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Thanks. As I’ve written my only real concern is that our OL shows up to play. If that happens the rest of those issues shouldn’t be a huge concern in this one because Brady will light up that Ravens secondary that played way over their head last week. 

If had to pick another one it’d be pass rush because if we can’t take advantage of this patchwork OL with our front seven it will be disheartening.

Certainly in potential future match ups we’ll have to worry about those other things, but for now, just protect Tommy.

I was a little worried too, but yeah, I think Gronk is here to stay and his option will be picked up this offseason. Perhaps most importantly, it seems that Gronk is doing a better job of protecting himself this season.

For guys to tackle him they have to go low, so instead of trying to grind out the couple extra yards that put him at risk after initial contact, he’s learned to protect his legs and go down safely. Hopefully that continues in the playoffs because for all the “we have a healthy Gronk for the playoffs this year!” talk, he was healthy going into the 2011 playoffs too. 

There’s no better weapon and I only imagine what he’ll do next year with an offseason where he’s not rehabbing.

I think this is a little overblown, but we have to worry about something, right? First, let’s remember how excellent they were when they hit their stride with the Solder-Connolly-Stork-Wendell-Vollmer group before Connolly got hurt. The line the last couple weeks was a little patchwork and let’s face it, probably a little less motivated with the division already sewn up, especially vs. the Bills with the bye already sewn up. 

The offensive line is still pretty good, it’s not like they’re a glaring weakness that has to be hidden and/or managed. Could they have a bad game? Sure. That could happen to any line on any particular weekend. But they should be generally solid enough to get the win.

I love good stories and as you laid it out, this is a great story. But I got ahead of myself in 2011 with the the Broncos (2005 revenge), Ravens (2009 revenge), Giants (2007 revenge) story so for now I’m just trying to get that first W. But yeah, this would be poetic.