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1.) HOW ABOUT THAT DEFENSE!!!!!!! - ALAN BRANCH was an absolute BEAST. He was ballin' ALL game long. The Monday morning conversation would have been all about him if Chung's phantom holding call didn't negatve a 'big time sack' with the game on the line.
The defense as a whole played great, but Logan Ryan as another guy who really stood out. Thomas, 1 catch?!?! Unbelievable. Even on the play he got beat it was just a good throw that Ryan had good position on.
2.) Gostkowski clutch again - This will be lost in the shuffle due ot hte fact that we lost, but prior to this season many pointed out that Gost didn't have a 'game on the line' kick on his resume (though that wasn't entirely true). Obviously he got one earlier against hte Giants, and this one may have been more impressive in the snow.
3.) Good riddance to the Undefeated pressure - sure, the goal is to get hte number one seed and the loss hurts our chances of that, but I think it's good to get this unnecessary pressure off us. Now the goal is super clear..........get healthy for the playoffs.
4.) Brady being Brady - how many people had faith that the Pats were going ot drive for a tying FG at the end of hte game? I'm a HUGE Patriots optimist but even I wasn't feeling so hot about their chances. Lo and behold Brady worked some magic. Without Gronk, Amendola, Edelman, and Deion this offense was on the same level of as the 2006 offense (maybe worse) and yet the Pats were 'in the game' against the BEST DEFENSE in football.
Sure, it sucks to lose. It especially hurts that much more when your team does it so infrequently. I mean, think about it, it's been a year since our last REAL loss (Buffalo doesn't count). That makes the losses hurt that much more, but with Gronk NOT being injured for the year, I think there are plenty of positives to be found from this game.
The defense as a whole played great, but Logan Ryan as another guy who really stood out. Thomas, 1 catch?!?! Unbelievable. Even on the play he got beat it was just a good throw that Ryan had good position on.
2.) Gostkowski clutch again - This will be lost in the shuffle due ot hte fact that we lost, but prior to this season many pointed out that Gost didn't have a 'game on the line' kick on his resume (though that wasn't entirely true). Obviously he got one earlier against hte Giants, and this one may have been more impressive in the snow.
3.) Good riddance to the Undefeated pressure - sure, the goal is to get hte number one seed and the loss hurts our chances of that, but I think it's good to get this unnecessary pressure off us. Now the goal is super clear..........get healthy for the playoffs.
4.) Brady being Brady - how many people had faith that the Pats were going ot drive for a tying FG at the end of hte game? I'm a HUGE Patriots optimist but even I wasn't feeling so hot about their chances. Lo and behold Brady worked some magic. Without Gronk, Amendola, Edelman, and Deion this offense was on the same level of as the 2006 offense (maybe worse) and yet the Pats were 'in the game' against the BEST DEFENSE in football.
Sure, it sucks to lose. It especially hurts that much more when your team does it so infrequently. I mean, think about it, it's been a year since our last REAL loss (Buffalo doesn't count). That makes the losses hurt that much more, but with Gronk NOT being injured for the year, I think there are plenty of positives to be found from this game.