Article: New England has something to prove.(SPORTS)

Byline: Jennifer Toland

FOXBORO - The Patriots are 3,000 miles from here right now, preparing to face the 49ers at 4:15 today in what has suddenly become a rather important game.

Four weeks ago, before Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury and before the Patriots laid a (fish) egg against Miami, this matchup in San Francisco fell into the "should win" and maybe even the "will win" category for the Patriots. Of course, that's what everyone thought about the Dolphins game, too.

The Patriots are coming off their bye week, which was hardly a week off. They used the time to regroup and to work on repairing what went wrong in the 38-13 Miami debacle. They have ...

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