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Reiss: Patriots look for identity vs. Raiders

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Reiss: Patriots look for identity vs. Raiders

The quarter point of the season is the time when you can start realistically assessing what you’ve got. What your problems are, what your areas of strength are. The Raiders provide an excellent test for this Patriots team. It will be a hostile road environment against a tough, physical team, while coming off a loss. We’ll have a real sense for where this Patriots team might be headed by Sunday night.

Here’s a nice nugget from Brian Waters.

“This is a good team, a very professional football team; very consistent, not an up-and-down, roller-coaster type atmosphere,” he said. “Every day you come in to work, the guys prepare. The first thing I noticed once I got here was how many guys were here on their days off. That can be hard to convince guys how important that is, and that’s something I noticed right away.”

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This week’s fan interactions has certainly confirmed this to me.

massholesports:

ARTICLE:  Sports Illustrated Gives Patriots A 10 On “Hateablilty Scale.”

https://www.patspropaganda.com/this-weeks-fan-interactions-has-certainly/

ESPN Boston: Arrington shining in slot corner role

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ESPN Boston: Arrington shining in slot corner role

All off-season long we envisioned the Patriots secondary with McCourty and Bodden on the outside and Arrington taking over the star position in the slot. But earlier in the preseason, especially against Detroit, Arrington struggled there and it made us question if he had the quick change of direction skill needed to play there.

Often times slot corners are the third corners on the depth chart but their position can be even harder to play than on the outside where you have the sidelines to help you.

As you can see from the stats below Arrington has had a good start to the season, with three interceptions and giving up receptions on just 38.6% of his targets.

  • Devin McCourty – 36 targets, 24 receptions (66%), 378 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT, 129.2 QB rating
  • Ras-I Dowling – 7 targets, 3 receptions (42.9%), 74 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT, 81.8 QB rating
  • Kyle Arrington – 13 targets, 5 receptions (38.5%), 79 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT, 19.9 QB rating
  • Leigh Bodden – 16 targets, 10 receptions (62.5%), 176 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 120.8 QB rating