Marcus Jones turned in the Play of the Day with a scintillating 62-yard punt return. This was what the Patriots needed in the second half.

“Let’s start with Hall. Just one of those guys that whether you’re talking about the pass or the run game, is a very explosive player.” Mayo

Up next for the Pats is the New York Jets.  The familiar foe is struggling to win games, and their best outing was against the Pats in week three at the Meadowlands.

Jerod Mayo may be in his first season as head coach for the New England Patriots, but he’s likely learning the hard way about how he’s been handling things in front of the camera.

Former New England Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe has had some time to watch Patrick Mahomes up close after signing with the Chiefs this offseason, and it looks like he might have the opportunity to be able to take what he learned and put it into practice in an actual game.

Some thoughts following a disappointing showing by the New England Patriots in London on Sunday.

This loss was disgusting.  The Patriots Defense embarrassed themselves.

“What makes a football team? being able to run the ball, being able to stop the run, and being able to cover kicks we did none of those today

The game got “kind of easier for me as the game went along like, ‘Hey, they’re trying to do this. We can exploit them these ways.’ – Maye

The Jaguars come into this game with an equal record to the Patriots at 1-5. The Jags Offense is ranked #19 with 329.5 yards per game per Fox Sports.

Patriots rookie Drake Maye had a shaky start but overall played pretty well, all things considered. 

I didn’t have very high expectations for this game with Drake Maye starting his first game, the uncertainty of the Offensive Line, and having to play the Houston Texans.  I was pleasantly surprised by the play by Drake Maye.

“His reads were good all day,” Mayo said of Maye. “I thought his reads were good. I’ll watch the film, but I thought he did a good job.”

I think it’ll be pretty sweet in the red throwbacks. I think that’ll be pretty cool to get out there in my first start, – Drake Maye

Major announcement that Drake Maye will start at QB for the Patriots against the Houston Texans.  This is a colossal mistake. 

The news isn’t very good for a 4th consecutive week with an effort that can only be described as sloppy.  The Patriots were called for 12 penalties by a flag happy officiating crew for a whopping 105 yards.

As we wrote, they only ran the ball 19 times but ran for 151 yards and a touchdown, for an average of 7.9 yards per rush, a new team record.

“People are definitely frustrated, and that’s a normal human response. I feel pretty good about the way that we’re going.” – Jerod Mayo

This week we return home for a matchup with division rival the Miami Dolphins.  They are a very talented team when healthy and they are not right now (sound familiar).  They lost Tua Tagovailoa to his third concussion and many believe that he should hang up his spikes. 

“Teams are going to pressure us… So now, it’s about how do we answer and combat that moving forward,” Jacoby Brissett said.

After hitting a franchise record 63 yard field goal out in San Francisco on Sunday, New England Patriots kicker Joey Slye ended up with a note taped to his locker by the NFL.

Jacoby Brissett has been battered this season and at times it is surprising that he gets up.. He was sacked six times and hit ten times

All things considered, Demontrey Jacobs played surprisingly well at left tackle on Sunday, which saw the Patriots start yet another player on that side of the line just four games into this 2024 campaign.

The Patriots missed Anfernee Jennings and his ability to hold the edge.  David Andrews goes down with a shoulder injury after the first series and Nick Levett is pressed into action. 

The Patriots have another tough opponent this week in the San Francisco 49’ers.