Looking at Sunday night’s showdown against the Chargers, the Patriots head into the postseason quietly having done one key thing that often decides how far a team goes in the playoffs.
They’re playing good football, and they’ve been improving week-to-week during the path that got them to this point.
The win on the road in Baltimore back in Week 16 was probably one of the more impressive feats, especially given how depleted they’ve been on defense. Having been without linebacker Robert Spillane and Milton Williams for the majority of the final weeks of the season, they struggled stopping the run but got enough support on the offensive side of the ball to walk out of there with a 28-24 win over the Ravens.