I think there was a little too much asked of [the offensive line]. They were asking to pass protect a little longer than they have in the last few weeks. The quick passing game had been a bigger aspect of the game-plan the past few weeks. The Patriots also believe they can’t do the same thing each week because they don’t want opponents to know what was coming. So they’ll throw a curveball. They’ll say, ‘We have to have this part of the game to be successful.’ In this game, it was the intermediate to deep passing game. But once again, there were situations where the OL couldn’t hold up long enough.
Tedy Bruschi