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Disrupting Tom Brady will be crucial for the Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs will play the first of back-to-back nationally-televised Sunday Night Football games on Sunday in Foxboro, Mass. They’ll face the defending AFC champion New England Patriots. The Chiefs will try to improve to 6-0 with a win.

Here are the keys to victory for the Chiefs on Sunday night.

Keys to victory

1. Disrupt Tom’s timing.

The Chiefs’ defense must find ways to keep Patriots quarterback Tom Brady out of a rhythm. Whether by being physical with receivers or through pressuring Brady with the pass rush — particularly up the middle, they’ve got to stop him from coming to the line of scrimmage, diagnosing and then picking the defense apart after the snap.