You’re pissed the Patriots lost this game.\u00a0 I\u2019m not, but disappointed? Yes, because despite getting shredded by MVP candidate Russell Wilson, they had a chance to win this game.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
A series of unfortunate plays prevented the Patriots from winning.\u00a0 Nick Folk missing a FG earlier in the game forced the Pats to go for a TD rather than a short game winning FG.\u00a0 Julian Edelman had the most productive game of his career, but he let a crucial pass (probably a TD) go right through his hands. \u00a0The final, unsuccessful play, was more a great play by the Seahawks defense rather than poor execution by the Patriots offense.\u00a0 That play was 6 for 6 prior to getting stopped.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The Seahawks guessed right and slanted their entire defense right.\u00a0 When Shaq Mason pulled Seattle MLB Bobby Wagner fired right through the hole and slammed into Mason, delaying him from being the lead blocker.\u00a0 Fullback Jakob Johnson blocked his man inside, into what should have been the hole.\u00a0\u00a0 Newton should have bounced this run outside and with his size would have had a chance for the TD.\u00a0 \u00a0I wished Josh McDaniel had held onto that fullback pass slipping out of the backfield for the end of the game.<\/p>\n
Going into the game I stated the Pats needed to pass more on 1st<\/sup> down.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t and tried to establish the run.\u00a0 They failed miserably, running 5 straight times on 1st<\/sup> down.\u00a0 Seattle\u2019s secondary is weak and have given up big yards two straight weeks (450 & 397 yards respectively).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Out of 23 1st<\/sup> down plays the Pats ran 11 times and passed 12.\u00a0 Nine of those passes were in the 2nd<\/sup> half when they had to pass.<\/p>\n NE came out in nickel defense with Phillips playing LB.\u00a0 This invited SEA to run the ball and Pete Carroll initially took the bait.\u00a0 The Pats D gave up 154 yards on the ground for a 5.1 per carry average.\u00a0 Eventually they let the magician Russell Wilson perform his magic and he was brilliant.\u00a0 The TD passes to David Moore and DK Metcalf were things of beauty.\u00a0 I still can\u2019t believe Moore was able to keep his foot in.\u00a0 Stephen Gilmore had a tough time with the physical DK Metcalf.\u00a0 Metcalf took away the ball from Gilmore and pranced into the end zone.<\/p>\n Jeff Howe of the Athletic pointed out that Chase Winovich followed up a good Miami game by getting 4 QG hits and 4 QB Hurries.\u00a0 However, I thought Winovich lost containment too many times and failed to set the edge.<\/p>\n The Swain TD on a crossing pattern, Howe pointed out that JC Jackson was the probable guilty party.\u00a0 Adrian Phillips correctly called out Tyler Lockett being in the backfield and that should have triggered a change in coverage that everyone but Jackson got.\u00a0 Howe stated that Jackson made a false step towards Lockett and that\u2019s all it took for Swain to get a free path across the field.\u00a0 Jackson got caught up in the wash and couldn\u2019t get back to the receiver.<\/p>\n N\u2019Keal Harry had 8 catches for 72 yards (9.0).\u00a0 He is the new \u201cFall Down Fauria\u201d of the Pats.\u00a0 He got nothing after the catch.\u00a0 Twice he was taken down with weak one armed tackles.\u00a0\u00a0 To his credit, he held onto a ball he had no right catching.\u00a0 Diggs nailed him helmet to helmet and got tossed from the game for it.\u00a0\u00a0 If all he is going to do is catch the ball, then they should move him to TE.<\/p>\n Jamal Adams was all over the field.\u00a0 Many times he was the spy on Newton.\u00a0 However, when matched up against Julian Edelman, it was a complete mismatch.\u00a0 Edelman was 6 for 6 when matched up with Adams.<\/p>\n Newton only called the TE number twice and Izzo came up with both catches for 19 yards.\u00a0 I would like to see more of this in the future.<\/p>\n Greg Bedard of Boston Sports Journal pointed out the Pats D was atrocious and that Seattle attacked the weakness of the Patriots LB, especially J\u2019Whaun Bentley.\u00a0 He is too slow to cover any back out of the backfield.\u00a0 Phillips didn\u2019t look much better giving up that TD to Carson coming out of the backfield.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t expect the Patriots to beat the Seahawks.\u00a0 I was surprised it was so close and that they had an opportunity to win.\u00a0 There are no moral victories, but this game can only make me wonder what this team will be like when Newton gets more comfortable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You’re pissed the Patriots lost this game.\u00a0 I\u2019m not, but disappointed? Yes, because despite getting shredded by MVP candidate Russell Wilson, they had a chance to win this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":32438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-news"],"yoast_head":"\n