The 31-year-old quarterback is garnering appreciation after his first two video games, all at once making NFL general managers look foolish for permitting him to sit on the open market for so long. One area thats not exactly getting as much prestige, however, is the non-Newton Patriots running video game.
Its due to a lackluster performance versus the Seattle Seahawks during Week 2s “Sunday Night Football.”
That production isnt going to get it done, and Patriots offending coordinator Josh McDaniels understands it. McDaniels informed reporters Tuesday on a video conference that establishing the running video game is a “huge focus,” entering Week 3 against the Las Vegas Raiders.
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” Certainly, Seattle should have credit for the way they played and some of the things they did to try and interrupt our capability to run it efficiently,” McDaniels said. “And then theres certain things that, basically, we can work on to improve to try to run the football much better.
As a team, the Patriots ran for 67 lawns on 25 carries (2.5 backyards per rush) in their loss to the Seahawks. Taking Newtons production out of the equation (11 carries, 47 backyards, two TDs), Sony Michel, Rex Burkhead and J.J. Taylor integrated for simply 20 lawns on 14 carries (1.4 backyards per bring).
The Raiders enter Sunday having actually allowed 120 rushing backyards per video game while taking on Christian McCaffreys Carolina Panthers and Alvin Kamaras New Orleans Saints. Las Vegas had actually allowed a noteworthy 4.9 backyards per carry in those 2 contests with an integrate 4 rushing goals.
New England (1-1) will host Las Vegas (2-0) at Gillette Stadium with kickoff set for 1 p.m. ET.
” That will be a substantial focus for us this week. Something we need to improve on,” McDaniels continued. “Theres a lot of areas we need to enhance rapidly, and thats what this time of the year is typically about.”.
The Patriots, clearly, do not have a bell cow back like McCaffrey or Kamara, however theyll have to help increase their performance for the offense to see some success both Sunday and longterm.
” Certainly, Seattle is worthy of credit for the method they played and some of the things they did to attempt and disrupt our ability to run it efficiently,” McDaniels said. “And then theres particular things that, basically, we can work on to enhance to attempt to run the football better. Something we need to enhance on,” McDaniels continued.
The New England Patriots offense has been the subject of conversation around the league due in big part to the play of Webcam Newton.
