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PHILADELPHIA — You have been hearing all about this same tag line after every practice this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cam Newton took some reps and looked great.\u00a0 Mac Jones took some reps and looked great.<\/span><\/p>\n

Say it again and again.\u00a0 The two quarterbacks look great in practices all week long.\u00a0 But how will things go when the joint practices become an actual game?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots practiced all week long here, then went out and blanked the Philadelphia Eagles 35-0 on Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field.\u00a0 The Eagles held out most all of their starters, including quarterback Jalen Hurts.\u00a0 The only thing that mattered all game long, Newton versus Jones, was nice to watch as a Patriot fan but must be tempered with the knowledge that this was not the varsity defense they were playing against.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newton played the first quarter, Jones played the second and third.\u00a0 Both quarterbacks had time to throw with at times some incredible pockets.\u00a0 Newton looked particularly good, completing 8 of 9 passing for 103 yards and a touchdown, and finished with a 151.4 passer rating.\u00a0 With little or no pass rush to bother him or to force him to run with the ball, Newton was able to set up and throw confident and accurate balls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newton was also the benefactor of a ferocious defense which bothered and disrupted former Baltimore nemesis Joe Flacco consistently.\u00a0 On their third play of the game, with first and ten at their own 41, a shotgun snap sailed over Flacco\u2019s head.\u00a0 Almost like a bunch of Tasmanian Devils, the Patriot defense swarmed Flacco as he picked up the ball.\u00a0 He was clobbered by Matt Judon and coughed up the football, and Jalen Mills recovered the ball at the Eagles 9.\u00a0 Two Damien Harris runs later, and it was 7-0 Patriots.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the second drive for the Patriots, Newton was able to move the Patriots easily from his own 26 to the Eagles 18.\u00a0 He hit Jakobi Meyers in the left seam for 18 yards, then hit Kendrick Bourne on a crossing route for 23 yards two plays later.\u00a0 A Meyers slant and a James White screen put the ball at the Eagles 18.\u00a0 White dropped a third down pass for Newton\u2019s only incompletion of the night, but Quinn Nordin missed the subsequent 36-yard field goal attempt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newton finished things off on the next drive.\u00a0 Newton featured little dump passes to White and Sony Michel and drove the Patriots to the Eagles 28.\u00a0 Meyers then ran a left crossing pattern and caught a perfect toss, then scooted down the left sideline and tightroped his way into the end zone for a 13-0 lead (Nordin missed the conversion).<\/span><\/p>\n

That was it for Newton.\u00a0 Jones came in for the second quarter and threw down the gauntlet.\u00a0 Again, against less than varsity competition, Jones engineered a remarkable drive, taking the Patriots 91 yards in an unthinkable 17 plays.\u00a0 Twice Jones had to overcome holding penalties, thanks to a 19-yard pass to N\u2019Keal Harry and a 19-yard right flat pass to Michel.\u00a0 Rhamondre Stevenson, who had the nice fourth quarter last week against Washington, had five carries for 24 yards, including the one-yard touchdown run.\u00a0 He waltzed in around left end, but Harry had a nice seal block to make the run easy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones led the Patriots on scoring drives of nine and ten plays to begin the third quarter, and then gave way to Brian Hoyer for the final quarter,\u00a0 Jones finished 13 of 19 for 146 yards and a rating of 91.1.\u00a0 Jones looked more comfortable, looked totally in charge, and again made no foolish plays.\u00a0 Jones also at times showed a big arm with some nice laser throws, and a terrific long bomb to Harry late in the first half (which Harry dove wrong, landed on the ball and had to leave the game with a shoulder injury).\u00a0 Jones has oozed accuracy and poise.\u00a0 Who will start Week 1 against Miami at quarterback still remains a mystery, but that it perhaps what Bill Belichick wants as he prepares to go up against former defensive coordinator Brian Flores.<\/span><\/p>\n

The offensive line, in whatever incarnation you got, had a nice evening against lesser competition.\u00a0 Pass protection, run blocking, all good.\u00a0 Belichick will complain (correctly) about a smattering of holding calls, but overall the O-line did a great job.\u00a0 If this is a harbinger of what is to come in the regular season, it may not matter who plays quarterback for the Patriots.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defense got after the Eagles all night long, again against lesser competition.\u00a0 Hurts did not play at all, Flacco played the first half at quarterback.\u00a0 Nevertheless, the pass rush was terrific, the run defense was good, and the defense picked off two passes.\u00a0 Flacco finished 10 of 17 passing for only 83 yards, one pick and a rating of 46.9.\u00a0 Nick Mullens, who played the entire second half, was 5 of 10 passing for 27 yards, one pick and a passer rating of only 16.7.\u00a0 Eagles\u2019 rushers gained 82 yards on 19 carries for a 4.3 average, not a bad average but the rushing attack was not a factor at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

If Belichick has anything to complain about in a 35-0 win, it would look something like this:\u00a0 kicker, penalties, some dropped passes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nordin, as mentioned last week, has had accuracy problems that date back to his days at Michigan.\u00a0 After making the first conversion, he missed his next three kicks.\u00a0 He whiffed on a 36-yard field goal in the first quarter, then missed two straight conversions.\u00a0 All three kicks were pushed wide right.\u00a0 Nordin has a strong leg, but he does not have the consistency for a coach to trust him with either winning a game or not losing it.\u00a0 Nick Folk is nursing an injury, but if Folk cannot answer the bell for the opener against Miami, Nordin may not be the answer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots were penalized eight times for 74 yards.\u00a0 Several of them were holding calls, two of them against backup lineman Ted Karras.\u00a0 A fourth quarter sack was wiped out on two defensive holding calls on the same play, but Adrian Colbert got an interception on the next play.<\/span><\/p>\n

White\u2019s drop in the first quarter of a catchable screen toss was Newton\u2019s only incompletion of the night.\u00a0 Harry\u2019s drop of the bomb from Jones late in the first half may spell his doom as a Patriot.\u00a0 Jones threw a perfect long toss to Harry that traveled about 50 yards in the air.\u00a0 All Harry had to do was to run into the ball and he had a touchdown.\u00a0 But Harry dove for the ball instead, landed on the ball and hurt his shoulder as the ball popped out.\u00a0 Harry left the game, but of greater concern was Harry again failing in game conditions as opposed to greatly succeeding in practice conditions.\u00a0 Belichick may finally cut ties with Harry, but it may stick in his craw if he watches still another high drafted wide receiver fail on his watch.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Giants come up to Foxborough to practice all week long next week, but the teams will play down in the Meadowlands to complete the preseason.\u00a0 The quarterbacks will be front and center again, but players like Michel, Chase Winovich (who had a sack but played an awfully long time in the second half), Nordin and Harry (if he plays) may either be playing for jobs or playing for their next job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, a 35-0 win is nice no matter against who or whom.\u00a0 Wait until things get real to see what you really have, but so far, so good.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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