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Joe is a hard-working kid. He has good instincts, he kind of has a nose for the ball and a good feel for what’s going on,” Belichick said. “He had an opportunity to get some playing time as we went through preseason and he took advantage of those opportunities, made a few plays, had some production, and it probably led to a little bit more opportunity. “I think that there are a lot of things that he’s improved in, in terms of technique and recognition and reaction. He’s got a long way to go, but he’s definitely making progress. “He’s usually the first one on and the last one off the field, or close to it. He puts in a lot of extra time, tries to get better at the things he needs to work on, and that’s helped him.

Great read on Joe Vellano from Shalise Manza-Young.

Undrafted New England Patriots lineman Joe Vellano is undeterred by new task – Sports – The Boston Globe

https://www.patspropaganda.com/joe-is-a-hard-working-kid-he-has-good-instincts/

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A perfect example of what a running game can do has been the Patriots. Through three weeks, a struggling pass offense helped keep New England to a 13.7 percent DVOA (11th in the NFL). Despite a lack of dependable targets for quarterback Tom Brady, the Patriots had a 60/40 pass-run balance playing three games that were either close or in which they had command of (Bucs). But I don’t think it’s a coincidence that in their best victory of the season, the Patriots had a perfect run/pass balance of 31 rushes and 31 pass attempts against the Falcons. As a result, the New England jumped to seventh in DVOA. Their overall number took a dip—mostly because the defense gave up a bunch of yards after the Falcons trailed by double digits—but their offensive DVOA went from –10.7 percent (23rd) to 2.6 percent (15th).

Too much passing; Lions-Packers; Bears-Saints, more Week 5 notes | The MMQB with Peter King

https://www.patspropaganda.com/a-perfect-example-of-what-a-running-game-can-do/

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Welp, I can cross off “Getting on Sportscenter” off the old bucket list….

https://www.patspropaganda.com/welp-i-can-cross-off-getting-on-sportscenter/

Absolutely on point with the TFB gifs this morning. Thanks for the help through Friday. Thoughts on him not having an incredibly stellar first quarter of the season? Obviously the inexperienced receivers, the experienced but new to the team receivers, and the injured receivers haven’t helped. Still though, the greatest quarterback of all time is 36 now. Still excellent especially all things considered, but talk me down from the ledge if you would.

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Got into this a little bit in my B/R column this morning, handing out grades to each position. I gave Brady an A-. Has he missed some throws? Sure. But I think that’s more an effect of the new receivers than it is Brady slowing down. In crunch time, Brady has come through like he usually does. We can’t expect him to look like he looked 2010-2012. He can get back to that point, but it’s all part of the process at this point. 

Let’s see how he looks in the Broncos/Texans/Browns/Phins/Ravens stretch of the schedule. That’s when we’ll get a real sense of where Brady is at and what the trajectory of the offense is. Until Gronk and Amendola are back (and eventually Vereen) it’s tough to be too hard on Brady.

I still think he’s got it and will have it for at least two more seasons.