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Another improbable win for New EnglandThat’s the question that a lot of people wanted answered Monday. How did the New England Patriots come back from 24 down to beat Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 34 31 in overtime on a frigid Sunday night at Gillette Stadium?Maybe you turned the game off at the half, or earlier. Maybe you fell asleep and didn’t see the three touchdown passes by Tom Brady in the second half, Manning’s clutch drive in the final minutes of regulation, the botched punt by the Broncos in overtime and Stephen Gostkowski’s game winning 31 yard field goal. Maybe you, like a lot of other folks, kept watching and simply couldn’t believe what you were seeing unfold.We’ve asked that question before of Brady and these Patriots. Time and again over his career, he has somehow pulled out an improbable victory. Thirty nine times, in fact, he’s pulled out a game in the fourth quarter or overtime. But this one? This one might be the most unlikely.Down 24 0 at the half? To Peyton Manning? To the NFL’s most fearsome offense?So how did they Max Unger Elite Jersey do it?In a happy but subdued locker room, the Patriots spoke of one thing: Belief. In each other. In themselves. In the system. In their coaches.That’s the essence of football. You’ve got to believe that your teammates the guys next to you, behind you, in front of you are going to do their job. You just have to do yours.You’ve got to believe that your coach, Bill Belichick, is going to make the right decisions, even if that means taking the wind at your back, Max Unger Limited Jersey instead of the ball, to start the overtime.And when that happens, when everything clicks, that’s when things like Sunday night’s comeback happen.That’s when guys like Dane Fletcher, a back up linebacker who missed all of 2012 after suffering a knee injury in the final preseason game, can introduce himself www.seahawksofficialprostore.com/WOMENS-KAM-CHANCELLOR-JERSEY.html to a national audience with a bone rattling tackle that forced a Montee Ball fumble that swung the momentum decisively in New England’s favor early in the third quarter.That’s when guys Bruce Irvin Seahawks Jersey like Nate Ebner, a relatively unknown second year special teams player, can make the biggest play of his life and say it was nothing special because he was simply doing what he’s taught to do every day in practice."It’s fun when people play well and it’s even more fun when the whole team can enjoy it, when everybody has a chance to contribute,’’ said Gostkowski. "That’s what brings teams together, wins like that. At least I feel that way."You’ve been in games where the offense plays well www.seahawksofficialprostore.com/WOMENS-DOUG-BALDWIN-JERSEY.html and the defense doesn’t, or the defense plays well and the offense doesn’t, or the special teams play well and someone else doesn’t. But when everybody contributes, everybody can share a piece in (the win). That’s what football is all about. It’s the ultimate team sport and tough to win without everybody playing well.’’Even down 24 0 to Manning, the Patriots believed they could win because they are unwilling to accept any other outcome."As long as there’s still time left on that clock, we’re going to fight,’’ said cornerback Kyle Arrington. "No matter what the deficit is, no matter how insurmountable the odds might seem to be to anyone on the outside looking in, we know the character of the Bruce Irvin Womens Jersey guys in this locker room and we’re going to battle.’’To a man, the Patriots said their was no panic in the locker room a the half. No shouting. No finger pointing. Being down 24 0 to anyone, let alone Manning, is daunting. But the Patriots knew they could do better, that they had to do better.