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          Tedy Bruschi Patriots chat recap

          • Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterDec 22, 2014, 12:10 PM ET
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              Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.
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          Every day after the New England Patriots play a game, Tedy Bruschi hosts a chat on ESPNBoston.com. Today's chat kicked off at 11 a.m., can be recapped here, and included some of the following topics:

          1. Recapping struggles against the Jets and why the Patriots' mindset simply should be "survive and advance."

          2. Highlighting offensive line struggles, but also some quality adjustments that the unit made.

          3. Blitz concepts that worked against the Patriots, and how the Patriots also have them in their system.

          4. If Denver loses tonight, does Bill Belichick play the starters next Sunday against the Bills?

          5. Tedy makes his pick in tonight's Broncos-Bengals game, to be played in Cincinnati.

          6. Dont'a Hightower and the defense coming up with big plays.

          7. Are Patriots coaches overthinking things? Of course they are. This is what they do.

          8. No surprise here -- it's late in the season and high-scoring offenses across the NFL, not just in New England, are slowing down.