The Patriots’ First Shot

Good morning! The First Shot provides you with a healthy helping of links to the top Patriots-related stories around the internet to get your day started. Enjoy your breakfast, your coffee, put on your favorite Patriots jersey, and “Tebow” in it for a Patriots victory later tonight. The links begin after the jump…

• Check out the parody song, “Our Tom is an Awesome Tom.”
• Musket Fire’s Ryan Hannable discusses some possible X-Factors for the Patriots in their game later tonight against the Denver Broncos.
• I looked at the absence of Broncos long snapper Lonie Paxton being a possible X-Factor in the game tonight.
• Who’s the most important player in tonight’s game: Tom Brady or Tim Tebow?
• NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi believes that the Tebow hype benefits the Patriots.
• Could major changes be on the way if the Patriots lose tonight?
• Tom Brady’s creeping up the all-time playoff lists among quarterbacks.
• Check out this round-up of Patriots-Broncos predictions from ESPN.
• WEEI’s Christopher Price provides 10 matchups to watch tonight.
• Comcast SportsNet’s Tom E. Curran provides three keys to a Patriots victory.