What We Learned: Patriots 51, Jaguars 17

“I think there is no doubt in anybody’s mind that we didn’t show our best stuff today”. He spends the entire year preparing his body and his mind, and I would go so far as to say some of his emotions and those types of things that we have to put into this job and he has to put into it as a player.

“I want to see them against a top-notch defense; Denver or Kansas City”.

Good receivers get a lot of attention from opposing defenses, but how they manage that coverage is what makes them impact players. The Patriots are 3-0 heading into a bye week and then have what should be tough road games at Dallas and Indianapolis.

Before Sunday, Baltimore had been the only National Football League franchise never to start 0-3. The Jaguars hope is Thomas will only miss the first four games, but who knows when we’ll see him play. Linebacker Jamie Collins and defensive end Jabaal Sheard each had a quarterback sack, and safety Devin McCourty made his first interception of the season.

A final example of the Patriots’ unsung dominance is found in a familiar place for hidden heroes: special teams. Their.844 home winning percentage since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002 is the best in the NFL.

Even picking a category at random, there’s a strong chance that the Patriots dominated it on Sunday in the team’s 51-17 thrashing of the Jaguars.

It was the most points ever allowed by Jacksonville (1-2).

Coming off a 48-23 victory at Chicago, the Cardinals are now averaging an NFL-high 42 points per game. In both individual or team statistics, New England was almost flawless.

Unfortunately for the Jags history heavily favors the Patriots in this game. And while that has improved week to week, it is still more than anything we saw during the first three games of 2007. PATRIOTS SOLID ON THIRD DOWNThe Patriots converted 11-of-14 third-down opportunities against Jacksonville (78.6%). “Definitely a team win”.

In Sunday’s win, Tom Brady eclipsed the 400 touchdown mark for his career. Brady became the fourth member of the 400-TD-pass club, joining Peyton Manning (533), Brett Favre (508) and Dan Marino (420), while beating Drew Brees (398) to the milestone.

The statistics account for just the regular season.

While it is true that Weeden was 7 for 7 for 73 yards and a touchdown in Week 2 in relief of Romo, he has started just eight games since his disappointing rookie season, and his team lost all eight. I’m personally motivated for every single game I play in.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is now 96 for 133 for 1,112 yards, nine touchdowns and no interceptions this season.

The 38-year-old, who also equaled the number for record appearances for the Patriots in his 212th game, later played down his personal contribution.

Brady also threw his 401st touchdown pass for good measure as the Patriots piled up 471 yards of offense, tied a franchise record of 35 first downs and scored on all nine occasions they had the ball. These 2015 Patriots, and specifically Tom Brady, are rebounding from the Deflategate drama of this past offseason. Brady also has 53 career postseason touchdown passes. Pro Football Hall of Famer Len Dawson has the second most with six. Ryan Allen, in fact, has had to punt only five times, and four of them were in the season opener against Pittsburgh. He had seven receptions for 113 yards at Buffalo (9/20/15). No other tight end in the game can do what “Gronk” does as a receiver. With Tom Brady at the helm, they don’t need one. Defensively, the Jacksonville Jaguars are yielding 251 yards in passing and 73.5 yards in passing.

“He’s fearless, a competitor“, Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount said. He sustained a season-ending knee injury in the first game of the 2008 season, but bounced right back to throw for 4,398 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2009. They take care of business and dispatched the Jacksonville Jaguars really an overmatched jaguar team by a score 51 to seventeen. The sack was Sheard’s second of the season.

For the second consecutive week the Pats posted over 40 points.