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Patriots now know what to expect against 49ers

Looking back at the Patriots’ 41-34 loss to the 49ers Sunday night, you’re left with a bit of an odd feeling.

On the whole, outside of a dismal special teams performance, the Patriots didn’t play poorly, even when falling behind, 31-3. They certainly weren’t dominated, though superb 49ers end Justin Smith was tough to handle before suffering an injury.

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Greg, paragraph 8, first sentence.  Replace the "for" in mid sentence with the "from" dangling at the end of the sentence and it might read a bit more smoothly.  

So now they know?  Weren't they supposed to know before?

Incredible, how they set out to punch the football free from the minute their feet hit the turf. Never saw such a concentrated team effort to steal the ball.