The Patriots lost the opening coin toss and kicked off. A look at the New England starting defense:
LDE: Gerard Warren
NT: Vince Wilfork
RDE: Mike Wright
OLB: Derrick Burgess
ILB: Jerod Mayo
ILB: Brandon Spikes
OLB: Marques Murrell
CB: Devin McCourty
CB: Darius Butler
S: Patrick Chung
S: Brandon Meriweather