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- First and foremost at this point this season! It is the Patriots and then everyone else in the league. This gauntlet of division leaders have been blow outs of 22 points (vs. the Broncos), 22 points (vs. the Colts), and 25 points (vs. the Lions). Also they beat the division leading Bengals by 26 points. The Pats are not just beating good teams, they are dominating them.
- I think this is the best defensive performance of the year. Yes, the Lions had a lot of dropped passes, but the Pats had Stafford and the Lions off balance all day.
- I am not one to cry about the refs, but they were awful and one sided all game. On the Brady interception, the defender clearly interfered with Gronk tackling him before the ball was remotely there. The OPI on Gronk was BS. The only time they called anything on the Lions when it was so obvious that they had to call it.
- This may be Belichick's best year of additions if you count the in-season pick ups. LaFell and Revis were beasts today. Browner was solid for the most part. Ayers, Casillis, Blount, Wright, and Branch all made significant impacts today.
- I still don't know why they don't get Wright more involved in the offense. He catches everything thrown to him. He seemed to be a bit more involved today, but he is still mostly used in goal line situations. I am ready to say that, even without the fourth rounder, the trade for Wright with Mankins was a huge win for the Pats.
- I liked the game plan today at least in the first half. I really didn't have that much of a problem with them not running until the end of the game. I felt many drives were stalled in the second half due to poor throws or dropped passes to open receivers. I give McDaniels tons of credit though for radically changing the offense from week to week to match up against the defense. I know a lot of people don't like the guy, but what he does is truly special.
- It looks like LaFell should be ok (sounds like a stinger more than a broken collarbone), but if the Pats lose him for any significant amount of time it could really affect how the Pats perform on the field quite a bit. He has been a player teams have to game plan for the past month and a half.
- With Blount, the Pats now have two offensive weapons that defensive players don't want to tackle along with Gronk.