Patriots Look to Improve Playoff Standing
This Sunday is the final week of the NFL regular season and the Patriots (11-4/5-0) host their long-time rival the Miami Dolphins (7-8/2-3) at Gillette Stadium. It is an important game for New England so don’t expect head coach Bill Belichick to be resting or protecting any players by sitting them unless the game is out of control either way.
With a Patriots win on Sunday they could possibly improve the playoff seeding. A win clinches the 3rd seed but more importantly when you couple that with losses by Houston and/or Denver it will improve the teams playoff seed and give them a bye.
If the Patriots win and either Houston loses at Indianapolis or Denver loses at home to Kansas City, New England is the 2nd seed in the AFC. That’s because the Patriots own head-to-head wins over both the Texans and the Broncos.
If the Patriots win and BOTH Houston and Denver lose then New England is the 1st seed in the AFC and home field adva...
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Bill Belichick,
Vince Wilfork,
Tom Brady,
Jermaine Cunningham,
Kamar Aiken,
James Develin,
Tony Logan,
Jeremiah Warren,
Josh Mcdaniels,
Wes Welker,
Stevan Ridley,
Danny Woodhead,
Rob Gronkowski,
Jerod Mayo,
Kyle Arrington,
Trevor Scott,
Chandler Jones,
Tracy White,
Brandon Deaderick,
Nate Ebner,
Niko Koutouvides,
Brandon Bolden,
Mike Rivera,
Chad Henne
TEAMS: Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars
TEAMS: Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars
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