{"id":699483,"date":"2026-01-23T18:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/699483\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:14:14","slug":"2026-nfl-playoffs-roundtable-what-concerns-you-the-most-about-facing-the-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/699483\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Playoffs Roundtable: What concerns you the most about facing the Patriots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">I like all of the points the staff has made. I\u2019m going to head in another direction and say I\u2019m concerned about their defense. That\u2019s a well-coached unit that performs at a high level. The Patriots have been lights out in the playoffs and rattled both Justin Herbert and C.J. Stroud. Their interior defensive line is very good and generates a lot of pressure. They have been forcing turnovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Denver needs to find a way to be efficient on offense. That\u2019s why I\u2019m anxious to see whether or not Luke Wattenberg starts at center. Will he be able to make a full-go of it going head-to-head with Christian Barmore and Milton Williams? Those two are top-notch players. Or will the Broncos have to rely on Alex Forsyth or Sam Mustipher at some point in time to snap the ball and protect Jarrett Stidham? This is a game where the offensive line is going to have to bring it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I like all of the points the staff has made. I\u2019m going to head in another direction and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[1151,7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-699483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-denver-broncos-news","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115945777780729574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}