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PATRIOTS VS. JAGUARS |
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Patriots 31, Jaguars 20
(Globe Staff / Jim Davis)Tom Terrific
New England's perfect team has a perfect quarterback and Tom Brady threw a near-perfect game in a playoff victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Jackie MacMullan
Maroney's night precisely what they needed
He was silent for seven straight days, allowing him plenty of free time to take note of the gushing testimonials given on behalf of Jacksonville running backs Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew. (Boston Globe)
Bob Ryan
Nothing about this one came easy
That was work. The Jaguars had talked and talked, and once they got here they walked the walk. Big, tough, mean, and fearless, they played a game that would have beaten anyone else. (Boston Globe)
Inside the game
Long and short of it:
switch to short passes worked
In basketball terms, this was a fast-break team proving it could win a half-court battle.
Watson was a surprise weapon
With Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Donte' Stallworth, and even Jabar Gaffney, the Jacksonville Jaguars can't be blamed for not paying too much attention to tight end Benjamin Watson.
Easy to get caught up in all the excitement
It was an innocuous moment, a pass that glanced off Benjamin Watson early in the second half of a tight game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. (By Amalie Benjamin, Boston Globe)
Defense taken on some long drives
All week long, the Patriots were asked about the Jacksonville Jaguars and whether the AFC's fifth-seeded team posed, perhaps, the toughest draw in last night's divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium. (Boston Globe, 1/13/08)
Patriots Notebook
Dimitroff new Falcons GM
The Patriots' success has created opportunities for assistants to become head coaches elsewhere in recent years, and now it's stretched into the scouting department. (By Mike Reiss and Christopher L. Gasper, Boston Globe)
Jaguars are left with short end
After Tom Brady's pass completion streak ended at 16 on the Patriots' first possession of the second half, the Jacksonville Jaguars might have thought they would remain in contention last night. (By Frank Dell'Apa, Boston Globe)