Butler held Fuller to 3 catches for 31 yards and almost repeated his Super Bowl XLIX interception on a 4th down stop.
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COACHING: A – Bill Belichick and his staff got a third-round, third-string rookie quarterback ready for his first career start on a short week. First, their all-star quarterback Tom Brady got suspended a whopping TWO YEARS after his alleged offense, and he was given one of the harshest punishments ever doled out.
Dolphins running backs have netted only 82 yards in the team’s first two games, both losses.
In an interview Friday morning, Parcells discussed what it was like as the game approached.
“I was trying to make a play and saw a little crack and he did a good job of getting a hat on the ball”, James said.
His 27-yard bootleg run for a touchdown was a thing of beauty and made it 10-0. He finished the night 11 of 19 for 103 yards, and ran eight times for 48 yards and a touchdown.
You can say I’m making up excuses but the way the games have been played, and the results from the match ups are identical makes me question O’Brien’s intentions. “They are determination, commitment”.
“Just a tremendous credit to those guys – the players on the scout team, our defensive and offensive scout teams, to try and replicate the Texans’ plays so we could at least walk through them”. He has no distractions at all.
Luckily, New England has a extra-long week between this Thursday game and the next game.
“Get control of the game somehow”. Patriots guard Shaq Mason sought out linebacker Bernardrick McKinney, who Belichick has called one of the best young ‘backers in football, and cut him down.
Brissett was tackled by Vince Wilfork from behind with just under 13 minutes left in the third quarter on the opening drive of the second half. There were certainly some discipline breakdowns, most notably on Jacoby Brissett’s 27-yard misdirection TD run in the first quarter and LeGarrette Blount’s 41-yard scoring scamper in garbage time late. “It was fun to see how hard they played for him”.
“We know (the Texans) convert a lot of deep balls and they have two really good receivers that can take you vertical, so the game plan was simple, just don’t give them the big plays”.
This Patriots win is unlike any other, writes Chad Finn.
The Pats haven’t struggled in the win column without Brady, and they might even reap long-term rewards by showcasing the talent and potential of both Garoppolo and Brissett in the absence of the four-time Super Bowl champion.
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WEEI’s Christopher Price has seen enough. After Stephen Gostkowski’s 24-yard field goal put New England up 3-0, Houston’s Charles James fielded the ensuing kickoff from just inside the end zone. His kicks against Houston played a role, too.
