Can the Pats patchwork secondary hold together?
Bill Belichick doesn’t know what he has in the secondary. Ty Law has missed most of the season with a broken bone in his foot, and he won’t be able to test it out in a game until the second round of the playoffs. One of Belichick’s toughest decisions is whether to start him out as a nickel defensive back or a starter. Without Law, the Patriots don’t have a shut-down cornerback. They can use the bye week to rest Asante Samuel (shoulder), Eugene Wilson (thigh), Earthwind Moreland (abdomen), Randall Gay (arm) and Dexter Reid (shoulder). The Patriots were so banged up in the season-finale that they had to start linebacker Don Davis at strong safety. For two months, the Patriots have been able to get by with Davis as a nickel safety and Troy Brown as a nickel cornerback. Can they get away with that in the playoffs against a top offense like the Colts? That’s the big question. Further complicating things is the knee injury to defensive end Richard Seymour. When he was hurt in Week 16, the in
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