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Second-year defensive tackle Sealver Siliga has become an important run-stuffing presence for the Patriots who should play extended snaps in today’s AFC Championship Game. One of the reasons he’s emerged from practice squad player to starter is one-on-one tutoring with head coach Bill Belichick. When Siliga was on the practice squad from mid-October to mid-November, there were a few times that he was invited to the team hotel the night before games by Belichick, who went over film with him for about an hour each time. Maybe it’s commonplace for head coaches to spend such one-on-one time with practice squad players, but that was the first I’ve heard of it.