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Improv in New Jersey; Patriots' defense must remain patient against freelancing Brett Favre.(SPORTS)

Article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Article date: September 14, 2008

Byline: Rich Garven

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Every NFL team is motivated come game day, but the Patriots always seem to have an extra well to tap into.

Sometimes it's real, as was the case in Super Bowl XXXVI when the Patriots were decided underdogs to the Rams. Sometimes it's manufactured, as has been the case innumerable times during Bill Belichick's watch.

The Patriots face the Jets at 4:15 p.m. today in a nationally televised game that was to showcase two players who are only on the field at the same time during a ...

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