I know it’s a week early for your gameplan, but I see this game as coming down to 3 keys each for offense and defense. The Defense: (1) Keeping contain on Wilson to keep him in the pocket; (2) tackling Lynch; (3) avoiding the big pass play that Seattle feasts on. The Offense: (1) avoiding turnovers; (2) protecting Brady; (3) running enough to effectively use play action

Yeah I’d agree with the major points here, though I think it’s a bit of a fallacy you need to run to set up play action. You just need to be good at play action.

Stopping Lynch and containing Wilson when no one is open are the biggest two keys to the game. Protecting Brady is always a key, but I expect this to be a quick throw surgical-strike game.

So on offense, they just have to finish drives with touchdowns when they get in the red zone. That was the story in 2012, going 1-6 in the red zone offensively. 

This might take some of the steam out of the game plan article next week, but that’s it in a nutshell.