Overall, Belichick said he was pleased with their effort.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, our receivers – Julian did a good job – but our receivers have blocked well for us all year,” said Belichick. \u00a0“They really compete in the running game and after the catch in the passing game, whether it be stock blocks or crack blocks or just second effort type plays. They’ve done a great job for us, all of them.”<\/p>\n
“You can’t say enough about them whether it be [Malcolm] Mitchell on [Jacoby] Brissett’s touchdown run against Houston, or Chris [Hogan], Julian, Danny [Amendola] does a great job, [Matthew] Slater’s given us some snaps in there too doing those kinds of things, so that group really competes hard in the running game. They give good effort and they’re tough. They do it consistently.”<\/p>\n
Brady Was Money On Third Down Sunday –\u00a0<\/strong>Tom Brady was obviously in the zone on Sunday during his first NFL game back from his suspension, but while looking at the totals from the game, one area that stood out was his performance throwing the football on third down.<\/p>\n The veteran quarterback finished the game with his highest completion percentage coming on third down where he completed 9-of-11 (82%) for 157 yards along with a touchdown, as well as 7 passing first downs. \u00a0He was also 1-of-1 in the red zone on 3rd down (3-of-4 with two touchdowns overall), with his lone completion being the 5-yard touchdown pass he threw to Martellus Bennett.<\/p>\n Here’s a quick look at his targets on third down:<\/p>\n Rob Gronkowski: 2\/2 46yds – 2 First Downs *Touchdowns count as a passing first down by league stats.<\/em><\/p>\n Belichick Helping Gostkowski Get Through Rough Patch –\u00a0<\/strong>One of the questions asked during Belichick’s conference call on Monday was how they help players like Stephen Gostkowski get through rough patches like the one he’s dealing with right now.<\/p>\n The veteran kicker missed another field goal on Sunday, pushing a 50-yard attempt wide right during the team’s 33-13 blowout win over the Browns as the Patriots attempted to add to their lead before the half.<\/p>\n Overall he’s missed three field goals so far this season, matching the number of misses he had for all of 2015. \u00a0He’s converted on 7-of-10 of his attempts thus far this season, compared to last season when he hit 33-of-36.<\/p>\n It’s an unusual start for the veteran kicker, and Belichick said that in times like these it’s just a matter of getting back to working on technique and timing.<\/p>\n “Well, we do the same thing really at every position,” explained Belichick. \u00a0“Every week we try to work on our techniques, our timing, our consistency and it’s the same with every part of our game; offense, defense, special teams. Just continually trying to work to get better, not taking anything for granted.”<\/p>\n “Stephen’s one of our hardest working players and I’d say one of the most respected players on the team because of the way he does work and how team-oriented he is. Whatever we’ve asked him to do, whether it be the training things or kickoffs or situations, the amount of field goals where we’ve multiple holders and snappers over the course of his career. He does a great job of working with those guys and just working to make the operation better and more consistent. We’ll keep doing that just like we do with everything else in our program.”<\/p>\n
\nChris Hogan: 2\/2 66yds – 2 First Downs
\nMartellus Bennett: 2\/3 18yds – 2 First Downs, 1 TD*
\nJulian Edelman – 1\/2 12yds – 1 First Down
\nMalcolm Mitchell – 1\/1 5yds
\nJames White – 1\/1 10yds<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Stephen Gostkowski has had a rough patch to begin 2016.<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n