Bill Belichick often talks about the importance of complementary football, so his choices for the team's plays of the week as part of his breakdown on the team's official website weren't a big surprise.

While focusing on the sequence at the end of the second quarter when the New England Patriots turned a 17-7 lead over the Bears into a 38-7 edge in short time, Belichick singled out:

1. Gray's running. With 4:02 remaining, running back Jonas Gray powered right for 17 yards while picking up blocks from tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Michael Hoomanawanui (YY wing), as well as right tackle Marcus Cannon. "I thought he ran really hard for us here,” Belichick said, noting it was a big part of a scoring drive to move the ball to midfield.

2. Play-action creates space. Belichick pointed out all the space in the middle of the field on Brandon LaFell's 17-yard catch, which was set up by play-action. "There's no way you could drop back without having the defenders drop into some kind of zones here and have this much space. The play-action really creates a good window for Tom [Brady]," he said.

3. Isolating Gronkowski's matchup. On Gronkowski's 2-yard touchdown catch, Belichick highlighted how Hoomanawanui split out wide to the right side and drew safety Ryan Mundy, which led Gronkowski to then split out wide to the opposite side, where linebacker Shea McClellin aligned over him. "That's another good matchup," Belichick said. "Tom found that."

4. Slater's recognition on ensuing kickoff. Belichick then showed the end-zone angle of the ensuing kickoff, which captured part of what makes special teams captain Matthew Slater a top player. His recognition of the blocking scheme helped thwart the return, pinning the Bears deep in their own territory.

5. Ayers' sack draws notice. After pinning the Bears deep, a sack by Akeem Ayers on second-and-6 came as a result of a strong inside rush by Jamie Collins and an initial corner blitz by Logan Ryan. Then Ayers cleaned it up. "We turned that field position into a negative play," Belichick said. "Nice job by Akeem coming in last week. First game, he picked it up pretty quickly. Worked hard."

6. Hustle plays by Gray and Slater on punt return. After the Patriots forced a three-and-out on defense, Julian Edelman's 42-yard punt return was reviewed, with Belichick noting Gray drawing a holding penalty and then hustling back to deliver a key block along with Slater. The punt return unit set up a wall and Edelman took it wide to the left side.

7. Two tight ends draw attention to open up outside. On LaFell's 9-yard touchdown catch, Belichick pointed out how the Bears show a blitz, and then the safeties cheated down on the tight ends over the middle. That left the outside open. "It's really one-on-one outside to LaFell -- great throw, catch," Belichick said.

8. Strip sack and scoop and score adds to lead. A strong inside rush by Dont'a Hightower helped break the pocket as Hightower wrapped up Jay Cutler, who then brought the ball up in an area where security was compromised. "[Zach] Moore kind of hits him from the back, [Dominique] Easley hits him from the front, gets his hand, pulls the ball out," Belichick said, noting the quick reactions of multiple defenders, led by Rob Ninkovich who raced 15 yards for a touchdown.

"It was a great sequence of big plays in all three phases of the game," Belichick said. "Being able to score 21 points in a minute that really changed the complexion of the game."