Week 14-Squeezing Out Of Seattle

The Patriots played a game that should have been an easy swipe-through victory. Instead, they had to play a hard-fought, pad-breaking battle to barely pull out a victory, 24-21.
The Seattle Seahawks, who are out of the playoff race, has nothing really to play for, except to ruin other teams' playoff hopes. They gave the Pats are run, leading the game until the last two minutes. The Patriots struggled defensively, with older linebackers filling in, including newly signed Junior Seau, and Rosevelt Colvin. Both played without a full week of practice, which just shows how low the Pats are for depth in the linebacker field. The Pats also had to start a rookie at cornerback.
Quarterback, Matt Cassel continued to show more improvement, completing twelve passes to Wes Welker.
As far as the playoff outlook goes, the Patriots chances got a hair better. With the divisional leading Jets taking a second straight loss, the Patriots and Jets are tied at 8-5. But, however, the Dolphins have won four straight away games and have also tied with the Pats and Jets. What has resulted is a three way tie for the division, with the Bills barely alive at 6-7. Statistically, the Dolphins can take the division no matter what, if they win all their remaining games. Hopefully that does not happen and the Patriots sweep through instead. The Patriots look to have the easiest remaining schedule, but have had problems winning more than two games in a row this season.
Wildcard hopes are slim with Indianapolis and Baltimore winning, but it is still possible. Right now, the Patriots just need to focus on winning games, and see how they squeeze out in the end.