Let me point this out about when these two teams met last time. For the Pats right Guard Stephen Neal and right tackle Nick Kaczur(both starters on the O line) were out of that game and also both tight ends(watson,Brady) did not play that game. Does this mean something? I will leave the experts on here to debate whether this plays into the game or not.

I am not going to bet this game because I will have too much rooting interest to look at it fairly.My hometown team has a chance to make history and I must admit that the thought of that has me looking at this game through rose colored glasses. As much as I want to see a competitve game(who doesn't if you are going to spend close to 4 hours watching something), I see this as a similar situation to when San Francisco played the Chargers in the super bowl(55-10). I hope it is more like the 49ers-Bengals game(20-16).

Take care and good luck

lillefty