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Article: SUPER BOWL XLII; Point of focus; Patriots believe they'll be able to slow Burress
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Phoenix -- As Green Bay's Al Harris and New York's Plaxico
Burress were engaged in the NFC Championship Game edition of
Wrestlemania last week, the New England Patriots secondary watched
with both amusement and disinterest.
It was a sideshow for them.
Almost nothing Harris did against Burress that frigid evening at
Lambeau Field translated over to the way they're going to play the 6-
foot-5, 232-pound power forward dressed in shoulder pads. They were
impressed with Burress' 11-catch performance for 151 yards against
Harris, but they weren't thinking, "We're going to have to figure
out a way to stop that."
"I watched the game," Pro Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel said.
"Those guys played a very ...