Is this game all about getting a lead and limiting Lynch’s touches as much as possible? Since the Lions game, the Pats have only started one game particularly well – last week vs the Colts, and look what happened there. They seem very adept at keeping their foot on the oppositions throat when in the lead. If the Pats get ahead, and Seattle has to throw more, I like our chances with Revis v Baldwin, Browner v Willson, and Arrington+Mccourty v Kearse. If we fall behind I worry about our run D.

Valid concerns, but I think with the way our secondary matches up with them, stopping Lynch is probably already the biggest key of the game. Would a points deficit exaggerate that? Of course, but we’ve seen this Patriots team dig out of a hole quite a few times before.

You just can’t tell how the ball is going to bounce next Sunday. Will the Seahawks have some Tyree magic? Or will it be the Patriots who things break towards like they did in the early 2000s?

All I know is that this Patriots team has proven over and over again the last few years that they’re going to be ready to fight for 60 minutes. They won’t cave like the Broncos did last year and just become a snowball of errors.