Monday night was basically an early Christmas present for Pats fans. With the Broncos falling to the Bengals, the Patriots clinched the #1 seed and home field throughout the playoffs. That's right...the road to the Super Bowl officially runs through Foxboro. 'Tis a lovely sound.
Home field advantage is obviously huge, considering what happened when we went to Denver last season for the AFCCG. We won't get into that. But this season, something just feels different. I'm one of the most superstitious people on the planet, so I have to be careful what I say. But, in my honest opinion, I don't think it would've mattered where the Patriots have to play this postseason, whether it was at home or on the road. They want it too bad this year.
Though our last 3 wins haven't been pretty or high-scoring games, we've still shown that we can play and win, despite, well mainly, slow starts and poor offensive line play. The Patriots haven't looked unbeatable the past 3 weeks, and they haven't played bad teams/easy games, either. Honestly, Sundays game against the Jets was a little too close for comfort and could've easily gone either way. But...what matters most is that they pull it together when it really counts, and come away with the win. Sound familiar? Pretty similar to Pats' championship teams of years past, eh? The '03 and '04 seasons, anyone?
On another note, who's ready to see Jimmy Garoppolo in action this week? I'm pretty excited to see how the potential future-face of the Patriots plays against such a good defense. Luckily, we're at home and the game doesn't really matter, thanks to Cinci getting it done on Monday night!
Again, thank you, Bengals. Well done.
As always, GO PATS.
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