Belichick built this secondary for this matchup

[DarrylS]

Weather, obviously, will be a factor...

 

[Joey007]

We can pretty much kiss home field Advantage away if we don't win today. we might just have to go 14-2 to get home field but I think 13-3 will get it. I see us beating Denver. winning 2 out of the next 3 after that. and winning the last 4.

To me San Diego would be the loss in that case.

 

[rochrist]

To me San Diego would be the loss in that case.

You see what the Dolphins are doing to SD today?

 

[PATS16N0]

San Diego's star looks to be plummeting. It's week #9. If the Chargers are what they were advertised as, this shouldn't be happening. Scratching them off the list of games I thought we might lose away.

If we beat Denver today, running the table looks like a much greater possibility.
GB's defense is bad and Luck has to beat us once before I can sweat him

 

[AzorianPats]

Denver literally had to work for every yard today. We forced Peyton to be perfect. He couldn't. This was a domination!!!!!!!!

 

[Joey007]

You see what the Dolphins are doing to SD today?

I did..

Never mind!

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I've wondered about this when defending the goal line. If the ball is inside the one, why not just tee off on the OL as soon as they come to the line? So you lose half the distance? Do it over and over and over again, until on the fifth or sixth time, you fake it, and they twitch and thus commit illegal procedure, moving the ball back to the five. Why not?

There's actually a long-standing though rarely invoked rule against it.

Committing a "palpably unfair act" to prevent a score--which includes repeated fouls inside the 1--can result in the TD being awarded.

The rule can also be invoked if, e.g., a player on the sidelines tries to make a tackle.