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One player to watch is Jonnu Smith. He had six touches (5 catches and 1 rush) in the season opener. He could be an “X-Factor” in this matchup.

Sunday was a solid outing for Mac Jones, who hit his first seven passes of the afternoon, including a perfect 5-of-5 on the opening drive as the Patriots went up 7-0 thanks to a 2-yard touchdown run by Damien Harris.

The Patriots did start well with the defense notching a 3-and-out with the offense scoring TDs on their first five drives in a 50-10 win

Patriots were embarrassed last week by the Bills and they came out on fire right from the start against the Jaguars. 

“He’s a great person to coach because he’s so responsive to do everything the way you want to do it,” Belichick said.

The Jaguars put up little resistance, the Patriots scored on most every drive, and the only thing Bill Belichick needs to complain about is his extra point unit which failed twice during the game.

“Just a wonderful man…We all probably set out to try to have a good professional career, and John had about five of them.”