We stop Stevenson, we will the game comfortably provided we also keep Maye's scrambling in check on 3rd and 4th downs. We accomplish both of these, and stop the Pats from long, sustained drives on offense that end up as TDs, and they will not score more than 17 points.
I'm confident that Klint will devise a game plan that doesn't allow the Pats DTs to stifle us in either the run game or on pass plays. I expect Klint wiil protect Sam by moving him out of the pocket quite a bit.
We'll likely see JSN in the backfield to negate Gonzalez from latching onto him. I also expect to see K9 and JSN on screen plays to take advantage of the Pats LB-ers in space. I also expect to see Barner see about 5-6 targets on PA plays just because of how the Pats safeties protect against explosive pass plays. The Hawks do all, or even most of the above, I believe that we'll score more than 30 points.
Final score prediction...
Hawks 30
Pats 17
