(Yes I know he broke open in the 3rd quarter, and Brady should have hit him for an easy TD, but Brady had an awfull throw)
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That was busted coverage as the safety and cb followed the underneath receiver, so I'm not sure if you are giving Watson credit. If so it was the scheme that did it.
Now per Reiss:
Positional groupings
Closing the book on the Patriots' win over the Chargers by looking at the positional groupings used by the team's offense:
3 WR/1 TE/1 RB -- 44 of 74 snaps
2 WR/2 TE/1 RB -- 27 of 74 snaps
3 TE/1 FB/1 RB -- 2 of 74 snaps
1 WR/2 TE/1 FB/1 RB -- 1 of 74 snaps
(snaps include the successful two-point conversion in the fourth quarter, but don't include a Drayton Florence illegal contact penalty, and a Logan Mankins holding penalty, as those weren't official plays)
ANALYSIS: Nothing fancy or elaborate in the Patriots' attack, which again highlights how the team changes its approach from week to week. In many ways, this was the opposite of what we saw Dec. 24 in Jacksonville, when the Patriots used eight different positional groupings and were shuffling players on and off the field consistently. The Patriots primarily used two positional groupings in San Diego, starting by emphasizing the two-TE package (14 of the first 22 snaps), before drastically altering course and going to the three-WR package. The Patriots weren't having success moving the ball until going to the three-wide on their final first-half drive, and it appears that gave them confidence to stick with it in the second half. One interesting note is how tight end Daniel Graham (2 catches, 38 yards) has been playing more snaps when the team goes to its three-wide package, allowing him to showcase his abilities more as a pass-catcher. Of the team's 44 snaps with three-wides on the field, Graham was the tight end for 31 of them, with Benjamin Watson on the field for the other 13. Earlier in the year, that was a role primarily held by Watson. The team ran only 2-WR sets or 3-WR sets until the final three plays to set up the final field goal.
I think that pretty states how the pats field whether it's because of the knee injury to watson or how high they are on graham.
