FOXBORO – Mike Vrabel walked into his press conference with a little grin that said everything.

Then, he spoke the words anyway.

“It’s a funny league.”

Bingo.

The Patriots‘ 24-23 escape from the Falcons may have pushed their win streak to six and vaulted them into a tie for the best record in the NFL, but little about the second half of Sunday’s win felt like a team capable of such dominance.

It’s not that the Pats failed by not smashing Atlanta, like the Browns, Titans and Saints before them. Or that we should expect them to reduce all their opponents to rubble. It’s the fact the Patriots gift-wrapped a win, and the Falcons fumbled it away because they remain cursed beyond all comprehension.

Start with kicker and old pal Parker Romo, who sailed a game-tying extra point wide right af

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