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Patriots Ups & Downs: Week 6 vs Cleveland

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The Patriots are officially 3-3 after a great road win in Cleveland! Here are the Ups & Downs from yesterday’s win!

Ups ⬆️

Bailey Zappe

Wow! Are we seeing the emergence of a serious contender for Mac’s position as starting QB for the Patriots? Alright, maybe not quite yet, but the kid has seriously asked some questions for Bill Belichick to answer over the next week or so.

Zappe had a perfect game yesterday, completing 24/34 passes for 309 YDS and 2 TDs, and some of the throws were excellent. Now, I won’t lie about the fact that I am a big Mac Jones fan, and I still honestly think that Mac is the clear starter for this team, but, I think he is on a shorter leash when he returns from injury and I now think Bill knows he has a valid option at backup and potentially a future starter.

Kyle Dugger

Another solid game for Dugger yesterday, I saw him blowing up the backfield with some big hits, and he also secured an early interception which put the Browns on the backfoot from the off. A huge up for him!

Tyquan Thornton

The rookie scored his first receiving and rushing touchdowns in the same game, and boy did he look good out there. I don’t think we’ve really seen the express speed that Thornton has, but I think that is coming, both scores were totally different but confirmed my thoughts that he can be used in a variety of ways.

Let’s just try not to get him killed! Great game for the kid.

Rhamondre Stevenson

19 carries for 76 YDS and 2 TDs in a strong day once more for Stevenson on the ground. With no Damien Harris, Rhamondre really took on the responsibility in what was a difficult game for him at times to get the run game moving. He continues to impress.

Deatrich Wise Jr.

After a couple of quiet weeks, Wise was back on form, being a huge disruption for the Cleveland offensive line, he recorded his fifth sack of the season, en route to limiting Nick Chubb on the ground and forcing Jacoby Brissett into mistakes.

Downs ⬇️

I’ll defer again on downs as I thought this was a really solid win, but, there are for sure some honorable mentions, including Isaiah Wynn and the overall penalties given up by the team. But, for today, I’ll let them lie following a good victory.

LFG NEXT MONDAY!

PatsProp Preview – Shipping Up To Cleveland

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The Patriots head to Cleveland on the back of an impressive defensive performance, beating Detroit last week 29-0. Here’s your quickfire preview for Week 6!

Injuries

*In Addition to above
CB Jon Jones – OUT
WR Nelson Agholor – OUT

Patriots To Watch

Mac Jones

Mac’s status remains questionable for tomorrow, but as of this evening, he hasn’t been ruled out and has flown to Ohio with the team. I think he will play; and if so, it’ll be intriguing to see how mobile he is in the backfield.

The worry with Mac’s injury was if he would be able to protect himself from Cleveland’s rush, if he plays, my assumption is that he must be mobile enough not to be a sitting duck, we’ll see. If Jones can’t play, it’ll be Bailey Zappe starting again with Garrett Gilbert as the backup.

Rhamondre Stevenson

After a career day last week, it looks like Stevenson will be the lead back tomorrow as Damien Harris is expected to be limited, as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury he picked up against Detroit.

A star in the making, Stevenson is a must-watch.

Matthew Judon

The reigning AFC Defensive Player Of The Week has been the best player for the Patriots on defense so far this season, he’s also been in a record-breaking mood as he set a new franchise record for consecutive sack games through the first 5 weeks (5).

For me, Judon is so important to this defense, and the team will really need him on form tomorrow against an electric Cleveland rushing attack.

Jack Jones

The rookie has impressed me through five weeks, and the Patriots will call on him again tomorrow, especially now Jon Jones has been ruled out with an ankle injury. A third-straight game with an interception? I’m calling it!

Cleveland Calling

Nick Chubb

For my money, Nick Chubb is one of the best backs in the league and will be Cleveland’s main threat on offense. If the Patriots can limit Chubb specifically, they will have a good chance of coming out with a win, but, he’s a big-time player.

Myles Garrett

Myles Garrett is an absolute freak and I have no idea how he’s even playing after his involvement in a serious car crash less than 2 weeks ago. I worry for Zappe or Jones with him in the game, especially with Mac’s dodgy ankle.

The Browns will be without Jadeveon Clowney, but Garrett has to be treated like he’s two players as it is, the offensive line will need to be at its best.

Why Browns’ Copycat Belichick Draft Approach Won’t Work

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Belichick Browns Draft

I wanted to write this after seeing this tweet from Rich Hill.

For those not familiar with the Red Paperclip strategy , it began when a Canadian blogger, Kyle McDonald, bartered his way from a red paperclip to a house in 14 trades. Amazing. We’ve seen this idea in sports, recently with former Sixers GM Sam Hinkie, who was unceremoniously fired after 3 years of racing to the bottom accumulating assets all the way. The point of his strategy was to win a trade with no eye on the present success in pursuit of the accumulation of more valuable future assets.

Enter the 2016 Cleveland Browns who are fire sale-ing anything not nailed down in an attempt to acquire assets, using a largely analytical approach. In a piece in the Cleveland.com, Dan Labbe made the correlation between the Hinkie’s plan and Sashi Browns, urging fans to be patient with “The Process”.

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A quick word on last year’s Browns-Patriots game

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Everyone’s favorite stat today is the fact that Rob Ryan’s defense in Cleveland last year was the last one to hold the Patriots under 30 points (cough in the regular season) as if Rob knows “the secret” for shutting down TFB and pals.

I’d just like to remind everyone of the two boneheaded plays by Rob Gronkowski that killed two of the Pats possessions in the first half.

First, he signaled a fair catch on the kickoff after the Browns had made it 3-0 and then looked around for someone else to catch it. The Browns recovered and scored two plays later to go up 10-0.

Then there was his fumble on the two yard line as the first half was ending that took definite points off the board.  A touchdown would’ve made it 17-14 at the half and perhaps made it a different game.

I’m not saying the Browns didn’t play well or that Ryan didn’t have a good gameplan.  They forced the Pats to punt five times. But it’s worth pointing out how the Pats put themselves behind the eight ball early and often in this game.

It also helped the Peyton Hillis was on fire that day and that kept Brady off the field with a time of possession advantage of nearly 40 minutes to 20 minutes. I’m not quite convinced the Cowboys running attack can do the same to this Patriots defense.

Patriots talk to Browns about 6th overall pick….big whoop.

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And we’re off! First rumor of the day is that the Pats spoke with the Browns about the 6th overall pick, sending all those Patriots fans in Robert Quinn’s corner into a frenzy.

It’s important not to read too much into this though. The fact is that going into the draft you need to know your ceiling. You need to know how high you can get, and what it’s going to cost you. So just because they’re talking to the Browns doesn’t mean they’re ready to pull the trigger.

There still would be a lot of moving parts to this, and who knows for sure who’d they even target. It could be Marcel Dareus for all we know.

So let’s all relax, it’s going to be a long weekend.

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Congrats to Peyton Hillis on getting the cover of Madden 2012. His performance versus the Pats had to have been a big factor. Here’s the final nail in the coffin of the last Patriots regular season loss of 2010, aka the point where I turned the TV off.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/congrats-to-peyton-hillis-on-getting-the-cover-of/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGmENqU

Film Breakdown: Browns pull a fast one on the Patriots

OK, I know this isn’t exactly a positive piece of Patriots propaganda here, but I always find hard core film breakdown interesting, and despite the result of this play (i.e. my favorite team looking dumb) I still enjoy seeing wha’ happen.

Biggest culprit? Ninkopoop completely losing contain to the point where he’s running past Mayo in pursuit of the wrong guy. Cunningham, coming from the opposite side, is closer to make a play than Ninkovich was.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/film-breakdown-browns-pull-a-fast-one-on-the/