Are the Patriots good or just capitalizing on bad teams? Without a stifling defense and a walk-off punt return from rookie Marcus Jones, they could have easily lost to the Jets on Sunday.
completed 85 percent of his passes for 246 yards and averaged 9.1 yards per attempt. His completion percentage over expected, an accuracy stat compiled by Next Gen, checked in at an impressive 10.4.
They should be able to fix their penalty problem. They were flagged for two more holds Sunday, a block in the back and an illegal formation penalty. Three of those helped end what were promising drives. Jones was sacked six times in all on Sunday. He completed 23 of his 27 attempts for 246 yards, which gave him an average of 9.1 yards per attempt and a rating of 104.6. Were there moments when Jones could've thrown the ball away instead of going down behind the line? There may have been one late in the second quarter that preceded a a Nick Folk miss off the crossbar, but otherwise there didn't appear to be a lot of hanging onto the ball behind the line of scrimmage, inviting pressure.
Tyquan Thornton had a drop on the second drive of the game, leading to a punt. Jakobi Meyers dropped a slant. Kendrick Bourne picked up an illegal formation penalty by"covering up" Hunter Henry when Henry was on the line of scrimmage. DeVante Parker was later flagged for a block in the back penalty. This unit combined for just 10 catches and 102 yards on 14 targets. Not abysmal. But not exactly what you're looking for.I give this group credit.
One play after that penalty, Trent Brown was driven back into Jones' legs by Carl Lawson, effectively pushing the Patriots out of field-goal range. Early in the third quarter, both Cajuste and Brown were beaten cleanly and their assignments met in the Patriots backfield for another sack. James Ferentz was penalized for holding. Cajuste was beaten for another sack on a third-and-10 play in the third.
Nick Folk missed a pair of kicks but players said the wind played tricks on the football all afternoon so those misses don't bury this grade. On Folk's first miss,going in ...Helping this mark was the work by new punter Michael Palardy, who blasted it seven times for a 45.3 average, including two that were downed inside the 20. Raekwon McMillan's running-into-the-kicker penalty didn't factor into this grade. Missed call.
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