...defensive side of the ball is just as stacked. Featuring perhaps the most feared linebacking corps in the league led by Mike Vrabel, who had three sacks last week and now has 7 1/2 on the year, the Patriots are allowing 268.5 yards and 15.9...

...the only Patriot with big game experience. Tedy Bruschi is making his fifth Super Bowl appearance. Richard Seymour, Mike Vrabel and Kevin Faulk are all heading to their fourth. And the list gets longer. In fact, five more players partook in...

...72-73 Dolphins; and the Chicago Bears of '33-'34 and '41-'42. Defenders Bruschi, Seymour, Willie McGinest, Mike Vrabel and Ty Law all have made clutch plays that have helped keep the streak going. McGinest, for example, sacked Peyton...