Patriots-Seahawks preview: Old-school matchup will be won with defense originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO -- What the Bengals offense experienced in Week 1 was a wave of Patriots tacklers smothering them into submission.
That was by design. You may catch the football on us, DeMarcus Covington's defense seemed to say, but you won't be getting far after the fact. The Patriots had the third-best yards-after-catch figure allowed in the NFL's season-opening week (3.4 yards) with a rally-to-the-ball mindset that featured big hits from players across their defense.