FOXBORO — Few teams, if any, in the National Football League place a greater premium on special teams than the New England Patriots.
Therefore, when a Patriot commits a mistake in the game’s all-important third phase, its reverberation is felt from the northern tip of Aroostook County, Maine to the southern shores of Westerly, Rhode Island.
Following a crucial stop on 3rd and 14 early in the fourth quarter of their Thanksgiving night matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, Pats rookie Pierre Strong, Jr. assertively attempted to block the kick from Vikings’ punter Ryan Wright on 4th and 3.