McGowan set for tough test against Dallas Clark

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Brandon McGowan has held two of the NFL's top tight ends in check for the New England Patriots. On Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts, he'll face another.

Controlling Dallas Clark, the AFC's leading receiver, could be a major challenge for a player who made the league as a rookie free agent in 2005 out of Maine and missed all but two games last season with an ankle injury.

The task appears less daunting considering how McGowan has played so far in his first season with New England.

He arrived as a free agent after four seasons with the Chicago Bears and took the starting job at free safety from James Sanders, who held it the past two years but started only the opener this year.

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