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November 7, 2007

Projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young: The noise didn't help

Click here to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: the gamesmanship of the Patriots-Colts rivalry; crowd noise conspiracy theory; the increasing chances of a perfect season; the toughest remaining tests; the wisdown of playing for perfection; giving the players a rest on the bye week; and, of course, Don Shula.

Here are some excerpts from Shalise's comments.

Do the Patriots and Colts players particularly dislike each other? "I don't think there's necessarily dislike between the players. There's definitely some things between the organizations. ... But for the players, when they're between the lines all they want to do is win. ... They're just two very good teams, and they know that one has to beat the other, more than likely, to get to the ultimate goal at the end of the season."

The quest for perfection: "The biggest threat that I see for them, going forward, is the Steelers. That game is here at home, but the Steelers put on a heck of a show against the Ravens the other night. ... It seemed like as soon as the ball was snapped they were on the ball. Ben Roethlisberger is a good enough quarterback -- if he can put up just enough points, and if the Pittsburgh defense gets to Tom Brady early and often, and maybe they hold the Patriots to just 14 points. ... the Steelers seem like they're good enough that they could put up 17. It may be one of those lower scoring games, or lower-scoring for the Patriots."

The bye week schedule: "They had some meetings yesterday, and that's it -- the guys are free to go wherever they want, do whatever they want. ... They're not due back at Gillette Stadium until Monday morning. Belichick if I had to guess will probably take Monday to work on some fundamental, basic things on the field, use it as a teaching day, and then they will have Tuesday off like they usually do, and then Wednesday they'll get right into game planning for Buffalo."

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