Pats Freeze And Dismantle Tennessee In Gillette
Titans, 0 @ Patriots, 59
Since my preview was not able to be posted on time, I apologize and posted it anyway and made up for the untimeliness with a special bonus plethora of statistics from this game.
I thought there was tons of action in the first half of the Saints/Giants game, and I thought the Titans got beaten down by the Colts last week. The Titans looked and played like the last thing they expected was for it to snow. They wanted nothing to do with this game or the Patriots from the get go. They looked like the Cardinals last season when they came into snowy New England in week 16 last year and got leveled 47-7. I also had some flashbacks to 2007 in week 7 when Brady had 5 first half TD passes in Miami and the Patriots had 42 first half points. This game was crazy, so below you will see a slew of crazy, unorganized statistics from this game. Here we go.
A few things struck me as unusual almost immediately with this game.
New England hasn’t had a 40+ yard play all season. They had 3 in the first half, 2 for touchdowns. They also had 3 TDs in a 3 minute span.
One of these 40 yard plays was the unbelievable 40 yard flea flicker touchdown to Moss. What a great pass by Brady and great play execution on such an unusual play. Unfortunately there is entirely too much about this game to discuss how awesome this play was. So watch the highlights.
Here is the first half QB comparison:
Kerry Collins – 1/10, 15 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT
Tom Brady – 24/28, 345 yards, 5 TD, 0 INT
2nd Quarter:
Brady throws for 5 touchdowns in the second quarter, being the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5 TDs in a single quarter.
2 TDs in a 50 second span. 2 fumbles on 2 straight snaps for the Titans. 3 take aways in 5 plays after the interception by Butler.
Some random stats and records:
45-0 after the first half. Patriots record.
6 20+ yard plays in first half.
59 Point total – Franchise Record
Margin of victory – Franchise Record
Most points allowed by the Titans
5 Turnovers forced
619 yards - Most yards in a game in franchise history
First downs: 32
First downs allowed: 9
Time of Possession: NE – 39:00, Tenn – 21:00
Titans QB numbers – 2/14, -7 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT
Finally, let’s take a quick look at my keys to the game:
BIG GAME FOR TOM BRADY
Tom Brady finished after 1 half and one drive with these numbers:
Tom Brady - 29/34, 380 yards, 6 TD, 0 INT
Phil Simms said it himself, “As a quarterback the night before a game you don’t even dream about those types of numbers.”
All in all an incredible rebuilding game for Tom Brady. He clicked with all of his receivers, he was protected well. He hooked up with Wes Welker 10 times and Moss 8 times for 5 touchdowns. Brady threw more touchdown passes (6) than incomplete passes (5). What a day.
BIG PLAYS FROM THE DEFENSE
The Patriots attacked an overwhelmed and intimidated looking offense. They forced and recovered 3 fumbles, and 2 huge interceptions both by rookies. One by safety Pat Chung, and the other from CB Darius Butler. I knew this game would be a great opportunity for the defense to build their confidence, and they went out there and mercilessly took that opportunity today. The rookies got a tremendous confidence boost as did the unit as a whole. Unbelievable effort by this defense today.
The pass defense held the Titans to -7 total passing yards on just 2 completions. That would be an average of -3.5 yards per completion, in contrast with the Patriots who had 426 yards passing, which was 433 more passing yards than the Titans. (You might want to read that paragraph again. Wow.)
SHUT DOWN THE RUN IMMEDIATELY
This was a nonfactor key. The New England offense exploded big time in this game, eliminating the run game from the Tennessee playbooks immediately.
Other side notes:
What a debut for LT Billy Vollmer! Replacing Matt Light was easy today for Vollmer. He made some excellent blocks on some huge plays. The entire offensive line had a field day out there today beating the Titan defensive line ruthlessly play after play.
Brandon Meriweather. This guy FLIES on the field laying it down on players. He is everywhere, making big plays, forcing fumbles. He looks like a younger Rodney Harrison. The entire secondary literally locked down the Titan receivers. They had no shot.
Julian Edelman. Edelman was fantastic today, breaking tackles all over the field. The Patriot receivers ate the Titan secondary alive all game.
This was probably the most lopsided game I have ever seen. The Patriots played awesome, and the Titans were pathetic. They were flat, didn’t show any interest and simply didn’t show up and they got physically, mentally, and emotionally dismantled. If the Patriots left their starters in all game they seriously might have had a shot of winning 100-0. Look at the statistics, the numbers, the scoring summaries, the records set. Let it sink in and realize how incredible this performance really was. I hope the Titans can regroup for their sakes. I would hate to be on that practice field next week.
Since my preview was not able to be posted on time, I apologize and posted it anyway and made up for the untimeliness with a special bonus plethora of statistics from this game.
I thought there was tons of action in the first half of the Saints/Giants game, and I thought the Titans got beaten down by the Colts last week. The Titans looked and played like the last thing they expected was for it to snow. They wanted nothing to do with this game or the Patriots from the get go. They looked like the Cardinals last season when they came into snowy New England in week 16 last year and got leveled 47-7. I also had some flashbacks to 2007 in week 7 when Brady had 5 first half TD passes in Miami and the Patriots had 42 first half points. This game was crazy, so below you will see a slew of crazy, unorganized statistics from this game. Here we go.
A few things struck me as unusual almost immediately with this game.
- Its snowing. I had no idea that the forecast for the game was snow. I didn’t even expect it to be raining to be honest. I didn’t even know the game was starting at 4:15 PM.
- The uniforms. The Patriots are wearing their uniforms they have historically sucked in again, after sucking twice while wearing them this season. And the Oilers, another AFL team, not nearly as harsh on the eyes as the Denver ones last week. At least this game proved my “The Patriots suck in their old uniforms” theory wrong.
- Laurence Maroney. Maroney broke a big 45 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. I haven’t seen Maroney bang out a run like that in years. He hasn’t scored a touchdown since the super bowl, and the Patriots haven’t had a run longer than 20 yards all season. He looked great today, hitting holes hard and rushing for over 100 yards as of just the 3rd quarter. I had a feeling we were in for a wild one when Maroney broke that run in the beginning.
New England hasn’t had a 40+ yard play all season. They had 3 in the first half, 2 for touchdowns. They also had 3 TDs in a 3 minute span.
One of these 40 yard plays was the unbelievable 40 yard flea flicker touchdown to Moss. What a great pass by Brady and great play execution on such an unusual play. Unfortunately there is entirely too much about this game to discuss how awesome this play was. So watch the highlights.
Here is the first half QB comparison:
Kerry Collins – 1/10, 15 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT
Tom Brady – 24/28, 345 yards, 5 TD, 0 INT
2nd Quarter:
Brady throws for 5 touchdowns in the second quarter, being the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5 TDs in a single quarter.
2 TDs in a 50 second span. 2 fumbles on 2 straight snaps for the Titans. 3 take aways in 5 plays after the interception by Butler.
Some random stats and records:
45-0 after the first half. Patriots record.
6 20+ yard plays in first half.
59 Point total – Franchise Record
Margin of victory – Franchise Record
Most points allowed by the Titans
5 Turnovers forced
619 yards - Most yards in a game in franchise history
First downs: 32
First downs allowed: 9
Time of Possession: NE – 39:00, Tenn – 21:00
Titans QB numbers – 2/14, -7 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT
Finally, let’s take a quick look at my keys to the game:
BIG GAME FOR TOM BRADY
Tom Brady finished after 1 half and one drive with these numbers:
Tom Brady - 29/34, 380 yards, 6 TD, 0 INT
Phil Simms said it himself, “As a quarterback the night before a game you don’t even dream about those types of numbers.”
All in all an incredible rebuilding game for Tom Brady. He clicked with all of his receivers, he was protected well. He hooked up with Wes Welker 10 times and Moss 8 times for 5 touchdowns. Brady threw more touchdown passes (6) than incomplete passes (5). What a day.
BIG PLAYS FROM THE DEFENSE
The Patriots attacked an overwhelmed and intimidated looking offense. They forced and recovered 3 fumbles, and 2 huge interceptions both by rookies. One by safety Pat Chung, and the other from CB Darius Butler. I knew this game would be a great opportunity for the defense to build their confidence, and they went out there and mercilessly took that opportunity today. The rookies got a tremendous confidence boost as did the unit as a whole. Unbelievable effort by this defense today.
The pass defense held the Titans to -7 total passing yards on just 2 completions. That would be an average of -3.5 yards per completion, in contrast with the Patriots who had 426 yards passing, which was 433 more passing yards than the Titans. (You might want to read that paragraph again. Wow.)
SHUT DOWN THE RUN IMMEDIATELY
This was a nonfactor key. The New England offense exploded big time in this game, eliminating the run game from the Tennessee playbooks immediately.
Other side notes:
What a debut for LT Billy Vollmer! Replacing Matt Light was easy today for Vollmer. He made some excellent blocks on some huge plays. The entire offensive line had a field day out there today beating the Titan defensive line ruthlessly play after play.
Brandon Meriweather. This guy FLIES on the field laying it down on players. He is everywhere, making big plays, forcing fumbles. He looks like a younger Rodney Harrison. The entire secondary literally locked down the Titan receivers. They had no shot.
Julian Edelman. Edelman was fantastic today, breaking tackles all over the field. The Patriot receivers ate the Titan secondary alive all game.
This was probably the most lopsided game I have ever seen. The Patriots played awesome, and the Titans were pathetic. They were flat, didn’t show any interest and simply didn’t show up and they got physically, mentally, and emotionally dismantled. If the Patriots left their starters in all game they seriously might have had a shot of winning 100-0. Look at the statistics, the numbers, the scoring summaries, the records set. Let it sink in and realize how incredible this performance really was. I hope the Titans can regroup for their sakes. I would hate to be on that practice field next week.
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