AREA OF WEAKNESS: One area where the Chargers were excellent, and the Giants figure to make hay, is throwing against the Patriots base defensive personnel. When the Patriot 3-4 was on the field, Rivers was terrific, reading the coverage and finding gaping holes between the intermediate and deep levels of the zone. The trouble for New England is that, in their base, they have bigger safeties who can’t break on the ball that well, and those inside linebackers are build to stuff the run and not to cover. That creates holes, generally either over the middle of the field or in the deep third. What it has to be, for opposing teams, is a willingness to throw on early downs, thus creating short-yardage and keeping the Patriots out of their sub packages, where more athletic players are in coverage, and New England can load the field with solid pass rushers.