The Patriots have earned their bye week, to say the least.

They've gone essentially nonstop from late July to early December without a significant break. During that span of four-plus months, they've only lost two meaningful games, positioning themselves atop the AFC entering Week 14 .

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But for a team with aspirations of making a deep playoff run, the work never truly stops -- and the same goes for the Mailbag. As usual, you had plenty of questions about New England at the bye. Let's get to answering them.

Editor's Note: Some questions have been lightly edited for clarity.

Every team does it, Nonseq, but it's a good question for us to try to tackle this week. Defensively, I think the biggest thing for them wil

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