Another Pats Comeback, Gronk Out

It was as exciting a comeback as you could imagine. Pats overcome another very poor first half start to offset a 19-3 deficit into a 27-26 win. Great kicks by Stephen Gostkowski, but the on-side kick was a thing of beauty & for me the play of the game. A favorable pass interference call leading to the go ahead Brady-to-Amendola touchdown certainly helped, but we have been on the negative end of those calls as well. The old saying is that over a full season calls even out. Even though the Patriots improved to 10-3, playoffs hopes dwindled as Rob Gronkowski suffered what looked to be a season-ending knee injury. Gronk makes the offense so much better that, without him, the Pats will be hard pressed to find the end zone against better defenses in upcoming games with Miami & Baltimore. And, unlike the beginning of the season where the Pats defense stepped up, the porous Pats D now has trouble stopping the run & the pass as evidenced yesterday. It took a 58-yard field goal try to fall just yards short by the Browns to finalize yesterday's win as time ran out. Nice to be 10-3. But how many guys can go on IR before it's too much to withstand?