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SOCIAL DISTANCING AT HOME — The 2001 Patriots were 5-5, and came up with a rallying cry:\u00a0 It\u2019s not how you start, it\u2019s how you finish.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2020 Patriots are now 6-6, the third best record of teams in the AFC currently out of playoff contention.\u00a0 If the rest of the season goes like Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, you could see at least a flicker of similarity to the 2001 team that ran the table en route to their first Super Bowl win.\u00a0 What the Patriots did to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday afternoon in their brand new (and empty) palace may not be a harbinger to a Super finish, but it certainly reveals what the Patriots are right now versus two months ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simply stated, the Patriots dropped the worst shutout loss on the Chargers in the history of their franchise.\u00a0 The Patriots used a terrific run game and a biblical performance by their special teams to blank the inept Chargers, 45-0.\u00a0 The defense completely shut down rookie quarterback Justin Herbert and his top weapons, Keenan Allen and Austin Ekeler.\u00a0 The Patriots had two special teams touchdowns, Cam Newton had two rushing touchdowns, while the defense picked off Herbert twice and sacked him three times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gunner Olszewski has now become the new rock star for the Patriots.\u00a0 He had a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown early in the second quarter, and also had a 61-yard punt return early in the fourth quarter.\u00a0 It was the second best punt return performance in Patriot history, with only Mike Haynes in 1976 against Buffalo totalling more punt return yards in a game.\u00a0 Olszewski also had a touchdown pass reception late in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the final play of the first half, Michael Badgley lined up for a 58-yard field goal.\u00a0 Cody Davis (another name you likely don\u2019t know but should remember at least until tomorrow) blocked the field goal, and Devin McCourty picked up the ball and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown as time expired.\u00a0 It was 28-0 Patriots at halftime, and basically school was out.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chargers had a bad day in all areas, including team discipline.\u00a0 The Patriots had a third down and 19 in the second quarter but got a gift first down thanks to an illegal hands to the face penalty on Jerry Tillery.\u00a0 Joey Bosa had a roughing the passer called on him that was so foolish that he helped Newton up and apologized to him.\u00a0 On fourth and five later in the quarter, Jake Bailey came in to punt but instead the Patriots got a first down thanks to Los Angeles having 12 men on the field.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newton was once again able to win despite low passing numbers.\u00a0 He hit on 12 of 19 passes for 69 yards, one touchdown, and a rating of 87.4.\u00a0 His lone touchdown pass was to, unbelievably, N\u2019Keal Harry.\u00a0 Jarrett Stidham came in late in the game and threw a touchdown pass, to Olzsewski from 38 yards out to complete the scoring.\u00a0 Olszewski\u2019s one catch was good enough to lead the team in receiving yards.\u00a0 Olszewski had 183 all-purpose yards for the game, counting his 145 punt return yards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rushing attack seems to be just fine despite the loss of Rex Burkhead.\u00a0 Damien Harris had 80 yards on 16 carries, Newton had 48 rushing yards and two touchdowns, and Sony Michel, finally back from his injury, had 35 rushing yards.\u00a0 The team had 165 rushing yards and averaged just under four yards per carry.\u00a0 On the opening drive of the game, Harris lined up in the Wildcat twice with Newton split out at a wide receiver position.\u00a0 Harris gained 12 yards on the two Wildcat plays.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Charger offensive numbers were just that — offensive.\u00a0 Herbert was 26 of 53 passing for 209 yards, two interceptions and a rating of 43.7.\u00a0 Ekeler and Kalen Ballage combined for only 70 rushing yards.\u00a0 Allen still led his team with five catches but for only 48 yards, also a team high.\u00a0 Ekeler and Mike Williams had four catches each.\u00a0 Herbert did complete passes to eleven different receivers, but none of them had any impact on the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first shutout by the Patriots since a 33-0 win last year against the Jets at the Meadowlands.\u00a0 The Chargers had twice lost 41-0, the last time in 1973 against Atlanta.\u00a0 Bill Belichick became the first head coach to win in 50 different stadiums; the only two stadiums that Belichick has never won in are Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (0-0, the stadium is brand new like SoFi Stadium) and US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis (0-1, he lost Super Bowl LII to Philadelphia).<\/span><\/p>\n

The two teams ahead of the Patriots in the \u201cbest of the non-playoff teams\u201d list are Las Vegas and Baltimore.\u00a0 The Patriots hold the tiebreaker against both of these teams.\u00a0 Miami is the second Wild Card team right now, and the Patriots also currently hold the tiebreaker with them with one game remaining (at Miami).\u00a0 Making the playoffs is still a long shot for the Patriots, but still possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots intend to remain in the Los Angeles area a while, as their next game is Thursday against the Rams, also at SoFi stadium.\u00a0 This game remains somewhat iffy, thanks to the new edicts laid down by California Governor Gavin Newsom.\u00a0 About 95% of California is in the most restrictive COVID-19 classification (purple), but the Governor stated that if hospital ICU availability in a particular region of California falls below 15%, that region will have to shut down and stay at home for three weeks.\u00a0 Southern California did indeed fall below the 15% benchmark, so there remains a chance the game would either be moved or postponed.\u00a0 Governor Newsom intends to implement a stay at home order for most of California on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given that the 49ers have to play their next two home games in Glendale, Arizona thanks to an edict from Santa Clara County, California, this is cause for concern for the Patriots, who intended to remain in Los Angeles for the second game against the Rams.\u00a0 The 49ers were subject to a county directive and not Governor Newsom.\u00a0 The Governor may allow the game to proceed, but right now the game is on but possibly imperiled or subject to postponement.\u00a0 As of press time, there has been no notification as to the status of the Thursday night game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Too bad if that happens, unless taking away a short week and making it a normal week (or longer) helps the Patriots.\u00a0 The Patriots are on a roll, they faced the Rams just two years ago (and the Chargers too), and look good for an LA sweep.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the old Forum next door, the site of many epic Celtics-Lakers battles, the Patriots strike the first blow with a massive shutout win.\u00a0 Most every Patriot wants to play Thursday to keep this mojo going.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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