off to huge shutout leads in the first quarter wasn't all on the defense.