This is clearly a big week for New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones, who had a disastrous return last Monday night against the Bears in his first game action since getting hurt against the Ravens in Week 3.

RookieTyquan Thornton had a breakout game catching four passes for 37 yards and a touchdown. He also added a touchdown run of 19 yards

The Patriots have options in the passing game, and this week could see them targeting Hunter Henry more, especially in the red zone.

“They played amazing today,” Zappe said. “To be honest with you, all six, including Marcus Cannon…were the MVPs of today.

Goff has been lighting it up this year (11TDs, 3 INTs) and has plenty of options to pick from, even being short-handed.

So three coaches over how many years? 50…Mike’s [Tomlin] done a great job. Fifteen straight winning seasons, that’s pretty impressive.”

Pro Football Hall of Fame honors Matt Ryan on 60,000 career passing yards, but with an unfortunate coincidence.

Kyle Dugger had a really impressive day with some eye-catching open-field tackling. He tackled Hill twice in the open field, no easy feat.

I’m sure it’s true both ways. It’s opening day, nobody’s really shown anything. We’ll see what happens first game.

He’s (Lil’ Jordan Humphrey) a big kid that is tough and has very good hands and is kind of a big receiver, tight end-ish type of guy

Rookies Sam Roberts and LaBryan Ray both flashed well. Ray was moved to several positions, and bringing impressive versatility to the table

Stanley Morgan leads all receivers with at least 500 catches with a 19.2-yard avg With career #s of 557 catches, for 10,716 yards and 72 TDs

Down in Carolina, barring a trade, Sam Darnold appears to be the favorite to get another chance at redemption in 2022.

” if you’re looking for an off-the-ball linebacker outside of Round 1, Chad Muma from Wyoming is a great player.”

Smith could be shifted from the line to the backfield as an H-back or vice versa. One knock on the offense was that they were too predictable