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I heard some of the guys on the MNF pre-game show say the same thing. They pointed out that the teams that have given the Patriots the hardest time recently had people who were in the room with Belichick game planning before moving on to another team: Browns (Mangini) beat the Pats this year, Packers (Capers) gave the Pats a battle, etc. There have been others they did not mention that I thought of as well: Saban when he was with the Dolphins; McDaniels last year with Denver; perhaps a bit of a reach, but Schwartz and the Lions played well against the Pats for at least the first half this year.troy brown on weei said today that he would be worried about the chiefs because of all the coordinators and knowledge of the pats and BB like the cleveland game.
Forget Jets-Pats III. Patriots West vs Patriots East would be just as good, if not a better story. The NY-based national media will be pleading for Ryan and the Jets to play the Pats one more time, but they'll have plenty of angles to work with between Brady-Cassel, Belichick-Crennel, Belichick-Weis, Pioli-Belichick, Vrabel-Brady, Vrabel-Pats o-line, etc.