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Right now it’s technically a three way tie with the Ravens, Pats and Broncos so the instead of head to head the tie breaker goes to conference record. The Patriots are 8-1 in conference, the Ravens are 8-2 and the Broncos are 6-2.
Pats fans should be rooting for the Broncos in two weeks against the Ravens.
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It’s a situation, the four-minute offense, in which running the clock and putting points on the board would give the Patriots a two-score lead and put the game away. It’s a situation in which they have been successful just five times in 18 chances since the start of the 2010 season. They had been 0 for 6 this season with the return of offense coordinator Josh McDaniels. Failures led to losses against the Cardinals, Ravens, and Seahawks. The defense had to bail out the offense against the Broncos, Jets, and Bills (a successful drive that yielded a field goal when a touchdown would have made it a two-score lead). This time, the result was different.
Some might call that an ugly win, but it was nice to finally see the defense come through when the offense was sputtering.
It seemed for a while like injuries might’ve finally caught up with the Pats offense before their offensive line and ground game kicked it into gear to seal the game in the fourth quarter.
It was a sloppy game from the offense and Brady was not locked in. But the defense held the lead into the fourth quarter and the offense closed it out.
That’s complimentary football.
The Patriots are once again starting to gel and starting to really play all around solid football.
With the Ravens loss the Pats move into the second overall in the AFC due to three-way tie break rules in the NFL. Next up?
The top seed Houston Texans on Monday Night Football. What a game that should be.
We’ll have a much better sense of the AFC in two weeks after the Texans and Patriots, and Ravens and Broncos all play. It’s a mini AFC playoff and there’s two byes at stake.
