Funviralpark FOXBOROUGH – Bill Belichick was speaking ill of the bystanders as the boos poured in. The Patriots coach could see him utter one taunt on the sideline in the first quarter on Sunday. By the second quarter, officials’ microphones heard him yelling another curse.
By halftime, this crowd was booing the Patriots into the locker room.At the final whistle, the fans were heartbroken.
Merry Christmas, Coach.
To be honest, Saturday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals was fitting. This makes him ineligible for the 2022 Patriots team to go to the playoffs. After his 22-18 loss to the Bengals, their season will almost certainly end in two weeks for him. It should be.
There are only so many things you can get away with in the NFL. In the end, you got what you deserved, and this year’s failure rests on Belichick’s shoulders.
Saturday is just another example. As loyal fans packed Gillette’s stadium in freezing cold, the Patriots’ offense he was lackluster for three quarters. By the time they regained their lives, the game finally ended with a costly offensive turnover in the Red Zone.
The Patriots almost came back on Christmas Eve after failing to get past midfield until the final play of the third quarter. Instead, its offensive incompetence reared its ugly head in a fitting way – a Lamondre Stevenson fumble five yards from a touchdown.
The booing was justified. Belichick’s decision resulted in a team with poor coaching set-up, low depth in key positions and a poorly managed cap situation. Mac He is no match for Jones and the Patriots offense.
Kendrick Bourne has proven himself
When you have a young quarterback, it’s important to have some security around him. It’s not about holding his hand, it’s about making sure he’s surrounded by players he trusts One of the big mistakes this season has been in the handling of receiver Kendrick Bourne.
Last year, Bourne finished with a career-high 800 receiving yards. On Saturday, Jones called Vaughn one of his best friends. When he plays, he looks like he’s one of the Patriots’ most dynamic receivers.
“KB, he’s a great teammate and one of my closest friends,” said Jones. “Each time I saw him, he had a smile on his face. Let’s do that.” Seeing such a person, I say the same thing in a meeting, but I would like to find such a person.
So it’s baffling that Vaughn has fewer snaps than the four receivers on the Patriots’ roster (Jakovi Myers, Devante Parker, Nelson Agholor and Tyquan Thornton). On Saturday, Bourne showed coaches why he should be on the field.
On the Patriots’ first scoring drive, Vaughn caught passes for 19 and 32 yards before scoring a 32-yard touchdown. On the second scoring drive, the receiver was ridiculed he caught a pass for 28 yards.
“I go in and take a chance. I just make it when I get it,” Bourne said. “This is not the easiest situation, but we make the most of it when it happens.”
Vaughn posted a career-high 100 yards on Saturday. Given Jones’ struggles in Las Vegas last week, it’s very questionable why Vaughn played only 11 snaps on offense. He looked like a player who should play more, not less.
When asked why Bourne hasn’t played much this season, Belichick replied, “No particular reason.”
Mack Jones showed he could throw a Hail Mary
On Saturday, Jones showed off his arm strength.
When the Patriots’ game ended in embarrassing fashion last week, Belichick was asked why the team didn’t attempt a Hail Mary in their final play in Las Vegas. rice field.
It felt like it delved into Jones and his arm strength. That pass in Las Vegas would have been his 55-yard attempt at the Dome. On Saturday, Jones hit a 48-yard pass in the freezing cold that Scotty bounced off his Washington and landed on Jacobi’s Myers hands for a touchdown.
There Belichick was proven wrong. You never know what will happen with Hail Mary.
Instead of praising his arm strength, Jones took responsibility for what led to that 48-yard score. The Patriots were in the situation of third and his 29th due to his intentional grounding call.
“At that point, I did a lot and put us in that situation, and it wasn’t good,” Jones said. “…but at some point, you have to tear it apart.”
In Las Vegas, the Patriots avoided ripping Jones. They focused on a run game against him, one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL. Given Belichick’s comments about Jones’ arm strength, the night in Vegas felt like a sign that the Patriots don’t trust their quarterback.
At 3/4 you can see that Saturday. After the first quarter, the offense totaled 10 yards. Jones had 0 on two passes. The group never hit midfield in that half. The Patriots offense didn’t get past midfield until the final play of the third quarter.
Jones turned it on in the fourth quarter. It didn’t matter that he was pitching to him one of the best players at Bourne.
“Mac is so posing. He’s been that way his whole career,” Bourne said. “I’m so proud of the guy. He’s a warrior. That’s what we need. He didn’t get the results he wanted, but I love the way the guys fight.”
Belichick is to blame
Belichick was haphazardly arrested when Josh McDaniels left for Las Vegas last offseason. Instead of raising a young offensive coach behind an offensive coordinator who was interviewing for head coach gigs every offseason, Belichick left operations to Matt Patricia and Joe Judge.
The move was criticized by Jump. It never worked. The offense in training camps and preseason seemed inefficient. They didn’t look great in the regular season.
Last year, under McDaniels, the Patriots offense finished sixth in the NFL in scoring and 15th in yards. They entered the game 17th in scoring and 25th in yards. The decline in offensive production was due to Belichick’s failure to properly replace McDaniels.
Coaching changes aren’t the only problem with this group.
The Patriots also failed when it came to building proper depth in tackles. They relied on Trent Brown and Isaiah Wynn going into this season. Neither player has been a model of endurance in their careers. The Patriots hadn’t built enough depth behind them. He was passed on the depth chart by Conor McDermott, who signed off from the New York Jets practice team.
Then there’s the issue of receivers and tight ends. The Patriots, along with Hunter Henry and Johnny Smith, have the most expensive tights in the NFL at his end, where he has $23.4 million. They have his second most expensive receiver room at $34.3 million.
As we saw again on Saturday, the Patriots have had problems with receivers going open and players running routes too close to each other. Production is alarming for a team spending that kind of money on such an offensive weapon.
When asked how much responsibility Belichick takes for offensive failures, he replied, “I am the head coach.”
Yes you are – that’s why these losses are you, Coach.
