Drake Maye led the New England Patriots offense on two scoring drives to start out the sport, however the Jacksonville Jaguars erased that deficit en path to a 32-16 victory at Webley Stadium on Sunday.
The 1-6 Patriots have misplaced six straight video games, together with every of Maye’s first two begins. The Jaguars improved to 2-5 on the season.
Listed below are 4 takeaways from Patriots-Jaguars:
Patriots seemed like worst crew within the NFL
Followers would possibly replicate on the journey throughout the pond as a key level within the season. The Jaguars have been considered as arguably the largest dumpster fireplace within the league coming into Week 7. There was a reputable likelihood a loss to New England would have resulted in head coach Doug Pederson dropping his job. There have been questions whether or not quarterback Trevor Lawrence might lose his job to backup Mac Jones. The Patriots took the sector towards a crew that was in a really dangerous place and have been anticipated to hold the jolt Maye offered the locker room. New England was unable to take action. The Patriots allowed 25 unanswered factors, couldn’t run the ball, couldn’t cease the run regardless of Jacksonville being with out its main rusher, allowed a particular groups landing and in the end allowed errors and penalties to compound themselves in all three phases of the sport.
At the very least Maye seemed good?
The rookie quarterback was the lone shiny spot for the Patriots. Maye accomplished 26-of-37 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns. He didn’t flip the ball over, although there was a pair of near-interceptions. Maye led the Patriots on a 11-play, 68-yard drive which marked the primary time this season the Patriots rating on their opening possession. He seemed in management throughout these first two drives, beating a handful of man blitzes within the course of. The third total choose transformed 4 of his first 5 third-down makes an attempt earlier than then struggling in third-and-long alternatives afterward. Maye linked on a deep ball to Kayshon Boutte on what may need been misplaced a meaningless fourth-down play. However the deep shot to Boutte, the second in as many weeks, once more confirmed the potential of the downfield passing sport. He additionally threw a dot to Ok.J. Osborn for a late landing and once more confirmed his mobility (three carries, 18 yards) as he tied for the team-high in speeding.
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Little assist for Maye
Maye certainly might have been helped by a reliable working sport. However even with Rhamondre Stevenson lively after lacking Week 6, the Patriots struggled mightily on the bottom. New England rushed for 38 yards (!) on 2.5 yards per try. That’s laughable. After all, the sport script wasn’t precisely going effectively for the Patriots, who confronted a two-possession lead all through the second half. Within the passing sport, rookie wideout Ja’Lynn Polk didn’t haul in two catchable balls, pass-catchers ran a handful of woeful routes and DeMario Douglas was restricted on account of illness. Douglas caught two passes for 14 yards on New England’s first drive of the sport and didn’t catch one other move. Maye, who was sacked twice and pressured 9 occasions, confirmed the Patriots have an improved downfield passing sport, however total didn’t obtain almost sufficient assist.
Line of defense an abject catastrophe
New England’s defensive position did subsequent to nothing in each the run sport and move rush. It continued a troubling development from the primary six weeks of the season. The Patriots allowed 171 yards speeding on 4.4 yards per carry, regardless of starter Travis Etienne being inactive. Tank Bigsby ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns to guide the bottom sport, which ran the ball on 17 straight performs within the second half. In the meantime, the Jaguars quarterback was not sacked and didn’t undergo a single quarterback hit. Security Kyle Dugger was the highest-graded Patriot in pass-rush grade whereas defensive linemen Anfernee Jennings, Keion White, Davon Godchaux and Joshua Uche represented the 4 worst grades, per Professional Soccer Focus.
