Ahead of this year’s training camp, New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel explained that he was looking at his team’s performances in three categories. There is the good, the bad, and, as he called it, the s—t that gets you beat.

The Patriots’ 24-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday saw a bit of everything in that regard. There was some definitive good football, especially early on, but the team lost momentum in the late second quarter and only barely hang on in the end.

And so, if the coach wants to look at the Patriots through the three categories he established, who are we to disagree? Let’s break down the Week 9 game in exactly that manner.

The good: Third down success

Even though the game turned into a dog fight down the stretch that easily could have ended with a diffe

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