It could be intimidating. He was wide left from 54 yards, but Ryan blamed himself for calling on him to try from that distance because he wanted to make sure he was “all the way back” from his missed extra point against New England. It’s what the reigning champs believe they can do moving forward.
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Running back LaGarrette Blount ran for 78 yards on 18 carries, with three 1-yard touchdowns. “Work hard to your body right, get your strength back in the weight room and just stay conditioned”. He has orchestrated eight 50-point games during his career, which is more than 19 current franchises in their entire existence.
Veteran DT Kyle Williams, a multi-year captain for the team, was disappointed by all the infractions that had nothing to do with player effort on the field. On the ground, TJ Yeldon had 70 yards in 25 attempts. Somewhat. The Bills cut their penalties significantly, drawing only five for 40 yards.
Presumably the Patriots came up with a game plan to beat the Jaguars, but it may have consisted mostly of reminding each other what time the game starts. New England is now 68-0 when leading at halftime in games at Gillette Stadium.
Yet it wasn’t enough for some, who thought there still could’ve been more.
“I don’t care whether we throw it in or run it in”, Brady said afterward. We only had three safeties that were active and two of them got hurt. Oh yeah, he also had three touchdowns. “That’s what we’re out there for”.
The performance was also Brady’s NFL-record 31st start in which his team scored 40-plus points. Tom Brady completed 38 of 59 passes for 466 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Patriots. And yet he’s still lamenting the points his team didn’t pick up.
Think they planned on wearing the same outfit? Larry Fitzgerald caught nine passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns, while Colin Kaepernick saw two of his first four passes returned for touchdowns.
For the two hottest fantasy football players on the Jacksonville Jaguars roster, this is exactly what fantasy football owners didn’t want. They are good because they are good.
Jason Day’s reign as world number one lasted one week as American Jordan Spieth reclaimed the top spot by winning the Tour Championship and FedExCup on Sunday, but the Australian is not fretting. But it looks now as though the Patriots might have learned something from those early struggles.
Tom Brady has completed 96 of 133 passes for 1,112 yards and nine touchdowns with zero interceptions through the first three games. It was a good week of practice. “It comes down to our execution”. The Jaguars are one of four teams the Patriots own an undefeated regular season home record. At least for now. The Patriots as a franchise took the ’07 season as a “we’ll show you” tour after spy-gate, and Brady could be doing much the same.
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It was the Ravens who complained the Patriots were using illegal formations in the playoff game against them last season (they were legal). There was the possibility of a letdown against lowly Jacksonville, especially if New England didn’t take the Jags seriously. The Patriots still have some areas of concern, particularly in the defensive secondary, where Aqib Talib and Darrelle Revis have bailed out the team in the past. They gave up a 31-yard kickoff return, but their coverage was solid with the Dolphins’ average drive start beginning from their 28.
