{"id":44533,"date":"2022-11-27T05:05:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T10:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=44533"},"modified":"2022-11-26T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T21:41:09","slug":"patriots-news-11-27-positional-report-card-against-the-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/11\/27\/patriots-news-11-27-positional-report-card-against-the-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots News, 11-27, Positional Report Card Against the Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning.\u00a0 We hope everyone had a great, happy, and safe Thanksgiving. Here are your Patriots news, 11\/27, and our positional grades for the Thanksgiving Night game against the Vikings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots lost a tough one in Minnesota. Too many mistakes, many self-inflicted and bad luck with the officiating all contributed to the loss. And Minnesota happens to be a very good football team, so don\u2019t sell the Vikings short. But this game was winnable, which makes the loss extra tough<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Quick Hitters For the Patriots and the NFL:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Dez Bryant<\/b><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former Cowboys receiver reacted several times angrily over the overturned Hunter Henry touchdown catch on Thursday night. Bryant is no stranger to having a touchdown catch overturned and posted the following.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dez is heated over the Hunter Henry non-catch <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydQn1T6870\">pic.twitter.com\/ydQn1T6870<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougKyed\/status\/1595983701111980032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Torrey Hunter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He also chimed in with this:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That was a catch by Hunter Henry &#x1f937;&#x1f3ff;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorreySmithWR\/status\/1595981542211620864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Darius Butler: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former NFL defensive back is not a fan of the catch rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ball definitely moved but it never hit the ground. Henry maintained possession but ahhh who tf knows what a catch is &#x1f937;&#x1f3ff;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darius Butler (@DariusJButler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DariusJButler\/status\/1595980524275003392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Patriots 4th &amp; 2 Podcast:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you 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. Derek and I looked at the Vikings game and how the teams stacked up against each other.\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, and the fact that especially Francis isn\u2019t is an absolute travesty. Francis and the Raiders\u2019 Dave Casper changed the game with how teams used the tight end position&#8230;this will be on our Sunday posts until it happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Positional Report Card Against the Vikings:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots against the Vikings was a frustrating one from the team\u2019s standpoint as this game was very winnable, but mistakes (by the team and the officiating crew) ultimately doomed them and knocked them out of the playoff picture as well as put them back in the AFC East basement at 6-5.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results and grades were once again a mixed bag. However, this time it was the offense carrying the defense for a change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, here are our grades this week for the Patriots-Jets game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Quarterback:<\/b> <b>A-<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mac Jones had the most passing yards in a game in his career. With improved pass protection, he was able to go through his progressions and deliver the ball with accuracy, especially some of the deep patterns. The Patriots had chunk plays of 40,40, 37 (TD), 34 (TD), and 26. It has been a while since we\u2019ve seen that many big plays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jones\u2019 numbers reflect what kind of a day it was for him. He completed 28-39 passes for 382 yards (9.8 yd avg), with 2 TDs and 0 INTs for a passer rating of 119.8. He wasn\u2019t perfect and made some mistakes, notably at the end of the first half, taking a sack instead of throwing it away and losing valuable time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But overall, when the defense was struggling to contain the Vikings, he was the straw, stirring the drink for the offense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Running Backs: B-<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson had only 52 yards on 12 carries (4.3 avg), and it was a curious decision by the coaches not to run more. Harris went out with a leg injury after only five carries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhamondre Stevenson was once again asked to carry the load, but his touches in the passing game (9), were more than in the running game (7). Stevenson had 112 yards combined (76 receiving, 36 rushing) in the game. And as always, many of those yards came after contact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Wide Receivers:<\/b> <b>A-<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wide receivers easily had their best game of the season; it is no huge surprise when the offensive line gives the QB time to throw. The team had five players with 60+ yards receiving; three of them were wide receivers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeVante Parker had a really nice game catching 4 passes on 4 targets for 80 yards, including some nice 50\/50 balls. He had a 40-yard reception that was big. Nelson Agholor saw increased snaps on Thursday and had 6 catches for 65, including a beauty of a 34-yard TD down the middle on the Patriots\u2019 first drive. But it seemed the ball was there on the 4th and 16 desperation heave by Jones. Perhaps he lost the ball in the lights, but it seemed like he slowed up just a tad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jakobi Meyers was injured on the Patriots&#8217; first offensive snap when he hauled in a 26-yard grab and left the game, but when he returned, he was shaken up again and left the game for good after another hard hit. He finished with 3 catches for 62\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tight Ends:<\/b> <b>B-<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunter Henry was finally a big factor in the game as he was targeted five times and had three catches for 60 yards and a 34-yard TD. His game total should have been 4 for 68 and 2 TDs, but New York scoured that replay for several minutes, looking for anything to overturn it. The longer it took, the more I believed it would be overturned, and it was.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill Belichick framed his words perfectly after the game but said \u201cWhy don\u2019t you guys go to the officials with your pool reporter and ask them about the play and let them explain it to you, right? Isn\u2019t that what you do?\u201d Belichick said. Jonnu Smith, after a nice game against the Jets, was a non-factor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Offensive Line: B-<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The offensive line had its best performance in several weeks as they did a much better job of protecting Mac Jones, even with two starters out with injuries. Late in the 4th quarter, the protection seemed to be breaking down more often, but overall this was a much better effort and, hopefully, a sign of better things to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trent Brown had a head-scratching play in the 4th quarter when he tried to cut Danielle Hunter on a deep drop by Mac Jones, and the result was a sack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00a0Defensive Line:<\/b> <b>C<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots&#8217; defensive line did a great job of shutting down Minnesota\u2019s running game. The Vikings rushed 27 times for only 57 yards, an average of just 2.1 yards per rush. Minnesota RB Dalvin Cook was bottled up extremely well, as he only rushed for 42 yards on 22 carries for an average of 1.9 yards per rush.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots had seven tackles for loss, but the DL got very little pressure on Kirk Cousins, as he had a clean pocket for most of the game. One of the few pressures the line got on him (Daniel Ekuale), he threw a pick to Jonathan Jones.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Linebackers:<\/b> <b>C<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The linebackers weren\u2019t able to generate much of a pass rush either (just one sack). The Vikings double-teamed Matthew Judon for much of the game; he did draw one (1?) holding penalty, and two QB hits. Josh Uche had the only sack, a tackle for loss (TFL), and a QB hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raekwon McMillan had a couple of big plays snuffing out a screen and a wide running play that he blew up for losses.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00a0Secondary:<\/b> <b>D-<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots\u2019 secondary allowed Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson to complete 31-38 passes for 310 yards with 3 TDs and 1 INT for a QB rating of 116. The completion percentage of 81.6 is the highest of any defense ever coached by Bill Belichick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They threw the kitchen sink at Justin Jefferson but couldn\u2019t do anything to stop him, allowing 9 catches for 139 yards on 11 targets. Jon Jones had a rough game trying to cover Jefferson and twice got flagged for face mask penalties. He did get an interception, however.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all the attention on Jefferson, Adam Thielen and T.J. Hockenson combined for 104 yards on 14 catches and 2 TDs. But Jones wasn\u2019t alone; Myles Bryant fell down trying to defend a crossing route and then got flagged for an unnecessary roughness penalty on the same drive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Special Teams:<\/b> <b>D<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my, the Special Teams had a tryptophan hangover in Minnesota. First, they allowed a 97-yard TD return by Kene Nwangwu. Although Kyle Dugger was held on the play, he shouldn\u2019t be the only guy responsible for bringing him down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punter Michael Palardy, who was so efficient against the Jets, sandwiched a booming 56-yard punt between two stinkers (36 and 31 yards). But the worst play was rookie Pierre Strong getting a running into the punter penalty on a 4th and 4. With new offensive life, the Vikings scored the game-winning TD on the drive. Inexcusable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Marcus Jones returned a kickoff 46 yards, and Nick Folk was perfect once again, going 4-4 on field goal attempts and 2-2 on extra points. On the same return, Matthew Slater was blocked in the back twice and still made first contact. Those players saved the grade from being an \u201cF.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Coaches:<\/b> <b>C<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defensive coaches had a great game plan (that was executed very well) to stop Dalvin Cook and the running game. But they couldn\u2019t stop the Minnesota passing game, despite them throwing different looks in the secondary. They could get their players to get any pass rush, which affected the secondary as well\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The offense flipped the script this week, the pass protection, while far from perfect, but it was good enough, and Jones threw for 382 yards against albeit, a beat-up Minnesota secondary. The lack of a running game seemed more by design than anything else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The special teams probably got an earful when the team re-watched the film from that one. And deservedly so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re on to the Bills on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Week 12 Game Predictions:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slate of games for Week 12 and my predictions are straight up for this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Buffalo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over Detroit<\/span><b>\u00a0 1-0<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Dallas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over NY Giants <\/span><b>2-0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New England over <\/span><b>Minnesota 2-1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Games played on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampa Bay over Cleveland<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennessee over Cincinnati<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami over Houston<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago over NY Jets<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington over Atlanta<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denver over Carolina<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baltimore over Jacksonville<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LA Chargers over Arizona<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle over Las Vegas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas City over LA Rams<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco over New Orleans<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday Night Football:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia over Green Bay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday Night Football: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indianapolis over Pittsburgh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Last Week:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 11\u20142<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>This Season: \u00a0 101\u201459\u20141<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Last Season: \u00a0 182\u201488\u20141<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2020 Season: 169\u201486\u20141<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2019 Season: 162\u201493\u20141<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">______________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYeah, they did a great job. All those guys just doing their job on every play, and I didn&#8217;t feel pressure at all hardly, and just hats off to them for playing a great game in the run game, too. They did a great job. If we can just continue to do that, then I think a lot of things will go our way.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYeah, I think Matty P. did a good job there. Obviously, they have a good defense and a good rush front, so did it well most of the time, and then some other things we just have to clean up. As I said, the result wasn&#8217;t what we wanted, but as you&#8217;ve said, I think there were some good things there.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriots QB Mac Jones on the offensive line play on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/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 and Streamyard as Russ Goldman, Derek Havens, and myself 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