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The Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi and CLNS Media’s John Zannis cover Giardi’s film notes from the Patriots’ win at Tampa Bay, the Pats’ growing lead in the AFC East and the steps they took to becoming instant Super Bowl contenders.<\/p>\n

00:00 Intro
\n1:00 Are the Patriots Legitimate Super Bowl Contenders?
\n11:00 Giardi: Patriots Ahead of schedule
\n14:35 Why were Patriots Able to Beat the Bucs?
\n21:20 Assessing Drake\u2019s Maye\u2019s Performance vs Bucs
\n39:16 What people missed from the Patriots Offense\/Defense
\n50:15 Studs and Duds from Sunday\u2019s Win Over Tampa
\n59:39 Leftover Thoughts from Patriots vs Bucs
\n1:02:00 Should Patriots UNLEASH Kyle Williams?
\n1:05:25 Patriots vs Jets Early Preview
\n1:06:00 Jets are NO THREAT
\n1:08:30 OK, Let me Have it<\/p>\n

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The Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi and CLNS Media’s John Zannis cover Giardi’s film notes from the Patriots’ win at Tampa Bay, the Pats’ growing lead in the AFC East and the steps they took to becoming instant Super Bowl contenders. 00:00 Intro 1:00 Are the Patriots Legitimate Super Bowl Contenders? 11:00 Giardi: Patriots Ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":149538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24807,3333,18863],"tags":[214,3622,210],"yoast_head":"\nHow Patriots became real Super Bowl contenders | Pats Interference - CLNS Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Boston Sports Journal's Mike Giardi and CLNS Media's John Zannis cover Giardi's film notes from the Patriots win at Tampa Bay.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/how-patriots-became-real-super-bowl-contenders-pats-interference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Patriots became real Super Bowl contenders | Pats Interference - 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