Felger: No way the Patriots should have lost that game
Felger thinks that the New England Patriots week 2 loss to the Seattle Seahawks was a choke job.
Felger: Gag. Gag.
Mazz: Yeah, they did. They gave it away.
Felger: Choke. It’s a choke. Absolute choke. No way they should have lost that ball game, on several different fronts. I mean, just again you talk about the Gibson run, first down at the Seattle 25 yard line with 6:06 on the clock up by three points. That’s got to be ball game there. That’s got to be. You’ve got to close that game.
Mazz: Punch it in and it’s over.
Felger: Up three points, first and 10 at the Seattle 25 with 6:06 on the clock and Seattle gets the ball back with four minutes left and you’ve got no points. That is a gag. That’s a choke. And no one should let them off the hook for that.
Felger: Just because they are clearing the exceedingly low bar that we set for them, and they are, they’ve cleared this incredibly low bar and my incredibly low expectation I had for them, don’t let that cloud you into not holding their feet to the fire for that loss that has got to be a win. All the things we can talk about today and we will, we’ll go over all of them. First down at the Seattle 25 yard line with 6:06 on a running clock. You’re up three points. You have to close that ball game either with taking time off the clock or getting 3 points and making them drive down for a touchdown. And the fact that you did neither, that is a choke job. Choke job. Gag.
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Patriots Ups & Downs: Who stood out in a loss to the Seahawks?
DOWN: LT Vederian Lowe
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe sacks New England Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett. (Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images)
Pressure off the left edge was a problem all afternoon for the Patriots, and quarterback Jacoby Brissett mostly did a good-enough job to mitigate the damage. That was until he took a 9-yard sack in the fourth quarter on the play before the blocked field goal try. Lowe wasn’t the only player that allowed pressure on that play, but he was the most consistently troublesome offensive lineman out there.
UP: P Bryce Baringer
New England Patriots kicker Joey Slye (13) reacts with New England Patriots punter Bryce Baringer (17) in the third quarter of the NFL game at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Photo Credit: Albert Cesare/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images
Baringer is off to a great start this season, one of the few Patriots to string together two strong performances. He averaged 57 yards per punt, with a long of 67, three pinned inside the 20-yard line, and only one touchback in six tries.
