Week 13-Steel Defense

The Patriots got utterly wiped out last Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Patriots started out strong, in the first quarter, but then floundered miserably the rest of the game. It was rainy, it was wet, and slippery, and just plain bad weather. Not to use that as an excuse, as the Steelers had to play in the exact same thing, but I do think our chances may have been slightly better in good weather. But hey, we can say that in any case and it doesn't matter. What matters is it did rain, and we lost real bad. The Patriots headed into the half tied at ten. What was bad, was that the Pats missed three chances in the endzone and a field goal right before the end of the half. Once they returned at the half, the Patriots never score again. They committed five total turnovers and allowed the Steelers to rack up twenty-three unanswered points.
Though the loss was painful, the Patriots lucked out with the New York Jets losing to the Broncos at the same time. This keeps the Patriots only one game behind with four games left in the season. The Patriots need to get their act together, because their playoff chances are getting dimmer, and they can't allow another loss. They play three losing teams out of their last four, so they should easily be able to fly through and take four wins...hopefully. We still have a chance of going 11-5 as a final record, and playoffs or not, that isn't bad without Tom Brady as our quarterback. Go Pats!