There are many things that separate a Super Bowl team from an also-ran.
Injuries. Great coaching. The schedule. Talent. Pure, dumb luck.
Sometimes, it just comes down to taking advantage of the few opportunities afforded you.
The Patriots did that Monday night, when Pierre Woods and Brandon Meriweather stripped away the ball and Buffalo's hopes of a week one upset.
Staring down the line at Buffalo's "hands" team, Stephen Gostkowski looked as though he wanted to put the ball into the parking lot in order to keep the clock above the two-minute mark.
With the kick knuckling to the goal line, the Bills return man, Leodis McKelvin, perhaps questionably, took the ball from inside his own endzone, and looked to give his team great field position with a strong return.
But, especially in the ...
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