FOXBOROUGH — The good news is the Patriots are hosting the AFC Championship game next Sunday. The bad news is that there was not any development that came out of Sunday’s vanilla victory over the Houston Texans in the divisional playoffs that made you more confident a fourth Lombardi Trophy will be taking up residence at Patriot Place.
This game was the equivalent of an open-book test for the Patriots. The AFC title-game rematch with the Baltimore Ravens next Sunday at Gillette Stadium will not be the same, and neither will the Atlanta Falcons or San Francisco 49ers if the Patriots reach Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3.
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Gronkowski was like the edge you could never find. He was all world yes but he was also all injured. Its not like the Patriots are devastated by his loss. If anything Gronk has prepared this team to play without him. So lets forget about the Gronk factor ok? Can we beat the Ravens? Of course we can. They were the beneficiary of some pretty bad mistakes from Dan Marino... oh i mean Peyton Manning. Peyton has lost 11 playoff games. He is not a closer. Bring on the Ravens. They should worry about us.
When do the real football columnists start at the Globe?