Don't forget about his performance the last time everyone said the Cowboys couldn't win.

All I have heard this week is how it is impossible for anyone, including the Dallas Cowboys, to beat the New England Patriots in Foxboro, and how Tom Brady hasn’t lost a home game since the 19^th Century. All this talk about how indomitable the Patriots are at home reminds me of when the New Orleans Saints were 13-0, and everyone was saying the Dallas Cowboys could never beat the undefeated Saints in their house.

1.  Can Rex Ryan’s defense hold Brady and the Pats to under 20 points?

The Patriots have scored at least 30 points in their last 14 games. The last team to hold them to less than 30 points was Rob Ryan’s Cleveland Browns. Only twice in the last 21 games have the Pats failed to score less than 20 points. Both games in which they failed to eclipse the 20 point mark were against coaches named Ryan.

Simple logic suggests that if Ryan could stop Brady & Co. with the Browns, he should be able to replicate that performance with the Cowboys because the Cowboys have better players on defense.

As I mentioned in a previous article, I am not convinced that Ryan deserves as much credit as he has received for shutting down the Pats in that game. (Click here to read that article)

I will be watching to see if Ryan can prove me wrong by devising a game-plan that confuses Brady and the Pats OL.

Writer’s Update: I just read this on Ellis’ blog at dc.com:

This week’s gameplan, characterized as “the kitchen sink” and “a head-scratcher” by Ryan’s own players on the Cowboys defense, is a credit to two defensive assistants, Ben Bloom and Dave Borgonzi, doing extensive research on the Pats.

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