Patriots vs. Seahawks: Full Report Card Grades for New England

November 14, 2016   ·   Lee Schechter   ·   Jump to comments

Let's start with the good news. The NFL finally put a great product in primetime. 
The Patriots and the Seahawks (with a shoutout to the Cowboys) are possibly the two best teams in the NFL, and to see Super Bowl-caliber teams go down to the wire is exactly what we needed to see. If the Patriots came away with a win, it might have been just a little bit sweeter. 
Wins aren't easy to come by in the NFL unless you are the Patriots, but on Sunday night, Pete Carroll got the best of his former team that spoiled his chance at a second Super Bowl win. It was only fitting that another exciting battle between these top teams ended with another series of goal-line heroics. This time, it wasn't in the Patriots' favor. 
There were ups and downs all game long for New England, but the biggest issues happened on the defense. 
In the wake of the Jamie Collins trade, we can all point fingers, but Collins wouldn't have made a difference in this one. The defensive ...

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