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It’s been a while coming-and this rebuild was rockier than the last one for the Patriots. Of course, when McCourty spoke of what these Patriots are built for, he was talking about a lot more than just what went down over three hours at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. And J.C., chasing his guy from outside in, I get a hand on it, it puts the ball right up in the air for him to make an interception, and another key play in the game to get that turnover and get our offense back on the field.”įrom there, the Patriots kicked a field goal, created another turnover-their fourth on the day-scored a touchdown and pulled even with Tennessee in the standings, a half game back of the Ravens in the AFC playoff picture. That window that opens up coming from the other side, and I was just able to get a hand on it.
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“Me, as a free guy, I try to see what’s trailing from behind because that’s the next read for the quarterback. “They flooded the zone going to our left, and I think everybody picked up a guy going to the flat,” McCourty said. After Kendrick Bourne turned a simple drag into a tightrope, 41-yard touchdown later in the third quarter to stretch the Patriots’ lead to 26–13, the Titans went 73 yards in 13 plays to set up a fourth-and-goal from the New England 2.Īt the snap, Tannehill rolled to this right, and trouble followed for Tennessee. He’d prove it again two possessions later. And like I said, J.C.’s always looking for the ball and trying to create a turnover, and he’s done that better than anybody since he’s entered the league.” The corners are finishing on the ball, running across the field, punching at the ball, and it showed up. “It’s those guys’ doing what they do every day in practice. Today, Foreman breaks out but he sees Jalen Mills to his left and he goes to avoid him, and that gives J.C. did, and then it comes down to the whole team hustling.
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“Very similar to the play Jon Jones made in ‘19 against Nick Chubb when we played Cleveland-Chubb breaks a long run, Jon Jones runs to the other side of the field and the first thing he’s doing is punching at the ball,” McCourty said. After holding the Patriots to a field goal at the start of the second half, D’Onta Foreman ripped off a six-yarder on first down, then took a second-and-4 carry 30 yards through the heart of the Patriots’ defense.īut the Patriots’ secondary ran with Foreman and eventually made something happen. Brown, Julio Jones, Rashaan Evans or Kristian Fulton) had hung in there, and the team’s Henry-less run game had its footing-rushing for 142 yards on 18 carries in the first half. The Titans were down 19–13, but their M*A*S*H unit (no Derrick Henry, A.J. The first time came on the Patriots’ second defensive snap of the second half. Also like many before him, in the midst of a performance that, for the team, looked a lot prettier in the final analysis than as it was happening, the emerging fourth-year star made the right plays at the right times when the Patriots needed those from him. Like many before him, Jackson’s replacing a veteran star, Stephon Gilmore, in this case, whom the Patriots let go.
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Super soph Kyle Dugger played big again.Īnd there were others down the line that, as Mayo would say, were stars in their roles.īut no one typified the effort-and how you could tie this year’s Patriots to the Brady Patriots-better than J.C. Jakobi Meyers and Kendrick Bourne made big plays. The run game, behind Rhamondre Stevenson and Damien Harris, churned out 105 yards.
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Mac Jones, the quarterback who’s lodged himself right behind Ja’Marr Chase in the Rookie of the Year race, wound up with stellar numbers, hitting on 23-of-32 throws for 310 yards, two touchdowns and a 123.2 passer rating. “But it always comes down to doing that day in and day out, and then obviously on Sunday.”