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What I found so dismaying in this loss was that the Patriots WRs could not get open. Time and again Mac made a perfect pass, but it was knocked away because the the WR could not get separation. It is disgraceful that the Patriots spent so much money on upgrading the team, but could not find a true number one WR. The defense was magnificent, but the anemic offense let them down.
It's kinda hard to get separation when the Dolphins defender is hanging onto your arm like Jason McCourty did to Meyers during one play. He was literally pulling down his right arm and using that leverage to reach around to knock down the pass. I watched a little of the Steelers/Bills game and they let a lot of DPI go in that one too. I guess the refs plan to let those clutch & grab plays go this year. If that's the case, which team will emulate the 2013 Seahawks and just grab every receiver at every snap?
Good read by Lazar(spelled correctly) about the game last night's game:
1. Pats QB Mac Jones Impresses in NFL Debut
Despite the final score, Patriots rookie quarterback Mac Jones was impressive in his first career start. Jones finished the game with a 68.6 QBR and a +7.7 completion percentage over expected, high marks across the board.
QBR is different from passer rating, and I think sites have their own calculations on it. Like taking into account what pass is catchable or not and difficulty of the throw etc
This pass and the wheel route to James White were two of my favorite passes that Mac threw against the Dolphins....if anyone has that pass, please post.
how can anyone be encouraged by the defense? they allowed TDs on the opening game drive, the opening 2d half drive and couldn't get the ball back with Miami 1st and 14 from their 5 with 3:30 left and 3 timeouts. are the TD drives the result of Bill's farcical "let's play vanilla D, see what they're doing and adjust" philosophy? just like 2019 (last 8 games plus the playoff embarrassment) and 2020 the defense fails more often than not when they MUST make a stop....
how can anyone be encouraged by the defense? they allowed TDs on the opening game drive, the opening 2d half drive and couldn't get the ball back with Miami 1st and 14 from their 5 with 3:30 left and 3 timeouts. are the TD drives the result of Bill's farcical "let's play vanilla D, see what they're doing and adjust" philosophy? just like 2019 (last 8 games plus the playoff embarrassment) and 2020 the defense fails more often than not when they MUST make a stop....
QBR is different from passer rating, and I think sites have their own calculations on it. Like taking into account what pass is catchable or not and difficulty of the throw etc
This pass and the wheel route to James White were two of my favorite passes that Mac threw against the Dolphins....if anyone has that pass, please post.
I think the Patriots were out coached, based on Dolphin’s first drives in first and second half. Dolphins came out in the first and second half, they. executed their plays and the Patriots were not able to adjust during the drives.
Good teams find ways to win and bad teams find a way to lose. Patriots are headed in the right direction to becoming a good team but they fell short in week 1.
