I really enjoyed watching this Patriots game!\u00a0 The Patriots did what they wanted to do and came away with an upset win.\u00a0 The Patriots were 8-point underdogs going into the game. \u00a0\u00a0Davon Godchaux said that they felt disrespected and played with that chip on their shoulders.\u00a0 \u00a0This was the highest point spread for an opening game underdog to win since 2018.<\/p>\n
We need to start with the play of the Offensive line.\u00a0 To start, the Patriots had Chuk Okorafor at Left Tackle, and he was a turnstile against Trey Hendrickson.\u00a0 It took only 12 plays to be replaced by Vederian Lowe.\u00a0 One play stands out for me when Lowe rode Hendrickson past Jacoby Brissett, allowing a big scrambling lane in which Brissett ran for 15 yards.\u00a0 Did you ever hear Michael Jordan\u2019s name called at any time from the opening game introduction?\u00a0 Layden Robinson missed one blitz pickup when he was late coming off a double team, but I expect his rating will be pretty good on Tuesday when PFF posts them.<\/p>\n
Cincy DE Sam Hubbard was a Pro Bowl DE. \u00a0Did you hear his name at all?\u00a0 \u00a0Mike Onwenu ate his lunch.\u00a0 Bottom line, when the Patriots wanted to run, they did.\u00a0 Even at the end of the game when everyone knew they are going to run they dominated the line.\u00a0 They executed the zone blocking well and it seems that Rhamondre Stevenson likes this blocking scheme!\u00a0 I liked Scott Peters reaction at the end of the game jumping for joy when the Patriots made the 1st<\/sup> down to seal the win.\u00a0 Congrats to Scott and Robert Kugler for getting these guys ready for the game.<\/p>\n Here are some of my observations from the game:<\/p>\n The Patriots put together a solid game plan on Offense and Defense and executed it well.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t make any critical mistakes, nor did they get penalized much.\u00a0 They will need to score more than 16 points if they want to win in the NFL.\u00a0 It worked against Cincy but that won\u2019t hunt against the rest of the brutal schedule they have.\u00a0 It was improvement and something to be optimistic about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I really enjoyed watching this Patriots game!\u00a0 The Patriots did what they wanted to do and came away with an upset win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":55698,"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":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-commentary"],"yoast_head":"\n\n