James White: ‘Can’t be Superman’ in helping to fill Dion Lewis void

In the past four games, the Redskins have logged 51, 34, 50 and 37 yards, the worst four-game stretch in franchise history. Lewis’ shiftiness is unique, perhaps rivaled by only Darren Sproles and Danny Woodhead, and Lewis was on pace to churn out a level of production never before seen in New England. The Patriots defeated the Redskins 27-10. That’s everybody being ready to go and playing as a team. “And it means a lot that we were able to keep Tom clean because that’s the name of the game”.

At 3-5, the Redskins are exactly where they were at this stage last season. His 622 total yards rushing and receiving averaged out to 88.8 yards per game when he was out on the field.

Brady led New England to a 16-0 regular season before losing in the Super Bowl to Eli Manning and the NY Giants, who host the Patriots on Sunday.

“We have confidence in everybody on our roster”, Belichick said.

“Things are in our grasp, but we have to play better”, Gruden said at Redskins Park.

Luckily for the Redskins, Lewis lost the ball in the sun and it bounced off his facemask and hands incomplete.

“I don’t think anybody’s intimidated by them”, said Redskins coach Jay Gruden, respectful of the Patriots’ rings. “And obviously without those guys practicing at all at those positions, it’s not like you want to run a bunch of things that…” “That’s a damn good job as a team”. While we do not yet know if he will miss significant time, it is safe to say that it does not look good. “This is a big game for us. We didn’t make enough plays to challenge the champs”.

The late Bum Phillips once famously said of Don Shula’s coaching prowess, “He can take his’n and beat your’n and take your’n and beat his’n”.

Edelman and LeGarrette Blount scored touchdowns for New England before the Redskins ran their second play.

Kirk Cousins defends his teammates after a Week 9 performance complete with seven dropped passes. He tallied just four carries for 14 yards against Washington prior to getting hurt.

Running backs Matt Jones and Alfred Morris have struggled to identify running lanes at times this season, but a young and injury-depleted offensive line also has failed to create those holes.

New England Patriots running backs Brandon Bolden and James White will have to fill a void left behind by running back Dion Lewis.

The Patriots go five wide with Edelman, Gronkowski and Lewis split wide right and LaFell and Amendola split left.

The most memorable play of the game was a 48-yard catch in the first half on a deep ball Brady basically flung down the field.

Notes: Washington has not won consecutive games in a year…

Washington has also not allowed a 300-yard passer this season, but Blackmon said there was no consolation.