A turnover, a trap play and Tom: How the Pats beat the Pack 

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - There was a playoff vibe in Sunday night's altogether engaging and very focused diversion between the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots.

What's more, the Patriots beyond any doubt looked ready to rock and roll for another push to the playoffs in chronicle a 31-17 triumph, in which they scored 14 unanswered focuses in the final quarter and that highlighted some natural staples.

There was razzle-amaze on offense in the final quarter - Julian Edelman tossing a cross-the-field go to running back James White, who ran 37 yards to set up the thumbs up touchdown. Truly, the old Kent State quarterback still can sling it.

"It's constantly pleasant to toss a pass. I'm simply distraught that James didn't get in [the end zone]. I would have had a superior detail line," Edelman broke. "I unquestionably felt the group get started up after that. It was a genuine swing in that spot."

The play started recollections of the twofold go in which Edelman associated with Danny Amendola on a 51-yard touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC divisional round of the playoffs on Jan. 11, 2015.

James White, who had 103 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, helped the Patriots win Sunday. Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports

At that point there was a swarming safeguard, which suppressed Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in basic circumstances and helped purchase time for quarterback Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense, which battled for stretches. The play of the diversion was 315-pound protective handle Lawrence Guy hustling down the field to convey a major hit on running back Aaron Jones to constrain a bumble in the final quarter, which cornerback Stephon Gilmore recuperated.

That was the defining moment, as the Patriots transformed a 17-17 tie into a triumph by dashing endlessly down the homestretch.

"Around then, it was huge for us to have," said Guy, one of the Patriots' unheralded players. "The huge thing about it not simply thumping the ball out, it's recouping the ball."

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Also, another sign of the win was that the Patriots did it without a portion of their key players.

Tight end Rob Gronkowski was idle due to back and lower leg wounds. (The Patriots have won the two recreations without Gronk this season, scoring 69.)

Likewise out was beginning right monitor Shaq Mason (calf), and his nonattendance appeared in the Patriots having a few issues in pass assurance against the Packers' imaginative conspiring.

Furthermore, new kid on the block running back Sony Michel (knee) additionally didn't play, which constrained wide recipient Cordarrelle Patterson into a second seven day stretch of crisis obligation at running back (his 5-yard hurrying TD was great). Edelman said it nearly feels like Little League football when players are used in various jobs, which, obviously, he knows well from prior in his profession when he played cornerback.

So on a night when Brady wasn't generally taking care of business, it required an entire collaboration to enable the Patriots to enhance to 7-2. That encourages them keep pace with the 8-1 Kansas City Chiefs - whom the Pats beat on Oct. 14 - in the AFC playoff race.

"The resistance played breathtaking - 17 points against that offense is incredible," Brady said. "They made some huge stops for us. Unpleasantly, we had some plays we as a whole might want to have completed significantly better occupation on, yet we made some plays in the final quarter when we expected to. Whenever you beat a decent football group, it feels better. It was an extraordinary group win."