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The New England Patriots brought the NFLs longest winning streak this season to Green Bay.They continued their cross-country road trip without it.Their 26-21 loss to the Packers in the matchup of top title contenders Sunday makes it more important to avoid a losing streak on the final leg of their journey.After the game, the Patriots flew to San Diego for Sunday nights meeting with the surging Chargers.If we see them again, you know where its at, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said of a possible Super Bowl against the Packers, so, obviously, that would be cool. Not really thinking about that. ... Now we have to look forward, put it behind us and move on to San Diego.The Patriots and Broncos are both 9-3, but New England has the tiebreaker because it beat Denver. Theyre followed in the AFC by Cincinnati (8-3-1) and Indianapolis and San Diego (both 8-4).Keeping the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs before the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, is critical for the Patriots. Theyre 6-0 this season at home and 3-3 on the road after Green Bay ended their seven-game winning streak.Right after the loss, the two most senior Patriots, quarterback Tom Brady and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork sat in front of Bradys locker and talked for a few minutes.It was a tougher loss to handle than their other two — 33-20 to Miami in the opener and 41-14 to Kansas City in their fourth game.This was a test against a team that had won six of its previous seven games and the Patriots came up short.The defence stopped the Packers inside the red zone four times, holding them to short field goals. But they let Green Bay keep the ball for 36 minutes, 35 seconds as the Packers converted 10 of their 17 third-down plays.That limited Bradys chances with an offence that kept the ball for just 23:25.We had a lot of opportunities to move the ball, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Monday in a conference call from San Diego. We missed a third-and-1 early in the game. We came up on a fourth-and-1 just short of the first down early in the game. We had a penalty to start the third quarter, so we ended up with some short drives which limited the number of plays that we ran.They would have had more if they had been able to get a first down on a third-and-9 from the Green Bay 20 with 3:25 left. But Brady was sacked for a 9-yard loss and Stephen Gostkowski missed a 47-yard field-goal attempt.They could have gotten the ball back after Green Bay had a third-and-4 at its 43 with 2:28 remaining. But Aaron Rodgers completed a 7-yard pass to a closely guarded Randall Cobb and the Packers ran out the clock.Thats where that saying comes in, Its a game of inches. It really is, Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis said. When youre playing against another great team, you have to be on point at all times, because any error can cost you. We probably had some errors today, and Im sure well get them corrected, but like I said, theres no room for errors.The Patriots were playing their third straight game against a division leader and had beaten each of the others by at least 22 points.Now the schedule gets easier with the remaining games against San Diego, Miami, the New York Jets and Buffalo.But the margin for error is smaller after the loss in Green Bay.This was a test for us. It was a big test, Revis said, and Im sure it was a big test for them, too. Its two great teams playing. 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After playing just three innings in Tuesday nights game, Lawries highly anticipated return from a 36-game absence with a fractured right index finger, he took himself out of the game with what initially was described as lower back tightness. Turns out the 24-year-old has a strained oblique muscle, his third in three seasons in whats become a chronic pattern of core body injuries, and will be out for at least the remainder of August. "The biggest thing is its not the same injury that he had in 2013," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "That being said, from a recovery standpoint, obliques can take anywhere from three to six weeks. So you just dont know how hes going to recover, how strong hes going to feel. Everybody recovers at their own pace." Lawries injury is on the left side, which resembles his oblique strain of last year, but its in a different location. Anthopoulos said his third baseman insisted he hadnt felt pain during his minor league rehab assignment. The issue flared up during batting practice on Tuesday but Lawrie initially didnt feel it was serious enough to ask out of that nights starting lineup. Anthopoulos said Lawrie has gotten better at communicating his aches and pains over the years. "Especially with him having been through it, hes become a lot more intelligent with knowing his body and knowing when to try to push through things and when to scale back," said Anthopoulos. "Especially with obliques, knowing how long you can take to recover, I think its just one of those things that happened." Lawrie is still young, both in age and in major league experience. This is just his third full season on a major league roster. Hes still looking for his first completely healthy season. Since the start of 2012, Lawries played in 302 of the Jays 439 games (including Thursdays series finale with Baltimore). Thats an appearance rate of 68.8-percent. He missed time in May with a tight hamstring, although he didnt go on the disabled list. Hes also had the finger and now the oblique. Last year, it was an oblique strain, followed by a severely sprained ankle suffered while sliding into second base. In 2012, it was the oblique. Theres been a broken hand and other nicks and bruises. Maybe Lawrie is jjust injury-prone.dddddddddddd Maybe the Blue Jays need to alter Lawries training regimen. Hes tightly wound, cutting as muscular a figure as youll see on a ballplayer. "The tough one on this one is we dont know what the cause was," said Anthopoulos. "Even at the World Baseball Classic, he had a full month to get ready for games and he went down there and I think he dove for a ball and he felt it there. Im going to talk to our guys. Obviously its a new thing but at some point maybe well do some things with Brett that maybe we think can prevent (future injury)." Linds Timetable Adam Lind has recovered from a fractured right foot and played in a Gulf Coast League game on Thursday, going 2-for-2 with two doubles and a run scored before being lifted for a pinch-hitter. "I spoke to him two days ago, just asking about his timing at the plate and he mentioned to me, he says he didnt feel he was going to need a lot of rehab games," said Anthopoulos. "He just felt his timing was there. He said he faced Neil Wagner and (Roberto) Osuna, who were throwing hard." Anthopoulos pegged Monday in Seattle as a possible return date for Lind, who went on the disabled list on July 8 after playing almost a month with a fracture in his right foot, suffered on a foul ball on June 14 in Baltimore. Encarnacions Status Edwin Encarnacion is swinging a bat and running the bases at the Blue Jays complex in Dunedin, Florida. Anthopoulos pegged Encarnacions return for sometime on the next road trip, no later than the Chicago series but possibly as early as Seattle. The Jays visit the Mariners next Monday to Wednesday and the White Sox from a week Friday to Sunday. No Team Meeting Anthopoulos didnt feel it necessary to call his team together to explain why the ballclub was quiet at the trade deadline. "No, I dont think theres anything to address," said Anthopoulos. "I think I was asked about it that day and my response was I expect players to want to get better, to want to win. I wouldnt expect anything else. Id be more surprised if players came out and said, Wow, this is great, were so glad we didnt add any players." Jose Bautista and Casey Janssen were critical of the clubs decision not to make any improvements. Anthopoulos said there were no deals available which would have made the Blue Jays better, citing what would-be trade partners were asking in return. 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