Relative to its first four games, the Patriots defense issued an impressive response on Thursday night in the face of its self-made adversity.It almost didn’t make sense in that context. If the Patriots couldn’t get it right after six months, how would they improve a unit that was surrendering 32 points per game in just four days?

Howe: Patriots defense got back to basics and may have found some momentum

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