Sunday's 23-17 win over the Ravens has to go down as one of Bill Belichick's best in awhile as he had a tremendous gameplan and got his team to buy in and execute.
Despite the Ravens coming in at 6-2 and the Patriots 3-5, New England dominated the line of scrimmage from start to finish and clearly were able to frustrate the visitors at time.
Speaking after the game about Belichick, Cam Newton raved about how whatever he says during the week usually comes up in the game and referred to him as the "football whisperer."
“Listen, everything that coach [Belichick] coaches throughout the week, it tends to come up and I am beginning to think he either has like a Staples easy button or a Buffalo Wild Wings button, or just a straight direct line to the football gods because he’s like a football whisperer when it comes to anticipating what the game is going to be like -- how we need to win and things like that," Newton said. "I am extremely impressed with that.
“But for me, keep trying to find ways to keep this team in a manageable situation offensively is one of the things that I have to keep doing and keep doing a better job of.”
Newton and the Patriots offense did not turn the ball over for the second straight week, which was very impressive considering the rainy and windy conditions. The Patriots are now 71-9 since 2008 when they don't turn the ball over.
The Patriots are now back in the playoff picture at 4-5 and two games out of the No. 5-9 spots in the AFC.
