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Esiason did have one concern regarding the Patriots. “The only criticism that I’m going to levy here at the Patriots is leaving Tom Brady in late in these games,” he said. “And I know he pulled him out yesterday, and I don’t know if it was because [Julius] Peppers was around his ankles or something late in the fourth quarter. I’m telling you, you embarrass people like this and you leave your quarterback out there, he is going to be a target, whether you like to think about it or not, or anybody talks about it. And that would be something that if that ever happened where he would get hurt or something like that in that situation, that would be just a terrible decision on coach Belichick’s part.