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Remember the Patriots

By Cris Carter, Yahoo! Sports
December 9, 2005

The Colts and Bengals have grabbed all the headlines in the AFC. Both can clinch division titles and Indianapolis can also secure home-field advantage by beating the Jaguars.

Flying below the radar are the Patriots, who can clinch the AFC East crown on Sunday with a win over Buffalo and a Dolphins loss.

It's hard to make a lot of New England because the Pats are banged up and they're playing in a division that is really down this year. But they're still the defending champions, and to me, they can be a frightening team in the playoffs.

New England isn't going to go all the way. But in the wild-card round, the Patriots will be playing at home and we know what they can do at Gillette Stadium from what they've accomplished there three out of the last four years. So you have to be concerned about them in the postseason.