Chiefs vs Patriots

Coming off of a dissapointing loss at the hands of the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs hoped to make a statement in their week 11 matchup with the Patriots. This, however, did not happen. With the first well under the way the Chiefs managed to hold off the Patriots offense and put up the first score of the game with a 26 yard field goal taking the lead 3-0. This score managed to remain intact for the rest of the first quarter. As the second quarter began Tom Brady and the Patriots offense marched down the field like we have seen so many times this year, ending with the games first touchdown, a 52 yard pass from Tom Brady to Rob Gronkowski. This touchdown turned out to be only the begining for the Patriots. The defense was able to shut down the Chiefs for the rest of the quarter while the offense put up a field goal ending the first half with a 10-3 lead. Although the Chiefs were able to stay within reach of the game in the first half, the were not able to succeed in the doing the same in the second. It was all Patriots for the rest of the game putting up 17 more points in the third quarter( two touchdown and a field goal). The Patriots tacked on one more touchdown in the fourth quarter to complete a dominating victory over the Chiefs

New England Patriots vs New York Jets

The Patriots vs Jets is without a doubt the strongest rivalry in the NFL right now. The hype leading up to this game is huge as always but there has been a lack of trash talk even with a Jets coach (Rex Ryan) who seems to talk trash more than he actually coaches. As the game kicked off and the first quarter progressed the Patriots sent a message with their defense giving up zero points while Gostkowski added on two field goals to end the quarter with the Patriots leading 6-0. The Jets came back immediately in the second quarter with a forced safety early to get on the board 6-2. The Jets offense were able to tack on a two yard touchdown run from Mark Sanchez to take the lead 6-9. Running the two minute drill that he has become famous for Tom Brady marched the Patriots down the field. Then with only 9 seconds left in the quarter Brady hit Rob Gronkowski in the end zone taking the lead as the second quarter ended, 16-9. The Third quarter had the Patriots picking up right where they left off adding on ten more point with a Brady touchdown and Gostowski field goal. The defense also showed more of the same shutting down the Jets in the quarter for the second time in the game. At the start of the fourth quarter the Patriots had a commanding 23-9 lead. Going in to desperation the Jets were able to add on one more touchdown cutting the Patriots lead to only 7 points. Responding well, the offense came right back adding on another touchdown making it a two possesion game.Then with their backs against the wall and the fourth quarter running out Mark Sanchez cracked underneathe th pressure and threw a pick six to Ninkovich securing the win for the Patriots increasing their record to 6-3.

New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 8 game between the Patriots and the Steelers was one of the most hyped games of the season so far. In the middle of all the hype was the two quarterbacks was Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady with people wanting to see who would reign superior in this matchup of two elite quarterbacks. With the Steelers recieving first they made short work of the inexperienced Patriots defense scoring the first touchdown of the game thanks to a 5 yard pass to Rashad Mendenhall. The Patriots were shutdown by the Steelers defense ending the first quarter with a score of 7-0. The Steelers struck first again with a a 33 yard field goal increasing their lead to 10-0. The Patriots were able to come back thanks to an interception by Devin McCourtey in Pittburgh territory. Tom Brady was able to hook up with Deion Branch to bring the Patriots within 3 points of the Steelers. Unfortunatley it was all Steelers from there ending the first quarter leading 17-10. The second half was more of the same. The Steelers were able to dominate the Patriots offense holding them to no points in the second quarter while adding on a field goal by their offense. As time ran down on the fourth quarter the Patriots went in to desperation mode. An early field goal put the Steelers up by 13 points making it a two possesion game. With only two minutes left Brady was able to drive the Patriots down the field for another touchdown but it proved to be to little to late as the Steelers were able to recover an onside kick attempt and let the clock run down ending in a 23-17 victory.

Bye Week

As the NFL schedule falls each team receives a bye week and it was the Patriots turn. Coming off of a long and tough game against the Cowboys, the Patriots, need it more than ever. This is going to give the team much needed rest and time to prepare for their toughest game of the season next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It is going to be a clash of the top offense in the league against the legendary Dick LaBeau led defense of the Steelers. Coming in to the week the Steelers are only allowing only 17 points per game and only 270 yards per game coming in 2nd and 3rd in those categories.

As the papers have shown all week this is going to come down to a matchup between two of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL, Roethlishberger and Brady. Both are multiple super bowl champs and both are highly praised for their skill sets. Coming in to this game more pressure falls upon Roethlisberger to show up because Brady is portrayed as Gods Gift to football(which he is) and is widely considered the best quarterback in the NFL. Look for the Steeler offense to come out strong with a couple of deep balls from the big arm of Big Ben.