Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our SmugMug site. He had maybe his best game of his 16 starts against the Miami Dolphins in Week 2 but this was definitely a step back.
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Particularly when they take into account what New England had done previously, and realizing that these Patriots have scored more points through three games than any previous pack of Pats (119). On defense, the Jaguars allowed the Patriots to score on all nine drives that didn’t feature the victory formation.
– Tom Brady threw his 400th career touchdown. He’s the fourth player to throw 400 TD passes.
“That’s a pretty good football team that was playing kind of shorthanded today (due to injuries)”, Belichick still insisted about the overwhelmed Jaguars. They have guys that are making plays for them. TE Michael Hoomanawanui was a surprise inactive for New England, which also sat veteran CB Bradley Fletcher (poor game in Buffalo last week) in favor of rookie Justin Coleman….
Despite a 22-for-28 night back-up Brandon Weeden couldn’t do enough in relief of Tony Romo as the Cowboys slipped to their first defeat of the year. “Other teams are going to come back to those sort of things”. “It was hard”.
Seattle also enjoyed a comfortable victory, thrashing the Chicago Bears 26-0 for their first win of the season.
While New England has a lot to be happy about heading into the bye week, Brady has extra reason to celebrate. You nearly wouldn’t blame the Patriots for letting up, for going about 75 percent in an effort to not get hurt, and settling for a field goal. In both individual or team statistics, New England was almost flawless. We’re going to keep working. “You never do everything totally right out there on the field and you always want to learn from your mistakes from the week before”. I’m personally motivated for every single game I play in.
And frankly, it’s a refreshing change of pace from the look of most Patriots corners (non-Darrelle division) over the years who all too often end up with their back to the play, looking utterly confused as they commit an atrocious pass interference penalty along the sidelines on an intermediate pass. It’s nice to see somebody with some awareness and some gusto trying to make something happen.
Brady, recording his 66th 300-yard passing game, finished 33 of 42 for 358 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
Brady added his 401st touchdown pass, a 13-yard strike to Keshawn Martin in the third quarter. He broke the record set by Matt Stover from 1996 until he retired in 2009.
In his career, Gostkowski has missed just one extra point; as a rookie, he had one blocked. “Like I say, I hope we can give them something to cheer about out there”. “But it was cool”. “That’s certainly a tribute to both of them, the durability, longevity, consistent production they’ve had”, head coach Bill Belichick said. That said, not every team has Bill Belichick calling defensive plays, so perhaps it was just this challenge or maybe he just had a bad day.
At least the Jaguars didn’t toss the biggest stinker of the day.
With Cleveland’s offense sputtering in the first half against Oakland, starter Josh McCown overthrew tight end Gary Barnidge, prompting Bowns fans to begin chanting “John-ny!”
On Brady’s milestone touchdown, Amendola faked a spike and then ran over to hand the ball to a fan in the front row. Brady said. “That’s just part of being a smart football player”. “Danny can do whatever he wants”. Quarterback Blake Bortles connected with wide receiver Allen Hurns on a 59-yard catch and run for a third-quarter touchdown that made it 37-10 – and hit tight end Clay Harbor with a 6-yard score with 1:22 remaining. Tre’ Jackson cleared out Tyson Alualu, Rob Gronkowski and and Sebastian Vollmer combo-blocked Jared Odrick before Gronk bounced up to the second level to stone Paul Posluszny and Lewis cut behind them for the score. “People think we come out here and practice for an hour and go home and chill”.
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Most of the shuffling has taken place at the interior line spots, but Marcus Cannon has earned a lot of work as a backup right tackle, which might or might not have anything to do with Vollmer’s offseason rehab from labrun surgery.
