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Wilfork. No question. They’ll have to rebuild the tight end position as a Gronk contingency plan. Vollmer and Mayo should be fine and back to form. Tommy Kelly would be a big plus as well.

All four together will really elevate this team. But Wilfork is the queen on Belichick’s chess board and if he’s back and as effective as he’s been, he’ll almost singlehandedly fix the run defense.

I tell you what I’m excited for, the next two games. They’re as big as non-playoff games come and really the Pats have a chance to do something extremely special. Both games will be huge challenges and really, winning one of them is probably the realistic expectation. But if they can win both, it will only cement how special this 2013 team really is.

As for 2014 though, there will be plenty to be excited about. Players coming back, young guys who got a lot of experience this year, and I’m sure some new faces as well.

But for now, we’re in the thick of it and I’m trying to savor it.

Yeah I don’t know how much choice they have than to spread the Dolphins out and try to go fast. Ridley really sparked the Pats in the first game, having success when the starter Blount didn’t. Ridley’s hard runs really got them going and even opened things up for Blount, who had success later in the game.

But figure a lot of 12 personnel with Mulligan in as a blocker. The Dolphins didn’t have to deal with Vereen the first time, he’s a mismatch for them. And for all the talk about the Pats missing Gronk, his game against Miami the first time he didn’t make much of an impact.

I think Ridley-Mulligan-Edelman-Amendola-Thompkins (assuming he’s healthy) will be the primary offense.