FOXBORO, Mass. — Sometime late in the second quarter Sunday, or maybe it was early in the third, Gillette Stadium settled into a state of football stasis.
Two offenses played to stay on-schedule instead of striking fast. Two defenses played to protect their glaring holes at cornerback instead of attacking. The score was close, and the crowd quiet.
Then, the strongest winter force in New England, not a snowstorm, or a nor’easter, shattered it.
