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 distinct categories. There is the good, the bad, and, as he called it, the s—t that gets you beat.

Sunday’s 28-23 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers saw plenty of all three, with the good naturally winning out in the end. Still, if the coach wants to look at the Patriots through the three categories he established, who are we to disagree? So, let’s break down the Week 10 game in exactly that manner.

The good: X-plays

Even though the Patriots were missing their field stretcher at the wide receiver position, Kayshon Boutte, due to a hamstring injury, they still managed to generate several chunk plays both in the passing and in the running gam

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