FOXBOROUGH -- There would be plays that swallowed up more yardage, more electrifying gains that ignited roars from the crowd at Gillette Stadium last night, but in the grand scheme of things, a tidy 3-yarder midway through the third quarter carried a lot of weight. (Full article: 549 words)

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