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Passionate <a href="http://patriots.bostonherald.com/patriots.bg"><strong>Patriots</strong></a><font color="#888888"> [<a href="http://scores.heraldinteractive.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=bostonherald&amp;page=nfl/teams/077/team.aspx?id=077">team stats</a>]</font> fans shaken by their team&rsquo;s subpar play during its 0-3 preseason can seek solace in the thought that, as soon as the games count, the Pats will snap back into form.
<p>And that may well be what happens two weeks hence.</p>
<p>But Patriots players made it clear after Friday&rsquo;s uninspiring 27-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles they can&rsquo;t simply assume all will be well when the regular-season curtain goes up.</p>