Teammates Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski congratulate each other after a touchdown.
Man, what a game for the Patriots last Sunday night. They killed the Colts 59-24 tying the most points scored in a game for their franchise. Even though they couldn't achieve the goal of scoring the most points in their franchise it was still a great game. It started off bad with the Colts getting the first touchdown of the game taking an early 7-0 lead. But then Gronkowski and Brady teamed up for a touchdown to tie it up 7-7. After that the Colts got yet another touchdown with a good pass from Colts quarterback, Andrew Luck. We finally came back with another touchdown from a punt return that Julian Edelman got and ran it for 68 yards for the touchdown, all on a punt return. We would then score yet another touchdown from Aqib Talib on his Patriots debut. Talib intercepted the football and then ran it 59 yards for a touchdown.There was big highlights of this game but I think the two biggest touchdowns were Julian Edelman's punt return touchdown and Aqib Talib interception touchdown. Let's talk about this game. Here are their grades.
Quarterback A :
Tom Brady did a great job. He passed for 3 touchdown's and had 331 yards total in the game. With the Colts taking an early lead, he quickly responded with a touchdown for his team. Towards the end of the game he was benched because we had a big lead and he could have the rest for Thursday's game.
Offense A- :
For the most part the offense did a great job but the reason they got the A- for dropping a FEW passes and a fumble. But that was not even a problem, they did a good job by intercepting, rushing, and catching.
Talib had a nice interception and Gronkowski had 2 touchdowns and Welker had some nice catches. On our rushing, Stevan Ridley had 28 yards and a touchdown, Shane Vereen had 40 yards and a touchdown and Julian Edelman had 47 yards but no touchdown on RUSHING. He had a touchdown on a punt return.
Defense B+ :
Our defense was good also, but they let up 24 points. Now, I'm not saying that is bad because it's better than last time versing the Bills when they let up 31 points. The defense wasn't bad, I do have to admit it but they had their ups and downs when Talib did a bad job letting up the second touchdown for the Colts and they did let up a lot of rushing yards. But they were able to stop them from scoring, that was their main objective and they succeeded it.
Kicking: B+
Kicking got a B+ because of the 30 something yard missed field goal. Stephen Gostkowski should have made it but anyways he went 1/2 on the night with field goals and completed all extra points going 8 for 8.
Stats (on important players in the game):
Quarterback:
Tom Brady: 24/35 - 331 Yards - 3 Touchdowns - 0 Interceptions
Offense: Receiving:
Rob Gronkowski - 7 Receptions - 137 Yards - 2 Touchdowns
Wes Welker: 7 Receptions - 80 Yards - 0 Touchdowns
Julian Edelman: 5 Receptions - 58 Yards - 1 Touchdown
Rushing:
Julian Edelman: 47 Yards 0 Touchdowns
Shane Vereen: 40 Yards 1 Touchdown
Stevan Ridley: 28 Yards 1 Touchdown
Defense:
Aqib Talib: 1 Interception 5 Tackles
Rob Ninkovich: 1 Sack 4 Tackles
Devin McCourty: 4 Tackles
Kicking:
Stephen Gostkowski: 1 for 2 on Field Goals 8 for 8 on Extra Points
So, yes, this was a big post but I hope you enjoyed it. I tried to put as much information as I could. I didn't put all stats because some didn't matter to the game. The Patriots are 28-0 after the second half starting back from 2010. What do you think about this game? Do you think the Patriots will not get a loss in this second half of the season? Comment!
- DJ
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