After the game, Head Coach Rex Ryan asked how does that happen. But there are times when you’re trying to understand your players, understand fully what they can do and things like that.
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The Patriots injuries are beginning to mount, but Danny Amendola is expected to take the field on Sunday. But the Pats quarterback withstood the pounding – along with an egregious inadvertent whistle in the third quarter that likely cost him a touchdown – to lead New England to a 20-13 win. Dobson, who was added to the injury report on Monday morning, played in the game but didn’t last, limping off midway through the second quarter. The Patriots now have two healthy wide receivers: Brandon LaFell and undrafted rookie Chris Harper who was just promoted from the practice squad. “You’ve got to figure out, when things aren’t going well, how to rally”.
Of the seven players who caught passes from Brady on opening night, four were injured by the end of Week 11.
White will continue to get opportunities if he performs, as the Patriots are thin at running back behind LaGarrette Blount after Lewis’ season-ending injury.
“Yeah, we’ve lost a lot of guys, and we’ve lost quite a few guys over the last three weeks”, Brady said.
“I don’t think he ages to tell you the truth”, Gronkowski said in a conference call with the Denver media. Tight end Rob Gronkowski had just two receptions for 37 yards. He’s allowed a passer rating of 59.0 on the season, which is the 7th best mark in the league, per Pro Football Focus.
Ryan said he did not know why Watkins wasn’t targeted more often – whether it was the fault of tight coverage, lack of separation by Watkins or Taylor not looking his way – but he noted that Watkins’ talent level could necessitate passes his way even when he’s not completely open.
“They’ve been really good, hard to run against and very disruptive in the passing game, so that creates second- and third-and-long obviously, ” coach Bill Belichick said Thursday. He finished with three catches for 39 yards. Ryan wanted his quarterback throwing Watkins the ball from Day 1.
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According to STATS, Brady was pressured on 45 percent of his dropbacks. During the Patriots’ 59 scoring drives this season (36 touchdowns, 23 field goals), they’ve passed the ball on 65.9 percent of their plays. No one will confuse the cornerback rotation with the Broncos or the Cardinals, but with opposing teams unable to run the ball, the Patriots secondary has been able to force mistakes and turnovers on a weekly basis. “And just making sure everyone’s focused, and letting them know I’m focused, and they need to be focused, and that we can all be more focused together”. For one reason or another our communication between all of us needs to be able to improve so that we can have the confidence to stand in there and make the plays when they are there, make the reads and so forth.
