- The Offense: After moving the ball well and scoring on their first possession, the next two quarters are awful. Protection is not good, Peyton goes down four times, there are too many dropped passes, and no run game to speak of. The offense is totally hot and cold, controlling the line of scrimmage on one series and completely getting blown off the ball on another.
- The Defense: Three-and-out to start the game. Interesting to see Silva at CB on third-and-three. They can’t do anything right in the second quarter as Brady burns them play after play after play and scores at will in the second. But they turn the tide in the fourth on consecutive, critical stops. DFree has one of his worst games, statistically; Mathis has one of his better games and eventually draws double coverage. Melvin Bullitt gets a game ball… maybe two of them.
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