Patriots Offensive Line, who gets the advantage?
The Patriots have had their problems against these two. Usually, they have blocked one, but forgot about the other. It’s an extremely hard task to do both. Mathis has four sacks in the last three games against the Patriots. Freeney hasn’t had that success, but has generated double and triple teams, so it’s respectable that he doesn’t get all those sacks. The offensive linemen of the Patriots will need to block this duo of defensive ends if they don’t want Brady to be on his back all game long. Freeney and Mathis have the advantage though simply since they are the best duo of pass rushers in the game today and if you stop one, you won’t be able to stop another. Who Wins and why? This game is going to come down which team makes the bigger plays at the most critical times of the game. Both coaches know entering this game will be a challenge. “They (the Pats) are a good team, arguably playing as well as anybody and it’s a tough place to play,” Colts coach Jim Caldwell said. “It’s always be