Brandon Spikes' presence in the middle could be the difference in Super Bowl XLVI. (Photo: ICON SMI)
NEPD Editor: Doug Kyed
I took on the offensive positional breakdown yesterday, today I’ll concentrate on the defense, special teams and coaching to see who has the overall advantage in Super Bowl XLVI.
Patriots vs Ravens: The Game that Killed Twitter
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
Wow, talk about one of the all time greats. The Patriots are going to Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.
The Pats might not have played their best game, but in the end, they got it done in the style they have all year: bend, but don’t break.
The team that never seems to be able to block kicks, and never seems to get the benefit of missed kicks finally did it.
Here are some very quick hit thoughts on the game:
Rob Ninkovich was a key part of stopping the Broncos offense cold.
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
All season we’ve waited for the Patriots to put it all together and play their best for sixty minutes, on Saturday night, we finally saw it.
Somehow, the game was even more dominant than the 45-10 score makes it seem. As Ty Law said on Comcast Sports Net, the Patriots made the Broncos look like a college team.
Before we get into next week’s much tougher matchup against the Ravens, here are my six keys to Saturday’s victory:
Rob Gronkowski will be a big part of duplicating the Patriots earlier 31-20 victory this Sunday Night.
NEPD Staff Writer Doug Kyed:
You know what guys, I’m going into this game pessimistically optimistic. Meaning: I know the Patriots can win, but if I don’t expect them to, minimal damage will be done to my apartment. No throwing chairs, no throwing lids of storage ottomans across the room.
Here’s some things I’ll be looking for Sunday night.
We’d encourage all NEPD readers to take a look at helping Vince take the fight to Diabetes.
(Boston,Massachusetts) September 16, 2011 - Bianca & Vince Wilfork and Joslin Diabetes Center will be “Tackling Diabetes” with the support of EMD Millipore during this year’s Patriots season, raising money for the Vince Wilfork Foundation and Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund.
Please read on for how you can help.
Ty Warren and Vince Wilfork look forward to working with newly-signed Gerard Warren.
As I’m sure many of you already know, the Patriots have a penchant for drafting first-round players whose last names start with “W” or “M”. (McCourty, Mayo, Meriweather, Mankins, Maroney, Wilfork, Warren, Watson…) Two of those players, Vince Wilfork and Ty Warren have made up two-thirds of the starting defensive line for the past few years.
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