FOXBORO, Mass. — Keion White believes the New England Patriots protection failed the offense in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts.
“I felt like this one was on us, for positive,” White instructed NESN.com after the 25-24 loss at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
White’s proper.
Drake Maye and firm sputtered within the crimson zone time and time once more. They couldn’t capitalize on Christian Gonzalez’s fourth-quarter interception, which set them up at midfield after they already held a 24-17 lead. It may have been a a lot completely different story if the offense turned such strong area place into something apart from a three-and-out. They didn’t.
However the Patriots scored on every of their first 4 first-half drives and compiled 422 yards of offense, the primary time this season they exceeded 400. They’re the unit nonetheless creating with a brand new offensive line and rookie quarterback, proper?
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In the meantime, New England’s protection allowed Indianapolis to attain two touchdowns on its first three possessions. The Colts marched 80 yards in 19 performs (!) to win the sport, too. That crunch-time drive included three fourth-down conversions and a game-winning two-point conversion.
“We had a few prolonged performs, penalties, stuff like that,” White mentioned. “We’ve got to wash issues up like that. The offense did sufficient to win. We’ve got to seal the deal. As a result of I really feel like that’s what Patriots protection is.
“That’s how I really feel. That’s my perspective of it.”
White isn’t alone.
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Patriots star defensive deal with Davon Godchaux lauded Maye and New England’s operating sport after the loss. He put it again on the protection for permitting Colts dual-threat quarterback Anthony Richardson to have a lot success on the bottom, particularly on early downs. Indianapolis transformed 5 of its 11 third-down makes an attempt with fourth-down conversions routinely resulting in designed runs for Richardson.
Indianapolis had scoring drives of eight, eight, 13 and 19 performs. The Patriots had bother getting off the sphere.
“I assumed we must always have put the sport away. I assumed the offense did a hell of a job driving the ball down area,” Godchaux mentioned. “I imply, we blame ourselves on this ’trigger I assumed we had probabilities to place them away and we didn’t.”
The Patriots offense helped acquire benefits in complete yards (422-253), yards per play (6.5-4.4), turnovers (+1) and time of possession (34:12-25:48). Nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient as a result of the protection couldn’t get a key cease when it mattered most.
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