CHFF:What we learned today

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10. Get ready for the Spygate rehash. Just when you thought the Patriots might run out of motivation, this week’s visit from the Jets should be an inspiration in more ways than one. Not only will the Patriots be highly motivated to stomp the Jets, all of the Patriot-bashers will crawl back from out of the woodwork to re-state their tired old points. Or maybe they’ll have realized by now that the whole thing was a media ****storm, a minor offense that would have been a two-day story if it happened in Buffalo or Seattle. Perhaps some folks will even admit they overreacted a tad. Or not. Either way, the Patriots will be clipping the headlines and using them for fuel. Just what the rest of the league needs.

 

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Two especially interesting points:

5. The Steeler defense looked nothing like the numbers suggested. As we pointed out, Pittsburgh’s stats this season stacked up with any of the great Pittsburgh teams. Yet in the second half, the Patriots strung together drives of 8-for-54, 4-for-89, 10-for-50 and 13-for-89, all resulting in scores. Comparisons to Jack Lambert and the boys will heretofore not be made again.

6. Troy Polamalu’s absence wasn’t the difference. Was the hard-hitting safety missed? Sure. But in the three previous games he’d missed with injury, the Steelers gave up a total of 10 points and pitched two shutouts – so don’t assume the Pittsburgh D just can’t succeed without him.