Exactly what I was going to post except without Burkhead. Although you're probably correct to include him.Eric Lee, the latest ex-Bill to burn the Bills
Gronk
Lewis/Burkhead
Gilmore
Burkhead was disappointing? Pretty sure he had a fumble but also few TDs before he got hurt.Burkhead and Gilmore stand out. Glad B.B. didn’t cut them after a few weeks when they were so disappointing.
He had 1 TD, 18 yards rushing and 49 yards receiving before her got hurt in the first 2 weeks.Burkhead was disappointing? Pretty sure he had a fumble but also few TDs before he got hurt.
Anyway, I’d add that Ghost did great in the first half when the outcome was ostensibly in doubt.
Somehow, FO will have the Pats falling further back in DVOA this week.GIMME THOSE UPDATED DEFENSIVE STATS!
"When the game was in doubt, 0-0, the Patriots allowed the Bills to march all the way down the field before stopping them. They allowed 0 points on the drive, but at that point their yards/drive was a horrible 66.0."Somehow, FO will have the Pats falling further back in DVOA this week.
I think that one guys from FO just dropped Brady out of his Top 5 QBs of all time after this week. I mean, he was barely in the top 5 and had to play another 4-5 years to really cement it, so after today's performance he's somewhere between Flacco and Michael Bishop.Somehow, FO will have the Pats falling further back in DVOA this week.
He’s kind of disappointing the way Amendola was disappointing last year – he doesn’t put up big statistics in the aggregate, he got dinged up almost immediately but seems to make what he does count.He had 1 TD, 18 yards rushing and 49 yards receiving before her got hurt in the first 2 weeks.
Before today he had 166 rushing yards and 179 receiving. I'd call that disappointing.
I thought Gilmore and Burkhead would be fine, but there was a lot of talk about how they were both busts.
Not invited: Brandon Spikes(I wonder if the BUF castoffs have their own drinking club on the Pats...)
Blasphemy!He had 1 TD, 18 yards rushing and 49 yards receiving before her got hurt in the first 2 weeks.
Before today he had 166 rushing yards and 179 receiving. I'd call that disappointing.
I thought Gilmore and Burkhead would be fine, but there was a lot of talk about how they were both busts.
That's nice and all, but the interior D line also allowed some pretty nice runs by McCoy.Kyed brought up Malcom Brown on Nesn.com---seemed like the interior line was getting much more push forward than usual.
Using win probability from profootballreference.com the Patriots went over 90% and never dipped below at the follow stage:Post-bye, the Patriots have played 4 games, and what's particularly impressive is that they are putting teams away early and not looking back. Here are the time points at which they took a 2-score lead that then lasted the rest of the game:
Denver: 13:38 minutes remain, 2nd quarter
Oakland: 5:23, 2nd quarter
Miami: 8:29 2nd quarter
Buffalo: 9:02, 3rd quarter
I do not mean to imply that a 9+ point lead is completely insurmountable (duh), but I do think this is a decent was to quantitate the feeling of the game being "in control." No great opponents here, but not letting bad teams linger is a good trait.
Also, apologies if some of those times are a bit off, NFL.com game logs are oddly formatted. But the general point certainly stands.
What I love most about the OL is that every game you see 69-year-old Dante Scarnecchia fist pumping and shouting out there. He has every bit of a younger man's passion for the game (or Belichick's). I hope the only way he leaves Foxborough is on a gurney, many years from now.Check out Fleming in two big running plays.
In the 44-yard Lewis run, Fleming drives a guy about 10 yards back before pancaking him.
In the 2nd Burkhead TD run, Fleming helps Shaq on a double team and then releases to blow a linebacker (#52) completely out of the play.
Pretty strong work from your #4 OT.