The Patriots had alternatives to win their second sport of the season, however New England in the end fell to the Seattle Seahawks in time beyond regulation on Sunday afternoon.
Regardless that it wasn’t essentially a deflating loss, Jerod Mayo admitted throughout his Monday morning press convention that the crew didn’t execute when it wanted to and that the defeat was “disappointing.”
“It is a true loss if we do not study something from it,” Mayo stated, per team-provided transcript. “We will use this as a instructing expertise. We talked about it originally of the season, what success appears to be like like for me, and that is simply getting higher every week, not solely the gamers but additionally the coaches and myself.”
After Sunday’s loss, Mayo stated one key’s for the Patriots to maintain the little issues and keep on high of the main points. He doubled down on that message and added that the crew has to stay centered on each play.
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“I regularly preach that each single play issues,” he stated. “… To me, it is the typical play being 5, six seconds, no matter it’s, it’s important to have the last word focus and preserve that focus as the sport continues on.”
Mayo continued: “There have been loads of good issues on the movie, and look, I am not into loss or something like that. That is not what I am saying, however there have been loads of good issues. I believed we had been nonetheless in a position to run the ball and management the road of scrimmage. Even after we had been down, I felt like we had been accountable for the sport.”
The loss magnified the Patriots’ incapacity to maneuver away from the one-dimensional run offense and the necessity to get the extensive receivers extra energetic within the play calling.
“We have got to discover a strategy to get the ball down the sector,” Mayo stated. “We have got to discover a strategy to get the ball in our playmakers’ fingers so these guys can go on the market and make yards. And that is hybrid. It is on the coaches – myself, beginning with myself. That undoubtedly is one thing that we now have to proceed going ahead.”
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The Patriots’ protection restricted the Seahawks’ offense to some three-and-out drives. Nonetheless, it could not forestall Seattle from tying the sport with lower than a minute remaining in regulation and, in the end, the game-winning eight-play, 71-yard drive in time beyond regulation.
“Defensively, these guys went on the market and performed laborious,” Mayo stated. “We had a number of three-and-outs. We’ve got to get turnovers. We’ve got to discover a strategy to get turnovers and get the ball again into our offense’s fingers.”
The protection was delivered an enormous blow late Monday when it was reported that Ja’Whaun Bentley suffered a torn pectoral muscle and is rumored to be out for the rest of the season. New England’s protection is already down two stars from final 12 months’s roster. Defensive deal with Christian Barmore is out indefinitely after being identified with blood clots, and veteran outdoors linebacker Matthew Judon was traded to the Atlanta Falcons earlier than the season.
New England’s linebacker depth chart consists of Raekwon McMillan, Jahlani Tavai, Curtis Jacobs and Christian Elliss heading into Thursday’s Week 3 showdown vs. the Jets.
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