FOXBOROUGH -- Forget the individual performances, the blocked field goal by Richard Seymour that would have put the Bears on the board first, and the 15 tackles between Vince Wilfork (8) and Ty Warren (7), because in the trenches, this game was about the defensive line as a whole. It was about the Patriots stopping the run when it counted, ... (Full article: 725 words)

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