Patriots

2022 - 12 - 18

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The Patriots' humiliating loss at Las Vegas lays bare how far they've ... (The Guardian)

If there were ever a moment that made it undeniably clear the Patriots Dynasty was ancient history, New England's jaw-dropping loss to the Raiders on Sunday ...

Last season, the Jaguars were 3-14, dead last in the division. In a scary moment, medical staff took Pees, the oldest defense coordinator in the league, off on a stretcher. On Sunday, Jacksonville Jaguars safety Rayshawn Jenkins came away with a game-winning pick-six in overtime against the Dallas Cowboys that clinched a 40-34 victory. Of course, this is the team that hired the inexperienced Saturday as head coach in the first place, despite It’s not just that he nearly scored a touchdown here, it’s the sheer number of Philadelphia Eagles defenders he managed to elude along the way. New England are not mathematically eliminated from postseason play but this does not resemble a postseason team in the slightest and – for maybe the first time in the Belichick era – the coaching staff clearly bears much of the blame. Yes, this year’s slate of Saturday NFL games began with an instant classic as the Vikings went from being down 33-0 to winning 39-36 in overtime. In the first half, the Pats managed to negate a potential touchdown with a baffling timeout call, effectively icing themselves. Then, in a sneak preview of things to come, the Raiders blocked a Patriots punt with 35 seconds left in the first half. The Bills clinched at least a playoff spot on Saturday by beating a Miami Dolphins team that was hoping to keep its AFC East title hopes alive. But none of this quite captures the chaos that rapidly unfolded in the game’s final seconds. Let’s start with the situation: the clock was running out in a 24-24 game.

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Raiders stun New England after ridiculous Patriots mistake on frantic ... (Yahoo Canada Sports)

Las Vegas Raiders outside linebacker Chandler Jones intercepts an errant lateral in the final seconds by New England Patriots wide receiver Jakobi Meyers, stiff ...

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NFL Sunday Roundup: Patriots lose on absurd blunder, Bengals ... (Sportsnet.ca)

With the Kansas City Chiefs surviving in overtime against the lowly Houston Texans in the earlier window, the club clinched their seventh-straight AFC West ...

That sealed the victory and ended a four-game winless streak. He stripped Taylor Heinicke of the ball, recovered it to score a touchdown and finished with three tackles for loss. DENVER (AP) — Backup quarterback Brett Rypien overcame relentless pressure from a J.J. Coming out of the two-minute warning, Goff looked to his left and found Wright wide open, and the tight end rumbled untouched into the end zone. The Cowboys (10-4) ended a five-game winning streak. Justin Herbert spiked the ball with 15 seconds remaining, and Los Angeles then had a delay of game penalty and an incomplete pass. The Titans appeared to force overtime when Ryan Tannehill scored on a 1-yard QB sneak with 48 seconds remaining, but then the Chargers went 52 yards in six plays. The Chiefs (11-3) got the ball first in overtime but had to punt it away after Mahomes was sacked by Blake Cashman on third down. Burrow began Cincinnati’s comeback from a 17-0 deficit with a field goal drive in the final 1:39 of the opening half. Cole’s left foot came down close to the boundary, but the play was upheld on review. With the game tied at 24-all, the Patriots decided to run a series of pitches in a last-ditch attempt to avoid overtime. Las Vegas scored two touchdowns in the final 32 seconds and seriously damaged New England's playoff hopes.

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Disastrous last play sums up day of mistakes by Patriots (TSN)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — New England coach Bill Belichick uttered the same word 10 times during a postgame press conference that lasted a little more than four ...

“We need to try to eliminate all the mistakes that we made. Got to work to eliminate those and continue to play the good football that we play, but we just had too many mistakes and too many bad plays to win. And the Patriots allowed the Raiders to convert a fourth-and-10 on their tying drive. He gave me the ball, I got to be smart with it,” Meyers said. After falling behind 17-3 at halftime, the Patriots scored 21 unanswered points to take a 24-17 lead with less than four minutes remaining. I’m supposed to know how much time is on the clock in critical situations and I failed to do that today.”

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