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.
Topics: Denver Broncos, Lonie Paxton, New England Patriots, NFL, NFL Playoffs, Tim Tebow, Tom Brady

