– Watt primarily lines up on the defensive left, so Marcus Cannon blocked him most frequently, taking him on 24 times total, 15 by himself, eight in the passing game and three by himself in the passing game. Hoyer went 3-0 as a starter before an injury ended his 2013 season…but that didn’t stop the Browns from drafting some guy named Johnny Manziel. And the Patriots had no problems with the Houston Texans, blowing them out 27-0.
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“Coach (Bill) Belichick’s really good”, Marshall said with a big smile. The most ridiculous of those victories came on Thursday night, when Belichick managed to destroy the Texans in spite of a third string quarterback.
He didn’t have a stats-rich game, but was composed and made plays when it counted. Brissett finished the game, completing 11 of 19 passes for 103 yards, and he also ran 27 yards for a touchdown.
Bill Belichick keeps proving the New England Patriots are greater than the sum of their parts. Now, there’s a little more trouble as Brissett has sprained his right thumb. He spoke at his locker afterward without any bandage or ice on the hand. The team now has 10 days before playing Buffalo on October 2 to bring in a free agent if one is needed. I’m way too exhausted to look it up but I’d bet it would be really hard to find an National Football League quarterback who completed 70 percent of his passes for 489 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in his first two starts. Initial reports indicated he might miss six weeks, but as of the morning of the Texans game, NFL Network was reporting that Tom Brady’s fill-in backup would be dressed later that night.
Now: Mallett was traded to Houston late in the summer of 2014, meeting former Pats offensive guru Bill O’Brien.
“I was a fan last night”, Marshall said, laughing. “They know that it’s only the third game of the season and they’re going to work very, very hard to correct the mistakes, and they’re going to work very hard on Tennessee”.
“Look”, said O’Brien, “he did a nice job”.
They are trying to repeat the success of the 2010 Pittsburgh Steelers who had the same early season record when Ben Roethlisberger was suspended for the first four games. He wasn’t his normal self by any means.
“I got to get my feet wet”, he said. Just the way you would draw it up for a team looking for a three-phase win under a rookie, first-time starting QB on a short week. From a fan’s perspective, though, I would love to see Edelman behind center. The players around him have had something to do with it, too. “They did a great job at the run game, and did a great job all around and he played well being in a tough situation”.
Belichick wasn’t always the evil genius of the NFL.
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– If conclusion-jumping was an Olympic sport, the United States would not need to look any further than the six New England states to find generations worth of medalists. Houston lost two fumbles on kickoffs, which led to 14 points by the Patriots. He’d also be just the second back in franchise history age 29 or older to hit the 1,000-yard mark. He plated seven games in mop-up duty in three seasons, throwing neither a touchdown or an interception. Blount also had a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter. “This is about our team”. I wanted it to be entertaining. He is now only behind Tom Landry (250), George Halas (318) and Don Shula (328).
