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To say that I am disappointed is beyond words.\u00a0 Yes, I stated in yesterday\u2019s article<\/a><\/strong> that I thought the Patriots would lose.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t mean that I am cheering for the team to lose.\u00a0 I would gladly have egg on my face if the Patriots had won the game, and I would have been happy with the result.\u00a0 Remember how last season started out with the victory at Cincinatti.\u00a0 We went on to win only 3 more games.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t look good.\u00a0 I believe it is going to take 4-5 weeks for the team to get their you-know-what together.\u00a0 Too many breakdowns, missed assignments, bad throws, and just not enough positive results.<\/p>\n

Good<\/strong><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Kayshon Boutte<\/strong> is rounding into the Patriots’ #1 receiver. He had 6 catches on 8 targets for 103 yards.\u00a0 He took a hard shot and came back in the second half.<\/li>\n
  • Harold Landry<\/strong> had 2.5 sacks and 3 Tackle For Loss (TFL).<\/li>\n
  • After being gashed in the 1st<\/sup> Quarter by Ashton Jeanty, the Defense<\/strong> shut down the running game of the Raiders. For the game, LV ran 24 times for 56 yards a 2.3 YPC.\u00a0 Jeanty had two runs in the 1st<\/sup> Quarter of 9 yards each, but not much after that for the game, going 19 carries for 38 yards, a 2.0 YPC.\u00a0 However, Geno Smith used those two runs to establish Play Action and he gashed them with it.<\/li>\n
  • Rookie Craig Woodson<\/strong> had 7 tackles with 5 solo, to go along with 2 TFLs.\u00a0Christian Elliss<\/strong> led the team with 8 tackles, of which 5 were solo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Bad<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • Will Campbell<\/strong> was having a good game up to the point where he was called for two False Start penalties late in the 4th<\/sup> He was incorrectly blamed for two sacks.\u00a0 The 1st<\/sup> was actually Drake Maye\u2019s fault.\u00a0 Williams had the DE walled off and Maye moved up the pocket and right into the arms of the pass rusher.\u00a0 The second was on what was called a strip sack but was actually a Maye Fumble.\u00a0 Maye flat out lost the ball when he reared back to throw (Maye has small hands) and it was not knocked out of his hand.\u00a0 The second False Start changed a 4th<\/sup> and 5, to a decision to go for it, to a punting situation.\u00a0 Otherwise, Williams had a good game.<\/li>\n
    • The Patriots made Geno Smith look like Joe Montana. Smith was 24 of 34 (70.5%) for 362 yards and a TD. Smith had 9 passes of 20+ yards in the game and averaged 10+ Yards Per Attempt.\u00a0 That was historic.\u00a0 Even when the Patriots sold out on the Blitz, Smith excelled when under pressure.\u00a0 Smith was cool, calm, and collected.\u00a0 Just the opposite of what Drake Maye was.<\/li>\n
    • Pop Douglas<\/strong> had only two catches on 8 targets. However, that number is a little misleading.\u00a0 Maye badly overthrew him twice when he was wide open.<\/li>\n
    • Jaylinn Hawkins<\/strong> had three really good plays on Defense with a sack and 2 TFLs. However, it was his lost responsibility on the cross pattern by Tre Tucker for the long TD on the opening drive for Las Vegas.<\/li>\n
    • Robert Spillane needs to have a bigger impact. He had just 3 tackles and missed a tackle on Ashton Jeanty\u2019s TD. He took the wrong angle and got sucked into a block that sprung Jeanty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Ugly<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      • Drake Maye<\/strong> looked like a High School QB. His nervousness \/ hyperactive play at the beginning of the game is a problem that needs to be fixed.\u00a0 He missed a wide-open Pop Douglas on the sideline and followed that up with a bad miss in the end zone to Pop Douglas again.\u00a0 He also threw a Hospital Ball in the flat to TreVeyon Henderson, where he never even looked to see what defense they were in.\u00a0 Far too often, Maye stared down his receiver.\u00a0 In the 4th<\/sup> Quarter, the Raiders ratcheted up Maye by blitzing and putting pressure on him.\u00a0 Maye ended up 30 of 46 (65.2%) for 287 yards a TD and an INT.\u00a0 The INT was when he was under pressure and couldn\u2019t step up in the pocket.\u00a0 The pass sailed over the head of the receiver.<\/li>\n
      • The Patriots ran the ball three times in the second half. One by Antonio Gibson<\/strong>, one was a Maye scramble, and the third was a handoff to Douglas on a reverse for 4 yards.\u00a0 The Offensive Line was never able to establish the running game.<\/li>\n
      • The Raiders’ Defense was prepared for\u00a0TreVeyon Henderson<\/strong> in the passing game and in the screen game. Henderson had 6 catches on 6 targets for 24 yards.\u00a0 Chip Kelly, the Raiders’ Offensive Coordinator, was the OC for Ohio State last year.<\/li>\n
      • Special Teams were awful. Borregales badly missed a Field Goal.\u00a0 Berringer had a brutal 20-yard punt with 5 minutes left in the game.\u00a0 The Special Teams players had two penalties.<\/li>\n
      • Carlton Davis gave up a huge 3rd<\/sup> and 20, reception to Donte Thornton for 36 yards with 3:23 left in the game. Thornton is known for one thing only, and that is a go pattern.\u00a0 How does Davis allow him to get behind him?<\/li>\n
      • The Patriots couldn\u2019t stop Brock Bowers (what a surprise) and Jakobi Meyers. Bowers went 5 receptions on eight targets for 103 yards.\u00a0 Meyers had eight catches on 10 targets for 97 yards.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t believe the Patriots had Marcus Jones matched up on one-on-one against Bowers.\u00a0 What a mismatch!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Other Game Notes: <\/strong><\/h3>\n

        Next Gen Stats had the Patriots’ Offensive Line with the following stats:<\/p>\n

        LT Will Campbell – 2 pressures, 1 sack (Maye stepped up right into the DE – not his fault)<\/p>\n

        LG Jared Wilson – 3 pressures (2 quick), 1 extended sack<\/p>\n

        C Garrett Bradbury \u2013 clean<\/p>\n

        RG Michael Onwenu \u2013 2 pressures<\/p>\n

        Morgan Moses \u2013 1 pressure<\/p>\n

        Maye was Indecisive<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        Josh McDaniel has coached Drake Maye into being a passer and taking away his instinct to run.\u00a0 Several times he had the option to run and chose to hang back and pass rather than tuck it and run.\u00a0 This is causing some indecisiveness in Mayer.\u00a0 I also didn\u2019t see any deep passes from Maye.<\/p>\n

        Bedard’s Opinion on Drake Maye<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        Maye is young, just turned 23 years old, and he has two years of playing (starter) in college and 14 games in the NFL.\u00a0 In 4 years, he has had 4 different Offensive Coordinators.\u00a0 Josh McDaniels’ Offense is the most complicated of the four. \u00a0According to Greg Bedard of Boston Sports Journal, it may take 4-8 games for Maye to get used to this Offense.\u00a0 Maye had never taken a snap under Center before he came to the NFL.\u00a0 He still seems uncomfortable when asked to be under Center and execute a play-action pass, especially when he has to turn his back to the Defenders and then turn quickly and re-acquire the receivers.\u00a0 I also don\u2019t like the fact that Maye has small hands for a QB.\u00a0 This might be the biggest cause for the number of fumbles that Maye has.<\/p>\n

        Patriots Bring Durden onto 53-Man Roster, Waive Jeremiah Pharms<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        The Patriots made a sneaky transaction on Saturday by signing DT Corey Burden to the 53-man Roster and waiving DT Jeremiah Pharms.\u00a0 The 6\u20194\u201d, 305-pound NT was signed as an UDFA after the 2023 NFL Draft by Detroit but was waived on cutdown day.\u00a0 The LA Rams signed him to their Practice Squad and signed him to their 53-man Roster mid-season.\u00a0 After 4 games, he was waived and re-signed to their Practice Squad.<\/p>\n

        He signed a futures contract and went to the Rams Training Camp only to be waived again on the cutdown day.\u00a0 After clearing waivers, he was signed back to the Rams’ Practice Squad.\u00a0 In December, the NY Giants signed Durden off the Ginats Practice Squad.\u00a0 In 2025, he was waived by the NY at the cutdown day and signed as a Patriots Practice Squad player, that is, until Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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