The New England Patriots: The Masters Era (M15)

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Ups and Downs - 2014 Week 5

Ups

Tom Brady: Who said his deep ball was gone again? It turns out he just needed somebody deep to throw it to. This week it was Brandon LaFell and Aaron Dobson on his one play. Brady would throw for 433 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Brandon LaFell: He could not be covered deep, as he totaled 4 catches for 189 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Rob Gronkowski: He was Brady's primary target, totaling 8 catches for 123 yards and his 1st touchdown of 2014.

Dont'a Hightower: He lived in the backfield as he totaled 7 total tackles, 4 for a loss, and a sack.

Patrick Chung: In two games filling in for Roman Harper, he has totaled 12 tackles and this week he forced and recovered a fumble.

Darrelle Revis: He was in shutdown mode. 3 picks with 2 touchdowns doesn't hurt either.

Downs

Julian Edelman: In a game, where the Patriots mostly focused on deep passing, Edelman disappeared. He only had 1 catch for 11 eleven yards.

Offensive Line (Mostly Bryan Stork): The Entire o-line had a bad game as Brady didn't have a lot of time to throw. They caused the interception, and on a few other occasions, Brady would have guys wide open deep and not be able to get the throw off. Stork had an especially bad game, being credited with 3 sacks allowed.

Tommy Kelly: He didn't have a big impact again, only totaling 1 tackle.

Dominique Easley: In his first, career start, he was nowhere to be found, as he didn't even register on the stat sheet.

Brandon Browner: He struggled a bit in man-coverage, getting beat quite a few times.

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2014 Week 5 NFL Recap

2014 Week 5 Scoreboard

Thursday's Games

MIN 27 @ GB 20

Sunday's Games

CHI 22 @ CAR 16

CLE 3 @ TEN 13

STL 21 @ PHI 29

ATL 13 @ NYG 27

TB 34 @ NO 20

HOU 14 @ DAL 19

BUF 16 @ DET 19

BAL 33 @ IND 27

PIT 33 @ JAX 7

ARI 17 @ DEN 36

KC 35 @ SF 10

NYJ 16 @ SD 23

CIN 14 @ NE 55

Monday's Games

SEA 27 @ WAS 24

Players of the Week

AFC Offensive: NE QB Tom Brady; 19/26 433 Yds 4 TDs 1 Int

AFC Defensive: NE CB Darrelle Revis; 3 Tkls 3 Int 2 TDs

NFC Offensive: GB QB Aaron Rodgers; 44/57 388 Yds 2 TDs

NFC Defensive: ATL LB Sean Weatherspoon; 15 Tkls 2 Sacks

2014 Week 5 Major Injuries
Pos	Player	Injury Note
OT	Cordy Glenn (BUF)	Pulled Groin - 2 Weeks
DL	Manny Lawson (BUF)	Foot Fracture - 7 Weeks
DL	Ndamukong Suh (DET)	Broken Thumb - 4 Weeks
WR	Jordy Nelson (GB)	Broken Wrist - 2 Weeks
DL	Star Lotulelei (CAR)	Pulled Groin - 4 Weeks
CB	Keenan Lewis (NO)	Dislocated Knee - 2 Weeks
DL	Linval Joseph (MIN)	Pulled Groin - 2 Weeks

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Matchup Preview *|* October 12, 2014
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New England Patriots (5-0, 3-0 Away)		Buffalo Bills (2-3, 1-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 2nd Total Yards 18th 1st Total Offensive Yards 19th 1st Passing Yards 25th 11th Rushing Yards 8th 35.4 Points Per Game 22.8 12 Passing TD 8 5 Rushing TD 4 103 First Downs 68 20 Red Zone Attempts 16 11/6 Red Zone TD-FG 7/3 85% Red Zone Percentage 62% Defensive Stats Comparison 10th Total Yards Allowed 16th 7th Passing Yards Allowed 20th 26th Rushing Yards Allowed 7th 16th Points Allowed 9th 13 Sacks 14 1 Fumble Recoveries 2 4 Interceptions 5 21.2 Points Per Game 18.6 10 Red Zone Attempts 15 8/2 Red Zone TD-FG 7/6 100% Red Zone Percentage 86% Injury Report DL Mario Williams Pulled Groin - 2 Weeks OT Cordy Glenn Pulled Groin - 2 Weeks DL Manny Lawson Foot Fracture - 7 Weeks CB Leodis McKelvin Pulled Groin 4 Weeks OG Kraig Urbik Ruptured Disk - 5 Weeks

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Bills corner Nickell Robey runs into the endzone after a 22 yard interception return

Patriots Comeback Attempt Collapses at End. Manuel, Jackson Lead Bills to Victory

Since 2001, the Bills-Patriots rivalry has been completely one-sided, very similar to how the Browns-Steelers rivalry has been. Since 2001, the Bills only captured wins against New England in 2003 and 2011. Add 2014 to that now.

The Patriots would receive the ball first, and they continued their offensive success from Week 5, putting together a solid drive that included a 41 yard fade pass to Brandon LaFell. The drive ended when Stevan Ridley ran in a 5 yard touchdown to put the Pats up. The Bills would quickly answer back by putting together a quick touchdown drive that included a 45 yard run by Fred Jackson, who would have a monster game. CJ Spiller would catch an 8 yard touchdown from EJ Manuel to finish the drive. The Pats would begin to struggle on offense and have to punt it away. The Bills would end the quarter by beginning a promising drive. Game tied after 1, 7-7.

The Bills would turn that promising drive into a touchdown. EJ Manuel would find Mike Williams open down the seam after a busted coverage by the Patriots. It would be a 42 yard touchdown connection to put the Bills up by a touchdown. The Pats would have to punt it away again, and the Bills would take advantage of the opportunity to go up by 2 scores. It was a solid drive that seemed to take forever. Finally, Fred Jackson would take it in for the 1 yard touchdown. The Pats would have around 1:40 to do something, but they weren't able to build anything up. Bills lead at halftime, 21-7.

The Patriots would finally be able to stop the Bills to start the second half. Up to this point, Fred Jackson was running where he pleased, and EJ Manuel was finding open man after open man. The Patriots would capitalize, they put together a nice touchdown drive where Shane Vereen would run in a 1 yard touchdown. The Bills would then continue their success on offense and put together some plays to get to the edge of field goal range, where they are stopped. Dan Carpenter would then come out and kick a 53 yard field goal into the wind to give the Bills a 10 point lead. Bills lead after 3, 24-14.

The Patriots would come out in the fourth quarter and drive right down the field. Tom Brady would throw a 1 yard touchdown to Joseph Fauria, Fauria's first of the year. With the lead at 3, the Bills would put together a very solid drive, but once they got into the redzone, the Patriots defense stepped up and made the stop. After the Bills field goal, the Patriots were just down 6 with around 5 minutes to go. On one of his first throws of the drive, Tom Brady would look for Julian Edelman, but it would be picked off by safety Aaron Williams. The Bills would turn that into a field goal to take a 9 point lead with less than 2 minutes to go. On the first play of the Patriots next drive, Brady would look for Gronkowski, but Gronk would fall down and Nick Robey would be there for the interception and run it back for a touchdown. The 2-point conversion was good which ended the game. Bills win 38-21.

Analysis

After a great week offensively, the Patriots were just average again. The offensive line was horrendous. Brady had no time to throw, which accounts for most of his first half struggles, but didn't have anything to do with the interceptions. Receivers struggled to get open, and some made some key drops. This offense has to figure themselves out fast.

The defense was abysmal. Fred Jackson ran all over them, all day, EJ Manuel had no trouble as receivers were open everywhere for, and Mike Williams was dominating Logan Ryan. The only positive things were that they played better in the second half, and Darrelle Revis shutdown Sammy Watkins.

The Patriots will have a short week, as they will host the New York Jets for Thursday Night Football.

New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
Oct 12, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New England Patriots (5-1)	7	0	7	7	21
Buffalo Bills (3-3)	7	14	3	14	38

Team Stats Comparison
	NWE	BUF
Total Offense	368	394
Rushing Yards	77	182
Passing Yards	291	212
First Downs	19	20
Punt Return Yards	5	31
Kick Return Yards	49	52
Total Yards	422	477
Turnovers	2	0
3rd Down Converstion	4/11	3/8
4th Down Conversion	0/2	0/0
2-Point Conversion	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/0	2/2
Penalties
Posession Time	21:52	30:08

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NWE	BUF
8:23	(NWE) S. Ridley 5 Yd Run	7	0
6:54	(BUF) CJ Spiller 8 Yd Pass from E. Manuel	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NWE	BUF
10:51	(BUF) M. Williams 42 Yd Pass from E. Manuel	7	14
1:40	(BUF) F. Jackson 1 Yd Run	7	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NWE	BUF
5:01	(NWE) S. Vereen 1 Yd Run	14	21
0:14	(BUF) D. Carpenter 52 Yd FG	14	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NWE	BUF
9:35	(NWE) J. Fauria 1 Yd Pass from T. Brady	21	24
5:33	(BUF) D. Carpenter 25 Yd FG	21	27
1:45	(BUF) D. Carpenter 23 Yd FG	21	30
1:38	(BUF) N. Robey 22 Yd Int Ret (2-pt Conversion Good)	21	38

New England Patriots PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tom Brady 24/45 316 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Stevan Ridley 10 41 4.1 1 Shane Vereen 4 36 9.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Rob Gronkowski 8 98 12.2 0 Danny Amendola 4 76 19.0 0 Julian Edelman 4 41 10.2 0 Brandon LaFell 1 41 41.0 0 Josh Boyce 1 26 26.0 0 Joseph Fauria 4 20 5.0 1 Matthew Slater 1 12 12.0 0 Shane Vereen 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Nate Solder 2 0 Logan Mankins 1 0 Dan Connolly 0 1 Sebastian Vollmer 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jerod Mayo 10 2 0 0 Devin McCourty 7 0 0 0 Darrelle Revis 6 0 0 0 Dont'a Hightower 6 0 0 0 Roman Harper 4 0 0 0 Logan Ryan 4 0 0 0 Vince Wilfork 3 0 0 0 Chandler Jones 3 1 0 0 Brandon Browner 2 0 0 0 Zach Moore 1 1 0 0 Rob Ninkovich 1 0 0 0 Dominique Easley 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Stephen Gostkowski 0/0 3/3 3 XP PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Allen 3 154 51.3 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Danny Amendola 3 49 16.3 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Julian Edelman 1 5 5.0 0

Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT EJ Manuel 16/19 231 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Fred Jackson 23 149 6.4 1 CJ Spiller 5 13 2.6 0 EJ Manuel 2 7 3.5 0 Bryce Brown 1 13 13.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Mike Williams 5 102 20.4 1 Scott Chandler 4 72 18.0 0 Sammy Watkins 1 18 18.0 0 Robert Woods 2 14 7.0 0 TJ Graham 2 10 5.0 0 CJ Spiller 1 8 8.0 1 Lee Smith 1 7 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Ryan Schraeder 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Da'Norris Searcy 9 0 0 0 Aaron Williams 5 0 1 0 Brandon Spikes 5 0 0 0 Nickell Robey 4 0 1 1 Marcell Dareus 4 2 0 0 Kiko Alonso 3 1 0 0 Corey Graham 2 0 0 0 Duke Williams 2 0 0 0 Stephon Gilmore 2 0 0 0 Ross Cockrell 1 0 0 0 Kyle Williams 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Dan Carpenter 3/3 3/3 12 53 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Drew Butler 2 89 44.5 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Marquise Goodwin 2 52 26.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD CJ Spiller 3 31 10.3 0

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Ups and Downs - 2014 Week 6

Ups

Darrelle Revis: He shut down the speedy rookie Sammy Watkins this week.

Downs

Julian Edelman: Against a great pass rush, he needs to be able to produce more in the short passing game.

Brandon LaFell: After his 41 yard catch, he was shut down.

Offensive Line: Again, this unit was unable to protect Brady, especially in the 1st half.

Dominique Easley: He was moved to DT this week, and he hardly produced, totaling just 1 tackle.

Rob Ninkovich: He got to start again this week, but he couldn't produce.

Logan Ryan: He was burned in coverage by Mike Williams this week.

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2014 Week 6 NFL Recap

2014 Week 6 Scoreboard

Thursday's Games

IND 25 @ HOU 22

Sunday's Games

CHI 35 @ ATL 27

JAX 20 @ TEN 17

DEN 37 @ NYJ 23

DET 22 @ MIN 20

NE 21 @ BUF 38

CAR 10 @ CIN 41

PIT 0 @ CLE 28

GB 10 @ MIA 7

BAL 28 @ TB 7

SD 38 @ OAK 20

DAL 28 @ SEA 17

WAS 28 @ ARI 31

NYG 30 @ PHI 16

Monday's Games

SF 28 @ STL 18

Players of the Week

AFC Offensive: DEN QB Peyton Manning; 31/40 387 Yds 3 TDs

AFC Defensive: OAK LB Nick Roach; 19 Tkls 1 Sack

NFC Offensive: SF QB Colin Kaepernick; 16/20 212 Yds 3 TDs 9 Car 30 Yds 1 TD

NFC Defensive: CAR LB Luke Kuechly; 19 Tkls 1 Sack 1 FF 1 FR

2014 Week 6 Major Injuries
Pos	Player	Injury Note
OG	Matt Slauson (CHI)	Pulled Groin - 4 Weeks
RB	Doug Martin (TB)	Broken Femur - 31 Weeks (Placed on IR)
QB	Matt Ryan (ATL)	Dislocated Hip - 7 Weeks
OG	Josh Sitton (GB)	Pulled Groin - 1 Week
LB	Thomas Davis (CAR)	Broken Thumb - 2 Weeks
OT	Jake Long (STL)	Pulled Groin - 2 Weeks
WR	DeAndre Hopkins (HOU)	Broken Thumb - 1 Week
DL	JJ Watt (HOU)	Ruptured Disk - 2 Weeks

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Matchup Preview *|* October 16, 2014
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New York Jets (0-6, 0-2 Away)		New England Patriots (5-1, 2-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 10th Total Yards 4th 13th Total Offensive Yards 1st 12th Passing Yards 1st 15th Rushing Yards 12th 16.7 Points Per Game 33.0 4 Passing TD 13 5 Rushing TD 7 81 First Downs 122 17 Red Zone Attempts 24 7/7 Red Zone TD-FG 14/6 82% Red Zone Percentage 83% Defensive Stats Comparison 30th Total Yards Allowed 15th 32nd Passing Yards Allowed 6th 9th Rushing Yards Allowed 31st 32nd Points Allowed 26th 7 Sacks 17 2 Fumble Recoveries 1 3 Interceptions 4 26.7 Points Per Game 24.0 25 Red Zone Attempts 14 15/6 Red Zone TD-FG 10/4 84% Red Zone Percentage 100% Injury Report DL Leger Douzable Pulled Groin - 2 Weeks DL Kerry Hyder Shoulder Tear - 3 Weeks OT Brent Qvale Foot Stress Fracture - 9 Weeks

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