Calciumee

3??

Jets, Oakland and Arizona??

PatsChamp88

My guesses are Miami (round two), Oakland, and Arizona because they were the games we scored the most. As for the most yards I had to go with the Miami game because the offense was unstoppable that game.

jmt57

The Jesters were indeed one of three teams the Pats went for over 500 yards against. I hadn't thought of them till I saw the stats; probably because I was focusing on games the Pats won.


That is correct, there were three teams - and Oakland would have been one of my guesses. Although the Pats scored a season-high 49 points against the Raiders, the total yardage against them ranked just 4th, with 487 yards.


Good memory: Miami was the victim of the Pats highest output in terms of total yards last year as the Pats rolled for 530 yards. The Pats also had a season-high 30 first downs, and the game had the most points combined with 76.


Highest offensive total yardage games by the Pats in 2008:
530, week 12 at Miami (48-28)
514, week 16 vs Arizona (47-7)
511, week 11 vs NY Jets (31-34)
487, week 15 at Oakland (49-26)
404, week 7 vs Denver (41-7)
377, week 5 at San Francisco (30-21)
370, week 10 vs Buffalo (20-10)

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PatsChamp88

Yep I second that! Completely forgot how well the offense (not defense) played in that game, hell that 3rd and 15 conversion still pisses me off

Calciumee

I forgot about Miami

Forgot how unstoppable the O was!

jmt57

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CanadianPat'sFan

I will jump back in on this.

1) 2008 - Brady kept the ball and drove the field in 2007 which is not a bad thing if you look at it.
2) 2007 - The hardly punted in 2007 I am surpised they had a P on the roster

PatsChamp88

1) 2007 The defense held other teams to low scores allowing for Brady to you know only throw for 50 TDs
2) 2008 Cassel and company didn't drive and score on every possession like in 2007

Calciumee

2007 more possessions.
2008 more punts.

jmt57

Answers:
The Pats had 164 offensive possessions in 2007, and 159 in 2008.
The Pats punted the ball 50 times in 2008, and 44 times in 2007.

I figured it would stand to reason that the number of possessions would be about the same, but I was very surprised at how close the number of punts was.

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