{"id":63594,"date":"2025-11-24T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=63594"},"modified":"2025-11-24T07:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:39:06","slug":"morse-good-bad-and-ugly-of-patriots-26-20-victory-at-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/11\/24\/morse-good-bad-and-ugly-of-patriots-26-20-victory-at-cincinnati\/","title":{"rendered":"MORSE: Good, Bad and Ugly of Patriots 26-20 Victory at Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On any given Sunday!\u00a0 The Patriots survived Cincinnati with a 26-20 win.\u00a0 They had to battle through ugly and inconsistent play by Drake Maye, who came out rusty and threw the ball all over the place.\u00a0 The Defense didn\u2019t give up an opening drive TD but was able to hold the Bengals to 3 points.\u00a0 This wasn&#8217;t the high-scoring shootout that I expected.<\/p>\n<p>The Injuries were the big story for the Patriots:<\/p>\n<p>Jared Wilson went down early in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quarter with an Ankle issue.<\/p>\n<p>Bendan Schooler went down early with an Ankle injury and didn\u2019t return<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Moses left for the Locker Room, but he did return- It was said to be an illness.<\/p>\n<p>Khyiris Tonga went down with a Chest injury.<\/p>\n<p>Will Campbell, who was rolled up and carted to the Locker Room.\u00a0 He was spotted with a full leg brace in the Locker Room.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not take away from the team winning 9 games in a row and 6 of 6 on the road.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to win in this league, especially on the road.\u00a0 This was a very costly win that will really test the Patriots depth to the limit!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Good<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Maye was awful in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quarter, missing his receivers and overthrowing Mack Hollins for an ugly pick-six. With that, he started the game going 3-of-7 for 16 yards and one interception. In the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quarter, the Patriots had 21 yards of Offense.\u00a0 Then, suddenly, Maye is 9 for 14, and after a pick-six by Marcus Jones, Maye throws a TD to Hunter Henry, and the Pats are up 14-10.<\/li>\n<li>Maye threw for a new career high of 294 yards. He was 22\/35 with a TD and INT.\u00a0 His QB rating was 87.1.<\/li>\n<li>The Defense really won this game. The Marcus Jones pick-six was amazing and such a big boost when they were down 10-0. \u00a0\u00a0Jones Pass Break-Up on 4<sup>th<\/sup> down sealed the game.<\/li>\n<li>Carlton Davis had a big Pass Interference call (questionable in my opinion as Higgins had his arm wrapped a round Davis) but bounced back with 3 Pass Break-Ups down the stretch in the 4<sup>th<\/sup> This was what Carlton Davis said, according to Doug Kyed &#8211; &#8220;That s**t was BS because he&#8217;s a bigger receiver, first and foremost, and he&#8217;s a physical receiver. And if you ever just watch his film, when he&#8217;s on a go ball, he&#8217;s constantly trying to create slight separation. So, I could turn around and play the ball, but once you turn around, that&#8217;s his s**t. As soon as you turn around, he&#8217;ll give you a little nudge, and now you&#8217;re out of range of the ball. So I just played through the hands, he was tugging, tugging, and I just \u2014 boom \u2014 played physical.&#8221; &#8220;And right now these referees and these teams, I know they&#8217;re going to the refs telling them to watch (me), to watch (me). And the refs talk to me all game. They&#8217;re talking to me all game. &#8216;You&#8217;re doing good. But watch this. Watch that.&#8217; And just by that, I know somebody&#8217;s saying something because these refs are coming up to me. And I didn&#8217;t agree with that call at all.&#8221; On if that motivated him to make three pass backups on the final drive: &#8220;That s**t made me mad as f*9&amp; because it was already (the) fourth quarter, and I felt like I put my team in a bad position when it was a BS call, and now they&#8217;re in field goal range and they&#8217;re inside the red zone. And then we give up a touchdown, so I&#8217;m just mad about it because I&#8217;m understanding the position and what all transpired since that (penalty) And so, that s**t really just lit a fire under me. Like, I promise you I&#8217;m not going to let this game slip out of our hands.&#8221;\u00a0 Davis led the team with 8 Tackles.<\/li>\n<li>Andy Borregales had the game of his short career with 4 Field Goals on 4 Attempts (41, 45, 52, and 19 yards) and 2 for 2 on Extra Points.<\/li>\n<li>Hunter Henry had the game of his career with 7 catches on 10 targets for 115 yards and a TD. He also had one TD called back.<\/li>\n<li>You have to give Joe Flacco credit. He came back in the game after messing up his index finger and he threw a 17 yard fade pass, an absolute dime in the bucket to Mitchell Tinsley on the next play.\u00a0 The Patriots held him to 19\/37 for 183 yards, a TD and INT with a passer rating of 63.2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Bad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Patriots only had 21 yards in Offense in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quarter and only had the ball for 4:21.<\/li>\n<li>You can\u2019t talk about this game without touching on the number of injuries, some which could be serious. Credit to Vederian Lowe, Ben Brown and Marcus Bryant for stepping up and playing well.<\/li>\n<li>Both Maye\u2019s and Flacco\u2019s Pick-6 INTs were for 33-yards<\/li>\n<li>Evan McPherson kicking a 63-yard Field Goal was ridiculous. That was a new Cincinnati Franchise record.\u00a0 Coming into the game, McPherson was 1 in 4 kicks over 50 yards.\u00a0 He made another 54-yarder in the game.<\/li>\n<li>The Mitchell Tinsley TD was the 1<sup>st<\/sup> against Christian Gonzalez all season. In fairness, it was a perfectly thrown ball by Flacco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Ugly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Patriots\u2019 plays in the Red Zone were horrendous. They can\u2019t seem to punch the ball in the end zone after they lose Campbell and Wilson.\u00a0 I thought the play selection was bad as well. \u00a0When are we going to see a read option or Run\/Pass Option play with Maye\u2019s running ability?\u00a0 The Patriots were 0-2 in Goal-to-Goal situations.\u00a0 The 1st time, they came away with no points, and the 2nd time, they had 9 plays to punch it in and settled for a Field Goal.<\/li>\n<li>Mack Hollins&#8217; Offensive Pass Interference on a pick play was totally unnecessary. Henry was open without the pick.<\/li>\n<li>Chase Brown ran for 107 yards on 19 carries for a 5.6 YPC. He was the 1<sup>st<\/sup> player in the league to run for a 100-yards against the Patriots this year.<\/li>\n<li>Did the Bengals jinx themselves with a pre-game post? The picture showed Tee Higgins Moss\u2019ing Christian Gozalez for a TD.\u00a0 The problem is that it never happened.\u00a0 It was AI-generated, and the only time Gonzalez played against the Bengals, he was not wearing the uniform shown!<\/li>\n<li>Self-Inflicted Wounds \u2013 According to Greg Bedard, the Patriots left 10 points out on the field. He cited failure to get any point on a 1<sup>st<\/sup> and goal and then how they misplayed the end of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> half by allowing the Bengals to move down the field and kick a Field Goal.\u00a0 Bedard said that this game shouldn\u2019t have been this close.<\/li>\n<li>The Patriots&#8217; pass rush is anemic with only one sack today against a statue in Joe Flacco.<\/li>\n<li>Elijah Ponder and K\u2019Lavon Chaisson had trouble holding the Edge, allowing Chase Brown to get around the edge for big gains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Drake Maye Flowers of the Week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Maye is the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> youngest QB in NFL history to have 250 yards passing in 5 consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Joe Burrows Rumor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There is an unsubstantiated rumor circulating around the net that the Bengals tried to activate Joe Burrows but they entered the transaction too late and were denied by the league. \u00a0\u00a0This could just be disgruntled fans, but if true, it 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