NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When Bill Belichick manipulates the clock, he grins.

When someone manipulates the clock against him, he bitches.

The loophole that let the Patriots burn time against the Jets in October was put to use against him by Mike Vrabel at Gillette Stadium Saturday night. Just as it worked for New England against New York, it worked for Tennessee against New England.

What we have here is called hypocrisy.

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