We are on to Washington

[SHOWTIME15]

I'm on Stubhub now, shopping around, and the tickets on the Redskins' sideline are markedly less expensive than on the Pats' sideline.
Game temps will start in mid 70's and be in high 60's by the end. Rain is forecast for Monday so there's the chance it moves up a day.
I'm thinking some sunshine might be a good idea? I've not sat on that side at FedEx before - is it blinding late in the game?

Well, when I bought my ticket it was 90 degrees in the DC area. I did not anticipate it going into the 70s. I know for 1 PM games the sun ordinarily will be on the visiting sidelines. Late in the game the sun should go down, but I am not sure by how much. I went the safe route and got a seat behind the Redskins bench.

 

[PatsFan2]

Well, when I bought my ticket it was 90 degrees in the DC area. I did not anticipate it going into the 70s. I know for 1 PM games the sun ordinarily will be on the visiting sidelines. Late in the game the sun should go down, but I am not sure how much. I went the safe route and got a seat behind the Redskins bench.

Traitor.

 

[Vatahala]

Strange.
The over/under for the Pats at Redskins game opened at 47 1/2 has now dropped to 43 1/2.
Is that reflective of TB's poor offensive performance last week or that Haskins might start.
Or maybe a compliment to the Pats D.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Traitor.

I prefer to think of it as being brave behind enemy lines...

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

NE has the 2nd best 3rd com% at 45.2%
Det is #1 at 44.4%

Washington is at (checks notes again) 87.2% for 3rd down cmp%.

Literally almost 90% through 4 weeks.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

There some really bad teams this year. I don’t recall a bottom 5 being this horrid.

Miami
NYJ
Cincinnati
Washington
Arizona

Outside of Arizona (who get little longer leash), I don’t see any of these teams topping four wins.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

did they factored in gostkowski?

 

[JMC00]

NE has the 2nd best 3rd com% at 45.2%
Det is #1 at 44.4%

Washington is at (checks notes again) 87.2% for 3rd down cmp%.

Literally almost 90% through 4 weeks.

These perctenages are for completion allowed on 3rd down. You could allow a completion on 3rd down but still not allow a 1st down conversion. So there is a caveat to this stat.

actual 3rd down %

NE is 1st with 13.5%. Washington is last with 63%

In fact the teams are 1st and last by a good margin. Next best 3rd down defense is 13% worse than NE..2nd worst 3rd down defense is 5% lower than Washington.

So basically if NE allows a completion on 3rd down it is usually short of the sticks. When Washington allows a completion on 3rd down it usually is for a 1st

 

[YOUGOTMOSSED]

5-0

It's hard to win back to back road games and we just survived a rock fight in Buffalo.

Not saying they'll lose but the game might be tougher than we expect.

 

[Uptown]

It's hard to win back to back road games and we just survived a rock fight in Buffalo.

Not saying they'll lose but the game might be tougher than we expect.

I concur, but not this week.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Froob]

NE has the 2nd best 3rd com% at 45.2%
Det is #1 at 44.4%

Washington is at (checks notes again) 87.2% for 3rd down cmp%.

Literally almost 90% through 4 weeks.

For defense I take it?

 

[BradytoMosstoGronk]

Strange.
The over/under for the Pats at Redskins game opened at 47 1/2 has now dropped to 43 1/2.
Is that reflective of TB's poor offensive performance last week or that Haskins might start.
Or maybe a compliment to the Pats D.

Maybe it's seeing the Redskins lose 40-7 with McCoy or 40-3 with Haskins?

 

[JMC00]

Wino has the same amount of Sacks as Watt & Chandler Jones with 3 and the thing with that is he has only played on 35-40% of the defensive snaps. Dude might actually have 5 or 6 sacks which would be good for #2 or #3 on the sack leader list if he was was playing on 70%+ of the defensive snaps

 

[Uptown]

Wino has the same amount of Sacks as Watt & Chandler Jones with 3 and the thing with that is he has only played on 35-40% of the defensive snaps. Dude might actually have 5 or 6 sacks which would be good for #2 or #3 on the sack leader list if he was was playing on 70%+ of the defensive snaps

Yep! I predicted that he’d have about 8 or so sacks this season. I think he’ll get there; and may even slightly exceed that.

 

[patman12]

I expect the Pats O to execute from start to finish. No more than 2 punts and plenty of chances for Ghost to miss XPs.

 

[Bradyking12]

Redskins Sunday and Giants Thursday hopefully we kill two birds with one stone within a couple days and get to 6-0.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Where’s Jachai Polite?

 

[Uptown]

 

[Uptown]

Where’s Jachai Polite?

Mike politely left him off the list.