Originally Posted by Bansheelinks

Faulk basically had the ball ripped from him by Courtney Brown, which is a forced fumble by the defense, and Denver's punter, Sauerbrun, smashed the Patriot returner and caused the ball to come loose. Those are forced fumbles by the Broncos. Only Troy Brown muffed that 3rd fumble. Both teams are extremely hard hitting. Denver didn't sack Brady, but the hammered him all nite with blitzes. And that stays with a quarterback, no matter who you are. It causes panicked plays after that: see Bailey's interception when Brady rolled away from the pressure of a blitz.