The New England Patriots are one of the top teams in the AFC East and now that the New York Jets have defeated the New Orleans Saints, the Pats now will have to win to keep their lead going against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in Week 9 at Gillette Stadium and the game will be live online and on the radio streaming from CBS on TV at 4:25 in the national late game.
The Patriots come into the game with a win over Miami last week and they have alternated wins and losses the past month and now they will get the chance to make it two wins in a row and that comes after the team opened with four straight wins to start the season and then the team has a bye next week and the matchup after that week off will be against the Carolina Panthers and that game will be on Monday night football in Week 11 and that will be a national game and could be a very good matchup with the team playing better and after that is a huge matchup with the Denver Broncos and that will put the Patriots up against Peyton Manning and the matchup against Tom Brady could be the last in regular season play for quite some time and the back stretch is tough for the team. The Patriots come into the game banged up and Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski are expected to continue playing despite injuries.
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The Patriots and the Steelers usually play some intense games and they will have a nice matchup on Sunday in New England and it will be a nice test for the Pats, who have a top five passing defense this season and that will make things tough for a Pitt team that has not rushed the ball well. The Pats come in with one of the worst rush defenses in the league and the team will focus on that for Sunday's big matchup against the Steelers. The Patriots and the Steelers are two of the classic matchup in the AFC and while the Steelers may not make the playoffs this season, the Pats never overlook them.
The Patriots are dealing with injuries to Shane Vereen, Vince Wilfork and Tommy Kelly this season among many more and while they have not been as impressive on offense and the Steelers haven't on defense this season, the Week 9 matchup still should be very good. The two teams play the late game on CBS as one of the national games and the Patriots are hosting the Steelers in New England at Gillette Stadium and the game will be streaming live online from the NFL website.