Greg Bedard: 3 Up and 3 Down from the Patriots loss to the Dolphins
Greg Bedard of BostonSportsJournal.com joins Felger and Mazz and gives his 3 Up and 3 Down for the New England Patriots in their week 5 loss to the Miami Dolphins.
3 UP
RHAMONDRE STEVENSON
Greg Bedard: I thought he was great when he got in there. He was benched for all of like 3 plays. But he also had a hold, and then he had a couple catches and runs where he kind of went down like a little easily. But you know, I thought he was the best player on the field for the Patriots.
KAYSHON BOUTTE
Greg Bedard: Limited sample size but a terrific block on the touchdown run, and then he had a great route on that comebacker from Jacoby. I think that was a third down play for about 10 or 12 yards. I think when he’s been in there, he’s done really good work for them.
CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ
Greg Bedard: It wasn’t perfect, he had some rough plays out there, but overall I thought he did a really nice job and I liked how the Patriots played more man coverage in this game.
3 DOWN
PATRIOTS COACHES
Greg Bedard: The coaches starting with Jerod Mayo. I thought they were the number one reason why the Patriots did not win this game.
RAEKWON MCMILLAN
Greg Bedard: He was terrible in this game. I have him at least partially responsible for a 20 yard gain, a 12 yard game, a 10 yard gain, another 12 yard game, 17 and 16.
JACOBY BRISSETT
Greg Bedard: He was not good enough in this game again. He had some key misses. Once again Jacoby Brissett was not good enough in this game.
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11 takeaways from the Patriots' low-scoring loss to the Dolphins
What we learned in the New England Patriots’ 15-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
The game between the NFL’s two lowest-scoring offenses lived up to its billing on Sunday, as the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins slogged through 60 minutes of football. In the end it was the Dolphins exceeding their season scoring average by four points and the Patriots falling below theirs by three in a 15-10 Miami win at Gillette Stadium.
Some more offensive numbers from this one – the two teams combined to go 6-of-24 on third downs, and each failed on their lone fourth down attempt. Both quarterbacks took a beating, with 14 combined QB hits.
That lack of offense wasn’t just due to poor play. The other big story of this game was the penalties. There were 23 flags thrown in this game, with 18 of those being accepted. For reference, the crew led by referee Adrian Hill came into this game averaging 16.8 flags thrown per game, ranking fourth in the NFL.
This game left the Patriots with plenty of questions, as they now find themselves staring at a 1-4 hole after losing what projected to be one of their most winnable games of the year. What went wrong, and what do they need to fix? Let’s take a look in this week’s takeaways…