[mtbykr]

The pats def have area's where they can improve...but i think the Baltimore game had more to do with fatigue than anything else. They had played 3 prime-time games in a row and you could tell they were tired...they looked much better in the pitt game. One thing the pats have always done is employ that 'bend but don't break' philosophy. They will give up yards to keep the plays in front of them and not allow the big play.....this is why you will seem things change when teams get into the redzone because the pats aren't protecting against a longer play. They do this to prevent getting burned by the big play, also trusting that at points in the game they will get the 3 and out or the turnover that swings the game.