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Feels like it right now after all these comebacks. But doing it in the regular season against the Browns and Texans is one thing. Doing it in the playoffs is something else entirely.

I still feel like we don’t know exactly who these Patriots are. Are they more the team we’ve seen in the first halves lately? Or more the team we’ve seen in the second halves?

I’m excited imagining they’re more the second half team, but if they’re closer to the first half team it will be hard to criticize them for it given what they’ve endured. 

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.