1. Mac Jones. I think his first quarter was the worst stretch of football he has played in his whole career. Three playes, three straight bad passes, and the game was lost. First he had Douglas on a slant for a first down and he threw high, incomplete. Then he threw high to Bourne and the ball went off Bourne's hands for a pick 6. Then he threw a screen to Zeke high, Zeke caught it but was hit and fumbled. Then Mac had a couple of three and outs before finally getting his act together and playing very well for parts of the final three quarters, but still failing to get the job done in the 4th. If not for his terrible start, this is a Pats win. The Mac who played in the middle of this game deserved a better fate. Threw for 300 yards, 3 TDs, some nice throws. But he was terrible at the start and not good enough late.
2. Kayshon Boutte. His line from the game - 4 targets, 0 catches - does not tell the full story. Two of the targets were deep balls where he didn;t have a chance to make a play. The other two passes he caught for what should have been key conversions on third/fourth and long plays - except that he fucking only got one foot down in bounds. The replays made it seem as if he wasn;t even trying to drag the second foot on either catch. The second one would have converted a 4th down late and given them first and got from inside the 10. I'm wondering if this guy is not the sharpest tool in the shed.
3. Bill O'Brien. The Pats had a second and three in Eagle territory and BOB decided that the thing to do was run the ball twice, for nothing, and then have Mac throw it on 4th down. Drive ended.
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Judon had a sack early when Philly inexplicably had no one block him, but he and Uche were mostly invisible.
On the plus side, the defense played well. The only Philly touchdowns were a pick six and on a short field after the Zeke fumble. Otherwise they held their own and even forced a key turnover late.
Christian Gonzalez played a strong all around game. Gave up some ctaches but he was up against AJ Brown. He even had a sack and a pass defensed on a 4th down play that got the Pats their last possession.
Keion White flashed early getting but the Pats pass rush was less of a factor in the second half.
Peppers had several big hits, forced a fumble, and came over and broke up a TD on a deep ball where the corner was beat and he provided safety help.
Another big plus: the offensive line. Two rookie guards and one new Patriot who didn't play in camp (Anderson). All of them made their mistakes, and the Pats weren't running a lot of slow developing pass plays, and I don;t think their run blocking was good, but when Mac dropped back, it was generally into a cleaner pocket than what he had all last year. Mafi got beat once and picked up a critical drive killing penalty, Sow got beat a couple of times, and Anderson got a successful 2-point conversion called back because he got beat and then held.
2. Kayshon Boutte. His line from the game - 4 targets, 0 catches - does not tell the full story. Two of the targets were deep balls where he didn;t have a chance to make a play. The other two passes he caught for what should have been key conversions on third/fourth and long plays - except that he fucking only got one foot down in bounds. The replays made it seem as if he wasn;t even trying to drag the second foot on either catch. The second one would have converted a 4th down late and given them first and got from inside the 10. I'm wondering if this guy is not the sharpest tool in the shed.
3. Bill O'Brien. The Pats had a second and three in Eagle territory and BOB decided that the thing to do was run the ball twice, for nothing, and then have Mac throw it on 4th down. Drive ended.
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Judon had a sack early when Philly inexplicably had no one block him, but he and Uche were mostly invisible.
On the plus side, the defense played well. The only Philly touchdowns were a pick six and on a short field after the Zeke fumble. Otherwise they held their own and even forced a key turnover late.
Christian Gonzalez played a strong all around game. Gave up some ctaches but he was up against AJ Brown. He even had a sack and a pass defensed on a 4th down play that got the Pats their last possession.
Keion White flashed early getting but the Pats pass rush was less of a factor in the second half.
Peppers had several big hits, forced a fumble, and came over and broke up a TD on a deep ball where the corner was beat and he provided safety help.
Another big plus: the offensive line. Two rookie guards and one new Patriot who didn't play in camp (Anderson). All of them made their mistakes, and the Pats weren't running a lot of slow developing pass plays, and I don;t think their run blocking was good, but when Mac dropped back, it was generally into a cleaner pocket than what he had all last year. Mafi got beat once and picked up a critical drive killing penalty, Sow got beat a couple of times, and Anderson got a successful 2-point conversion called back because he got beat and then held.
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