Stephon Gilmore:

The Patriots continue to ride Dion Lewis’ hot hand and he rewarded them with a career-high 112 yards on 15 carries on the ground.

There hasn’t been any magical elixir or fairy dust sprinkled on the players, just old-fashioned hard work as the players have put the time in

James White is head of the class. He leads the team with 43 receptions and ranks 2nd in the NFL in receptions by a running back.

Shea McClellin returned to practice this week and should be activated in a few weeks. And RB Rex Burkhead, out since Week 2, should be active tonight.

This may be a time for the Patriots to establish something of a consistent running game. Gang Green has allowed an average of 143 yards per game.

In this episode of Patriots Fourth And Two, we first looked back at the Patriots victory against the Buccaneers. Later on, we previewed the upcoming game against the Jets.

Danny Amendola was targeted eight times and had eight catches for 77 yards. He had some really nice conversions on third down

Winston said about #12 “That’s a blessing, man, to meet someone like that. I dream to be able to be the type of quarterback he is for his team to our team.”

Tom Brady was his usual very efficient self, completing 30-40 for 303 yards with one TD and one interception, his first of the season.

And at halftime, I came to the realization, that right now, after four games this may just be the worst Patriots defense I’ve seen in 50 years.

Sitting at 2-1, the Patriots find themselves in a familiar situation as while their offense is leading the league in total yards and points per game, their defense isn’t faring quite so well through three weeks.

With some serious injuries to Derek Rivers and Julian Edelman, that will open up two spots that we had as locks. Ditto for the release of Kony Ealy.

There are still decisions that have to be made by the Patriots coaching staff, the roster will have to go from 90 to 53 and many of those will be tough

Fitzy recaps the New England Patriots offseason acquisitions with a 1980’s cartoon mashup.

After a couple of spirited and tough practices against the Texans this week in West Virginia, the teams meet in a preseason game before doing it for real in Week 3 in Foxboro. Here are some of the things we’ll be watching for.