New England Patriots links 9/24/18 - Detroit gives Patriots bad case of the runs

TEAM TALKPost Game Notes and Records: Brady has most touchdown passes for a player in his 40s; More.Gamebook: Full Patriots-Lions stats.Erik Scalavino posts his Game Recap from the press box at Ford Field: Frustrated but not yet worried.Paul Perillo shares his Game Observations: New England was thoroughly dominated on both sides of the ball throughout the night Youth Rob Gronkowski Jersey , especially in the first half, as they allowed Detroit to control the ball for nearly 40 minutes.Andy Hart’s Stock Watch: Defense struggles in loss at Lions.Don Banks’ Snap Judgments Week 3: Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we digest a wild Week 3, which seemed to mark when this new NFL season officially stopped making sense.Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Lions.Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady.Post Game Interviews: Duron Harmon, David Andrews, Sony Michel. (1.31 min. video)LOCAL LINKSMike Reiss assesses the wreckage and finds the lack of urgency disturbing: “It might have been the worst half the Patriots have played in the 19-year tenure of head coach Bill Belichick: Three straight three-and-outs on offense, a defense that looked overmatched at times, and a time-of-possession edge for the Lions of 21:26 to 8:34”.Doug Kyed lays out what went wrong in Detroit. 1. Lack of athleticism on defense.Doug Kyed’s Patriots-Lions takeaways and metrics: Pass rush looks atrocious. DJ Bean bluntly recaps the loss: Not much skill from Patriots skill players.Phil Perry gives us his Pats-Lions takeaways: Brady’s frustration evident in loss.Ryan Hannable offers 10 quick thoughts from the brutal loss: 1. This one felt worse than last week against the Jaguars. The Patriots lacked energy on both sides of the ball from the start and the Lions made them pay. ...Karen Guregian states the Patriots will need more than Josh Gordon to fix this mess.Tom E. Curran says that the Patriots’ “gotta play better, gotta coach better” lines never rang more true.David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Overreaction Monday: New England Patriots vs Detroit Lions. 1. Everyone was hurt.Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Patriots mauled by Lions, 26-10.Chris Blackey (DiehardBostonSportsFans) Patriots: What went wrong in Motown?Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots mauled by Lions, three up and three down.Bob George (PatsFans) Depleted defense struggled in loss to Matt Patricia’s Lions.Phil Perry calls out the Patriots run game performance, which hit a low last night.Mark Daniels reports Sony Michel hoped for a better start to his NFL career.Zack Cox notes Tom Brady wants to see more James White. “Guys who can make plays, those are the ones that should be involved, and James is certainly one of them”.Doug Kyed explains why Stephon Gilmore wasn’t to blame for that long touchdown.Doug Kyed points out the issues on defense clearly didn’t start or end with Matt Patricia.Zack Cox Patriots Notes: Josh Gordon takes only mental reps in first game with Pats.Zack Cox notes Rob Gronkowski confirmed he squashed any potential trade with threat of retirement. “Brady’s my quarterback. That’s all. I wasn’t going anywhere without Brady.”Mike Cole NFL Rumors: Rob Gronkowski Lions trade would have been only for picks.Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Rodney Harrison sees great potential for Josh Gordon with the Patriots.Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Sunday Patriots news Youth James White Jersey , AFC East notes. NATIONAL NEWSNFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots at Lions: Recap, stats, ‘highlights’.Mark Maske (Washington Post) Patriots face an early season crisis, but count out Tom Brady and Bill Belichick at your peril.Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) How much should you overreact to the Patriots’ 1-2 start?: A helpful guide.Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Sunday Night wrap-up: Matthew Stafford leads balanced Lions offense.Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Sunday’s Week 3 games: 2. There’s a reason that the Patriots executed a trade for Josh Gordon this week, however embattled the former Browns receiver may be. They are and remain void of a vertical threat and options at wideout.Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The winners and losers from NFL Week 3: The Bills pulled off the biggest upset of the century while the Patriots fell on their faces. Those are just a few of the ways the league made no sense this week.Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Patriots vs. Lions final score, takeaways: Detroit wins big, New England falls to 1-2 for first time since 2012.Brent Sobleski (Bleacher Report) Patriots are doomed without a dominant Josh Gordon.Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) Belichick on Pats’ start: None has ‘been good enough’.Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Gronk: I would retire if Patriots traded me, not going anywhere without Brady.Peter King (ProFootballTalk) Football Morning in America Week 3: A Sunday of surprises? Nah, a vet says, ‘This is the normal’.Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: Rams have an early edge on the rest of the NFL.Scott Polacek (Bleacher Report) Matthew Stafford, Lions dominate Tom Brady, Patriots behind Kerryon Johnson.Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned from Week 3 of the 2018 NFL season: 7. Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots looked totally outclassed by a previously winless Lions outfit Sunday night.Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL Week 3 winners, losers: Patriots facing serious problems after loss to Lions.John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 3 Grades: Lions earn ‘A+’ for upset of Patriots; Pats earn a D. /the hard way.NFL Gameday Prime (NFL.com) Deion Sanders: Pats are ‘a Julian Edelman away’ from getting back on track. (1.39 min. video)Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) As league goes overboard to protect quarterbacks http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-eric-rowe-jersey , quarterbacks need to protect themselves.Mark Maske (Washington Post) Another Clay Matthews roughing-the-passer call stokes latest NFL quandary.Charles R. McDonald and Ryan Van Bibber (SB Nation) The NFL’s roughing the passer rule is changing the game for all the wrong reasons. Let’s be real, if we’d been talking about this back in September, we’d just be grateful to have plays, period. Like, anything that worked on a remotely consistent basis. We’re all definitely used to the September Scaries by now with the Belichick Patriots, but that doesn’t make you want to smash your head on the bar or fight a Yankees fan any less when we’re in the thick of it.Fortunately, all of that silliness was cured with a date with Miami and a 38-7 thrashing of a then-undefeated Miami Dolphins amidst cries of IS THIS THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD IN THE AFC EAST?? Hey, if Miami is all it takes to cure what ails ya, Bernd, I can put that on the company card, right?Meanwhile, with the current-day Patriots offense sharing Batman’s philosophy of “I’m whatever Gotham/New England needs me to be”, nobody’s mistaking them with Chiefs and their Mario Kart Blue Shell offense, but New England’s certainly hung plenty of points on the board over the weeks that Octoberfest’s been available. That’s what makes this assessment from ESPN a bit of an “O RLY?” situation:K Youth Dont'a Hightower Jersey , no surprises at the top there, cool cool cool cool cool, Chiefs & Chargers, seems legit, no Patriots, but that’s...wait, they’re at THE BOTTOM? Well, bottom-ish, but yeah. With “explosive plays” being defined as a 15+ yard run or a 20+ yard reception, the Patriots are barely meeting the zombie apocalypse standard of “just run faster than the guy next to you” down in the basement outpacing the Bills, Cardinals, and Titans...and nobody else.(Gotta be honest though, it feels great to see the Eagles right down there with us. Hey, as long as they’re having fun Youth Joe Thuney Jersey , am I right?)In case you missed it, our resident salary cap nerd enthusiast Brian Phillips crunched the numbers on what exactly the deal was with the Pats offense looking like most of us in the gym on January 2nd, and here’s the TL;DRFast forward to the past few weeks, and Rob Gronkowski not operating at full Gronkitude sure isn’t helping either, but just like it’s been for the past, um, 15 years, a trip to the Bills this weekend also tends to cure what ails ya.Even if “what ails ya” in this case means not piledriving the NFL in quite as spectacular a fashion as last year, or the year before that, or the year before that, or....Also: bet?Oh, it’s percolating, my fellow Matt...it is DEFINITELY percolating.