{"id":32470,"date":"2020-09-27T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=32470"},"modified":"2020-09-26T13:07:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T17:07:10","slug":"new-england-patriots-news-9-27-afc-east-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2020\/09\/27\/new-england-patriots-news-9-27-afc-east-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots News 9-27, AFC East Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning, here is your <\/span><b>Sunday Patriots news 09-27 and AFC East notes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was interesting to see fans and media alike looking for a silver cloud in a loss after the last-second stuff of Cam Newton in Seattle last week. There is a lot of optimism moving forward, because they saw that the offense can move quickly down the field if they have to and they know, that was a bad day for the defense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been a rare day for folks around here to look positively about a loss&#8230;but there it is. Today is a big game for both teams, so we\u2019ll see how it plays out, but having some optimism for this team seems warranted right now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Quick Hitters For the Pats, and the NFL:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>David Andrews: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tough break both literally and figuratively for the Patriots center who missed all of last year with health issues. Andrews broke the knuckle of his right thumb against Seattle last week and had a procedure to fix it. And because it is his snapping hand, he\u2019ll miss at least this week\u2019s game against the Raiders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hjalte Froholdt, a fourth-round draft choice from Arkansas who spent his rookie season on injured reserve, has been one of the Patriots&#8217; backup centers thus far and seems like the logical choice to step in as the starter. However, veteran James Ferentz is at least a possibility to be activated from the Practice Squad this week to fill in if Froholdt struggles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hot Seat\u2019s Already? You Betcha: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re only two weeks into the season but there are a couple of people who must already be feeling the heat. Former Patriots coach and current Lions\u2019 head coach Matt Patricia\u2019s chair is warm and getting hotter. The Lions have been in a word&#8230;terrible under his watch. They are 0-2 and are facing a dangerous Cardinals offense this week in Arizona and return to face the Saints next week. An 0-4 start would put him into the \u201cborrowed time\u201d category.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carson Wentz in Philly is struggling badly in the first two weeks of the season. Wentz is at or near the bottom in nearly every statistical category. According to a piece by ESPN, Wentz \u201cis tied for most interceptions (four) through two weeks, ranks 29th in completion percentage (58.8), 32nd in yards per attempt (6.0), and is ahead of only Minnesota&#8217;s Kirk Cousins in quarterback rating (64.4). His 40.7% on-target pass rate is currently the lowest of any starter in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philly fans are notorious for getting on their sports stars when they underperform and while the OL is currently a mess right now because of injuries, Wentz is guilty of making terrible decisions with the ball. Today, they&#8217;re playing the Bengals and Joe Burrow. If Philly loses today to the rookie, there will be cries for the coaches to play 2nd round pick Jalen Hurts asap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cam Newton: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots\u2019 QB released a trailer of a documentary that is coming out on him called \u201c86 Nights\u201d, and this looks like it is going to be one of those must-watch films. Lots of behind the scenes stuff that fans love. The trailer can be seen here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tsPSvD9xP4Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Did You Know?&#8230; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this day in 1964, the Boston Patriots defeated the New York Jets 26-10 at Fenway Park in Boston. Vito \u201cBabe\u201d Parelli threw a pair of 59-yard touchdown passes to Ron Burton and Jim Colclough while Gino Cappelletti kicked four field goals (47,42,41, and 26 yards). The Patriots defense picked off Dick Wood five times and Mike Taliferro once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>4th &amp; 2 Podcast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; If you\u2019ve haven\u2019t checked out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/cottage-talk\/patriots-fourth-and-two-blog-talk-radio-feed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PatsFans.com podcast, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPatriots 4th &amp; 2\u201d in a bit, please check it out. We recorded a podcast yesterday talking Seahawks and the upcoming Raiders game. Check it out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Russ Francis\/ Chuck Fairbanks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The former Patriot tight end and head coach both should be in the Patriots team Hall of Fame&#8230;this will be on our Sunday posts until it happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Waller Is \u201cThe Guy\u201d For the Patriots Defense This Week:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although he is questionable for today, Raiders tight end Darren Waller is the guy that the Patriots defense is focusing on stopping this week. Waller has been QB Derek Carr\u2019s go-to guy and a huge focal point of the Raiders\u2019 offense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In two games, Waller has been targeted 24 times and has 18 catches for 150 yards and a touchdown. And with rookie speedster Henry Ruggs out of this game with an injury, Waller should see even more targets today. Waller, however, has not gone unnoticed by the Patriots defenders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill Belichick, as is his norm, offered effusive praise for Waller this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s been such a long time since we\u2019ve seen a guy like this,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cHe\u2019s really got great receiver skills, played receiver. He\u2019s got a lot of length like a big receiver does, but he\u2019s got very good quickness and he blocks very competitively. He\u2019s not afraid to mix it up. So he\u2019s definitely more than a receiver playing tight end, but he\u2019s got all the skills that can come inside. He\u2019s a very good inside receiver, which sometimes the wideouts have trouble making that move in there. He\u2019s really been impressive to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe saw him last year, looked at him in the offseason and you just see him doing everything \u2014 playing wide, playing in the backfield, playing tight end, running deep, catch-and-run plays, blocking, flash plays, point of attack plays. So, a very versatile player, a pretty unique guy in the league. There are some really good tight ends, but nobody really does more than this guy does and he does it very well. He\u2019s got excellent hands and makes a lot of tough catches. He\u2019s definitely a matchup problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The question will be who the Patriots decide to match up with him. It is a chess match within the big chess match. Will it be Stephon Gilmore, their best corner? Or J.C. Jackson? They\u2019ve utilized big 2nd-year corner Joejuan Williams in that role. Patriots safety and defensive captain Devin McCourty said the Pats have to be aware of he is all the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe brings every challenge you can think of,\u201d McCourty said. \u201cIt\u2019s covering him, it\u2019s tackling him, it\u2019s knowing where he is in their offense, how they might use him. They use him so many different ways, you\u2019re not going to get a true bead on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We expect Waller to play this afternoon. Indeed he took to social media and reported that he\u2019s good to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Everything&#8217;s fine. I will be playing on Sunday,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Renfrow-Jones Another Big Matchup Today:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We already highlighted the defensive matchup with Waller, another big one will be the Raiders\u2019 slot receiver, Hunter Renfrow. Since Renfrow operates from the slot and is very quick with ankle-breaking moves, we\u2019d expect Jonathan Jones to matchup with Renfrow this afternoon. And it should prove to be interesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renfrow has been a favorite third-down target of Derek Carr in his first two seasons, the WR hauled in four touchdown passes a year ago. Raiders fans have nicknamed third downs as \u201cthird and Renfrow\u201d as he will bear watching today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jones is no slouch and was instrumental in the Patriots winning the AFC Championship Game two years ago against Kansas City while covering Chiefs speedster Tyreek Hill. Renfrow is currently third on the Raiders in receptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>NFL Schedule Week 2 2020, Who Are Your Winners:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are you feeling about the games this week? We have a post on our PatsFans Forum where our readers can predict the slate of games for that week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Last Week: \u00a0 \u00a0 14-2<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Season Total: 25-7<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Last Season:\u00a0 162-93-1<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday Night Football &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami over Jacksonville <\/span><b>1-0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlanta over Chicago<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo over LA Rams<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland over Washington<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennessee over Minnesota<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New England over Las Vegas Raiders (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2020\/09\/24\/patriots-raiders-week-3-key-matchups-who-has-the-razors-edge\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">key matchup link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia over Cincinnati<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizona over Detroit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SF 49ers over NY Giants<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh over Houston<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indianapolis over NY Jets<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LA Chargers over Carolina<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampa Bay over Denver<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle over Dallas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday Night Football:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Bay over New Orleans<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday Night Football:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baltimore over Kansas City<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Eastbound and Down AFC East Notes:<\/b><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Bills Rule Three Out, Three Key Players Questionable:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Buffalo Bills have a big game at home today against the LA Rams but will be missing some key players and may end missing three more. Buffalo has already ruled out Dawson Knox, Zack Moss, and Del\u2019Shawn Phillips this week but the Bills defense may also be without linebackers on Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmunds along with nickel cornerback Taron Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And with the linebacker depth thin right now, it will put a lot of pressure on the safeties as they\u2019ll face TE Tyler Higbee this week followed by the Raiders Darren Waller, Tennessee\u2019s Jonuu Smith, and then Kansas City and TE Travis Kelce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rams use a two-tight end set and Higbee is a big target at 6\u20195 and 255 pounds with a large (81 inches) wingspan. He has been a big target for QB Jared Goff in the red zone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Streaky Fitzpatrick Goes Into Record Book in Dolphins Big Win Over Jacksonville:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Dolphins know how streaky Ryan Fitzpatrick can be, they\u2019ve played against him in the division when he quarterbacked both the Bills and the Jets. But they also know that when he gets hot, he can light it up with anyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dolphins got a very good game out of Fitzpatrick in Sunday\u2019s loss to the Bills and had the red-hot streaky Fitzpatrick on display in Thursday night\u2019s big win over Jacksonville. In doing so, Fitzpatrick made it into the record books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NFL Research has found that Fitzpatrick is just the second player since 1948 to throw 2+ touchdown passes, 1+ rushing touchdowns, 25+ rushing yards, and record a catch in a single game. The first? Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton back in 1983.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitzpatrick, who briefly considered retirement a couple of summers ago seems to be playing with house money, completely enjoying his time in the sun and his teammates have totally embraced him as their leader. After the game, Dolphins RB Myles Gaskin told the media that Dolphins players race to the offensive team meetings so they can jockey to sit next to Fitzpatrick.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Jets Injuries Pile Up, Will Play \u201cAnyone With a Pulse\u201d&#8230; Gase:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Jets are facing the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday without their three top wide receivers, their top running back and with two starting offensive linemen unlikely to be able to play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asked about who would replace the injured players, head coach Adam Gase responded that they\u2019ll play \u201canyone with a pulse.\u201d With Breshard Perriman out with a hamstring, the Jets starting wide receivers will be Chris Hogan, Braxton Berrios and Josh Malone, who has been back and forth from the Jets\u2019 practice squad the past three weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backup QB Joe Flacco hasn\u2019t practiced fully yet but could be activated as Sam Darnold\u2019s back up soon. Center Connor McGovern (hamstring), and right tackle George Fant (concussion suffered in practice) will miss the Indy game too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_______________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Well, I think Coach Gruden has built the team, specifically the offense, into the style of offense that he&#8217;s always coached. He&#8217;s obviously done a very good job of it. He has good players at every position. I think he&#8217;s maybe not there, but I think he&#8217;s pretty close to having what he wants from a personnel standpoint. Obviously, [Tyrell] Williams is a big loss for them, him not being in there, but from a personnel standpoint, I think he has what he wants to run the offense that pretty much he&#8217;s always run and run well. Coach Gruden&#8217;s been successful every place he&#8217;s been, offensively from Philadelphia to Oakland to Tampa and now back to Oakland again in a fairly short amount of time. So, it&#8217;s a proven system. He absolutely knows what he&#8217;s doing, he puts a lot of pressure on the defense, and as he&#8217;s gotten the personnel that he needs to have the full complement of an arsenal there, I think you&#8217;re seeing the results of it \u2013 30-something points a game this year. So, I think he&#8217;s got things \u2013 or he&#8217;s getting them the way he wants them \u2013 I&#8217;m not saying he&#8217;s there yet or it feels like he&#8217;s there yet, but he&#8217;s certainly moving it in the right direction. Not sure exactly what other offense you&#8217;re referring to with the Raiders. They&#8217;ve had a number of different offensive coordinators and offense coaches in their history. This is not a team that&#8217;s had a lot of defensive coaches. But, they&#8217;ve all kind of had, I&#8217;d say, different styles, depending on who the offensive coordinator or I guess more specifically who the head coach was during those times.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill Belichick on being asked about combatting the speed of the Raiders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_______________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo, how was your week?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow me on Twitter @SteveB7SFG or email me at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/patspub.patsfans.com\/stevebpatsfans@gmail.com\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stevebpatsfans@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to our<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/patriotsfourthandtwo\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriots 4th and 2<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcasts on Stitcher as Russ Goldman, Derek Havens, and myself from<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PatsFans.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discuss the latest Patriots news and game analysis.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, here is your Sunday Patriots news 09-27 and AFC East notes this week.\u00a0 It was interesting to see fans and media alike looking for a silver cloud in a loss after the last-second stuff of Cam Newton in Seattle last week. 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