Patriots Links for Sunday, 1/27

With ESPN.com, Seth Wickersham has a list of advice for the Giants if they are to beat the Pats in Super Bowl XLII.

The Patriots are traveling to Arizona today, and Mike Reiss has a loose schedule posted on his blog.

Michael Vega looks at what Tedy Bruschi means to the Pats defense, while Jack MacMullan writes on Jabar Gaffney's rise from obscurity to being a fixture among one of the best receiving corps ever assembled.

With the Herald, Rob Bradford examines Mike Vrabel's outgoing personality, and how that's translated onto the football field.

Speaking of linebackers, Bradford also has a piece that notes how valuable experience is for this linebacking group.

Tony Massarotti notes that both the Giants and Patriots led their conferences in sacks recorded this season.

Massarotti also has a feature on Wes Welker and his great change of fortune, leaving a hapless Dolphins team for one of the best squads in NFL history.

Speaking of greatness, Jim McCabe says it is difficult to rank the Patriots among history's other elite teams, and argues that it might be best not to try judging them to those other teams at all.