Senior writer at @TheAthletic covering the Patriots. Adjunct at @NUjournalism. High-handicapped golfer, low-rated tennis player, seeker of a good old fashioned.
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NFL team tiers via @benbbaldwin's rbsdm.com based on EPA/play.
(How are the Bills and Vikings playing the same game?)
With a lengthy injury report, the Patriots have little room for error, as they learned last night in Chicago.
Story, free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7716272…
Chad Graff retweeted
“That felt like watching Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. That felt like the next version of that to me."
Derrik and @davehelman_ discuss the heavyweight matchup between Caleb Williams and Drake Maye on TNF.
Final: Bears 30, Patriots 24
The Pats fall to 4-3. Drake Maye was good but the defense missed too many tackles and needs help at CB.
And Patriots WRs didn’t do much.
The Patriots need more from their WRs. Tonight:
Drake Maye when targeting WRs: 7-for-12 for 87 yards, 0 TDs
Drake Maye when targeting RBs and TEs: 17-for-18 for 234 yards and 2 TDs
Drake Maye when throwing to his WRs tonight: 4-of-7 for 49 yards
Drake Maye when throwing to RBs and TEs: 14-of-15 for 204 yards, 2 TDs
Somehow the Bears offered worse defense on that final play of the half than the Patriots did on the third-and-17 screen.
So far, the Patriots are living in 12 personnel and taking short passes.
Drake Maye's average depth of target is less than 5 yards.
Chad Graff retweeted
Patriots turnover differential is down to a -7.
Only the Colts, who just fired their GM, have a worse one.
AJ Brown was targeted on the first play of the game (incomplete).
Drake Maye hasn't gone his way on any of the following 15 dropbacks.
Somehow this is Mike Vrabel’s first-ever game at Soldier Field.
When the Patriots played at the Bears in 2002, the game was in Champaign due to renovations at Soldier Field.
Good news for the Patriots pregame: Morgan Moses and Christian Gonzalez — who were both listed as questionable — are playing tonight.
Drake Maye vs. Caleb Wlliams
A look at the QBs who will forever be tied via the 2024 draft class. Free to read story done with @danwiederer: nytimes.com/athletic/7710562…
Chad Graff retweeted
It's Caleb vs. Drake, Part II (understandable for Bears fans to delete Part I from their memory).
@danwiederer and @ChadGraff on two of the top three picks from the 2024 draft nytimes.com/athletic/7710562…
The Patriots will probably be without both of their guards tomorrow, but other than that some relatively good news on their injury report ahead of Thursday Night Football.
