I was another week and another win for the Patriots as they put the hammer down on the Washington Redskins. This was really not the best game for the Patriots as it was very sloppy at times but we were only playing the Redskins who are just flat out awful.
Bill Belichick had this to say about the Patriots performance “I thought that was a good win for our team today. We obviously had to grind it out and had a lot of guys step up maybe that hadn’t played as much that had to step in and play, played well and did a good job of being ready to go.”
But the Patriots could not escape injuries as Sebastian Vollmer and Dion Lewis would both leave the game with injuries. Per Adam Schefter Lewis will undergo an MRI on his knee Monday. Belichick had this to say about the injuries and the changes they had to make during the game: “Yeah we definitely had to make some adjustments. I thought Josh [McDaniels] and Googe [Dave DeGuglielmo] and the offensive coaches did a good job of that. We obviously practiced those situations, but as far as game planning and the way that the game unfolded, there were some things we felt like we didn’t need at that point and so we focused on the things that we were going to use and call, and that’s what we did, and those guys did a good job on that. ”
The Patriots also tried to pull a fast one on the Redskins after the opening drive touchdown. The Patriots did a surprise onside kick and it worked. Belichick had this to say about the decision of calling the onside kick ” We thought we’d get a play out of it. We were kind of fortunate that it was a little mishandled. Jonathan [Freeny] made a good play. Nate [Ebner] kind of reacted quickly to it and Jonathan got on it. [Ryan] Grant actually played it pretty well. He was in position to play it, but the ball, those are always tough balls to handle, as we’ve seen being on the other side of those. Good that it worked out, we got another play in the kicking game, so hopefully we can just try to make a couple each week.”
Tom Brady had himself a quiet day going 26 for 39 for 299 yards and two touchdown. But Brady also had an interception that was his first interception that was actually his fault. The Patriots really dominated on the ground Brady had this to say about the running game: “It was great. We possessed the ball quite a bit during the first quarter and had some great drives there, and the run game was a real big factor. The more balanced we are, the better it is for the quarterback, so it was great. He made some big runs, especially when there wasn’t a lot there. But [the way] he runs, it’s running through guys. He had a great kind of run where he spun out of a bunch of tackles and ran for I don’t know, 15, 17 yards or something like that there in the third quarter on a big touchdown drive. It was great to see it. Hopefully we can do more of it.”
The Patriots will now prepare for the New York Giants as they will play Sunday afternoon at 4:15.
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