Published on Saturday, February 13, 2010
By TOM KING
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - For the second straight week, the New England Patriots are facing a second-year quarterback.
If they do the job today at Gillette Stadium against Baltimore's Joe Flacco that they did last week against Atlanta's Matt Ryan, chances are they'll like the results at the end of the afternoon.
The biggest thing they've done so far in the first three games is they've not allowed a lot of plays to be run by the offenses, Flacco said of the Patriots, who are 2-1 compared to the Ravens' 3-0 mark. But they haven't allowed their opponents' offenses to be on the field that long and therefore they haven't really scored too much.
Anytime you can keep the offense off the field, it's going to obviously help you. One of the biggest things for us is going to be able to make sure we convert on third downs and we try to keep ourselves on the field as long as possible, so we can get as many plays and give ourselves as many chances as we need
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