Slater noted that the body knows the difference when not having the proper time to recover from the previous game. The Patriots offense ranked first overall in Adjusted NEP per play, third through the air and first on the ground. The Patriots basically have no running game; yesterday their running backs ran a grand total of five times for one yard.
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RAIDERS 37, CHARGERS 29: Derek Carr threw three touchdown passes, including a 52-yarder to Amari Cooper, and Oakland turned two interceptions of Philip Rivers into 10 points on their way to an easy victory over in what could be the last game of the AFC West rivalry played in San Diego. There were crucial mistakes like Bowles’ clock management and Brandon Marshall’s dropped pass in the end zone.
“Games like this, situations like this, it creates championship teams or it creates teams that fold”, Marshall said.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick was as displeased with his team’s performance as he was pleased with the result, per the Boston Herald: “It definitely wasn’t our best performance”.
The Jets, who had won two in a row, had hoped to tie the Patriots for the AFC East lead and take control of a division that has been dominated by the four-time Super Bowl champs.
Redskins 31, Buccaneers 30: In Landover, Maryland, Kirk Cousins threw three second-half touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score with 24 seconds left, to lead Washington to the largest comeback in franchise history. And even with a couple of bad drops by wide receiver Brandon Marshall, to say nothing of the game’s final play, the offense still looked like one that can do well come the playoffs.
Carolina 27, Philadelphia 16: Chip Kelly wants you to talk to Duce Staley about why Ryan Matthews didn’t play more. “He ended up finding the matchups that he wanted to find and made the plays he needed to throw”.
Falcons 10, Titans 7: In Nashville, Matt Ryan threw for 251 yards and a touchdown pass, and Devonta Freeman ran for 116 yards.
“I was in pass protection a lot”, Gronk said.
– No moral victories for the Jets. Mettenberger completed 22 of 35 passes for 187 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who had 98 yards rushing, rebutted a report by Fox Sports that he was listed as questionable because he swallowed chewing tobacco.
Geno Smith never was an option for the Hail Mary, said Todd Bowles. “You’ve got to win games”. Former Jets and Giants punter Steve Weatherford was signed to be Quigley’s replacement for now – Weatherford didn’t play well and the Jets were simply passable on special teams, losing an important battle to New England there.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates his touchdown pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski (87) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, October 25, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass.
On the next New England possession, the Patriots stalled with a third-and-10 at the Jets 13, but Brady scrambled for 11 yards for the first down.
– I hated the chatter that started to build last week that Rob Gronkowski wasn’t getting the ball enough.
On fourth down from the 1, Brady jumped over the line on a keeper to make it 10-10. The catch would have given the Jets a seven- or eight-point lead.
New York led 20-16 after Fitzpatrick hit Ivory for a 9-yard score late in the third and Nick Folk kicked the second of his three field goals. Sam Bradford only strengthened Mark Sanchez’s case to take over as the starting quarterback, going for just 205 yards on 46 attempts, posting a 21.7 QBR.
As the seconds ticked down, with the Jets expecting a rare Patriots run, Brady lobbed the ball over to a wide-open Gronkowski to make it 30-20 with 78 seconds left on the clock.
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“We tried to switch things up on Tom”, said Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, who was greeted with boos on his return Gillette Stadium. We were able to play the game with all the guys that we had going in.
