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Description: Patriots vs 49ersJan. 2, 2005Full Ticket Patriots Won 21-7 'FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) -- Another poor start similar to the one theNew England Patriots had Sunday could mean an early exit from theplayoffs.The Patriots lost two fumbles and Tom Brady threw aninterception in the first half but beat San Francisco 21-7, givingthe 49ers the top pick in this year's draft after they matchedtheir franchise-worst 2-14 record.New England, a franchise-best 14-2 for the second straightseason, was coming off one of its best games in a win over the NewYork Jets that clinched a bye and the No. 2 seed in the AFCplayoffs."There's a lot of good teams still left in these playoffs, sowe're going to have to play a lot better than what we played todayto win games in the playoffs," said linebacker Mike Vrabel, whocaught a 1-yard touchdown pass as a tight end Sunday.The Patriots would face third-seeded Indianapolis at home if theColts win their opening playoff game next weekend but wanted to gointo the postseason on a roll."You can say it doesn't mean anything but it means something tous," Brady said.The 49ers also plan to spend time figuring out how to get betterafter a season in which their two wins were in overtime againstArizona. Team owner John York said he would meet this week withgeneral manager Terry Donahue and coach Dennis Erickson but gave noindications of their futures with the 49ers.Erickson said, "I'm confident that my future is" with the49ers."It was a very unacceptable season," York said. "We'll meetand talk about the whole season."At least the 49ers gave the Patriots trouble early.Brady threw two touchdown passes after tossing an interceptionthat went off Corey Dillon's hands. Dillon ran for 116 yards andone touchdown but also lost a fumble. A penalty nullified BethelJohnson's punt return for a touchdown at the end of the 49ers'first drive."Oh, man, it was a terrible start. I'm not proud of that,"Dillon said. "I just can't start like that. I was lackadaisical."But Dillon spearheaded two scoring drives that put the Patriotsahead 14-7, then scored on a 6-yard run.After the first quarter, "we settled down and played a prettysolid game," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "The playersdeserved that for what they've done this year."The Patriots' regular-season record of scoring first in 20straight games ended on Ken Dorsey's 4-yard pass to third-stringtight end Steve Bush late in the first quarter. New England hadscored first in 23 consecutive games, including the playoffs, butcouldn't do it against the team that began the day having allowedthe most points in the NFL."We had a good game plan and we executed," Dorsey said. "Youhave to go out and execute almost to perfection to beat a team likethis."On Sunday, the Patriots, winners of two of the last three SuperBowls, hardly resembled the dynasty they hope to build. Theystruggled against a team that has plummeted from its own dynasty,when it won four Super Bowls in nine years in the 1980s.Brady played three full quarters and was replaced by Rohan Daveyon the first play of the fourth quarter with the ball at the SanFrancisco 14. The drive ended with the touchdown by Dillon, whoearned a $375,000 bonus by rushing for more than 1,600 yards. Hefinished with 1,635 in his first season with New England."I wasn't even thinking about that," he said of the 29-yardrun that put him over 1,600 yards. "I was thinking about notgetting hit."Brady's scoring pass to Vrabel tied the game at 7 at halftime.The Patriots took the lead on Brady's 8-yard pass to Deion Branch.Dillon ran 37 yards on the first two plays of the 51-yard march.But New England's defense allowed a 100-yard rusher for just thethird time this season as Kevan Barlow ran 25 times for 103 yards.' (AP)USA:FREE SHIPPING

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