Who stood out and struggled vs. Giants
New England Patriots
Marcus Jones set the tone, Christian Elliss made large hits, and the Patriots gained their tenth sport in a row.
FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots put collectively a dominant efficiency towards the Giants on Monday night time, stacking their tenth straight victory.
Marcus Jones gave New England an early double-digit lead with an electrical punt return and New England by no means appeared again, burying New York earlier than halftime.
MVP candidate Drake Maye didn’t disappoint. As normal, he was correct throwing the ball down the sector. He didn’t commit any turnovers. The offense ran easily.
From large hits to highlight-reel catches and a field-goal try that by no means obtained off the bottom, this sport had loads of highlights.
Right here’s a have a look at which Patriots gamers stood out and struggled in the course of the blowout 33-15 win towards the Giants.
Refill
Marcus Jones
Jones continued to place himself in elite firm amongst returners with a 94-yard punt return for a landing.
He turned the fourth participant in Patriots historical past with multiple punt return landing in a season, and he’s the third participant within the league to do it this yr together with Tennessee’s Chimere Dike and Jacksonville’s Parker Robinson.
Jones’ mixture of explosiveness and steadiness whereas working down the sideline at full pace and conserving himself in bounds was one thing particular. His blockers did a pleasant job of walling issues off for him, however the distinction was that little further burst of pace Jones used to scoot previous New York punter Jamie Gillan en path to the tip zone.
Christian Elliss
Elliss confirmed up able to hit any individual underneath the Monday Evening Soccer lights.
Elliss punished Jaxson Dart for staying in bounds with a forceful hit close to the sideline that sparked a small scuffle that led to a Giants penalty.
He hit Gunner Olszewski so arduous on a kick return that the “N” on Olsewski’s “NY” helmet sticker got here off. Discuss leaving a mark. Olsewski fumbled and the Patriots recovered, placing them in prime place so as to add to their lead.
A double-digit sort out sport and a pair of crushing hits made Elliss stand out.
Harold Landry
Credit score to Christian Barmore and Eric Gregory for placing sufficient inside stress to make Dart hesitate, however Landry goes down within the scorebook for the Patriots’ solely sack of the night time.
Landry had dropped again into protection on the play, however got here as much as make the hit when Dart tried to bounce to the skin.
Make it 7.5 sacks on the yr for the Boston Faculty product. He hit the quarterback twice on this sport and had a sort out for loss.
Drake Maye
The Gillette Stadium air was stuffed with MVP chants for Maye early and infrequently Monday night time, they usually seemed to be well-deserved.
His 33-yard deep ball to Kyle Williams was positioned completely the place solely his receiver may get to it and someway keep in bounds.
He had some “wow” moments avoiding the Giants’ pass-rush, together with one play the place he dodged a pair of defenders earlier than throwing it out of bounds.
Maye unfold the ball round precisely and effectively with no turnovers.
Vederian Lowe
Will Campbell’s harm stays a serious storyline for this crew, and monitoring how Vederian Lowe does changing the rookie first-rounder will probably be intriguing over the following couple of weeks.
To date, so good. Maye appeared comfy and customarily had ample time to throw. Neither of the sacks the Patriots gave up have been on Lowe. Granted, the Giants obtained buried early on this one, however the drop-off between Lowe and Campbell didn’t look loopy on Monday night time.
Hunter Henry
Henry was New England’s most efficient receiver, catching 4 of his 5 targets for 74 yards.
Whether or not it was a well-run nook route or selecting up brief yardage on a slant, Henry discovered a lot of methods to contribute.
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Rhamondre Stevenson
Stevenson as soon as once more obtained the majority of the carries within the run sport and wasn’t very impactful on the bottom.
He a giant acquire on a pleasant throw from Maye the place the Giants left him uncovered. He was New England’s second-leading receiver with 40 yards, and he caught all three of his targets.
He was a menace within the passing sport, and whereas he wasn’t tremendous productive on the bottom, Stevenson helped praise TreVeyon Henderson and eat up some carries.
Carlton Davis
Davis was fairly good on this sport, however he dropped a possible interception that would have gone the opposite manner for a landing.
The Patriots’ secondary performed stingy protection and New York’s passing sport had hassle all night time.
Davis was part of that, chipping in 5 tackles, a pass-breakup and a sort out for loss.
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Bryce Baringer
Baringer averaged 27 yards per punt on Monday, shanking a 22-yarder that went out of bounds and having an extended of 32.
Not his finest efficiency. Fortuitously, the Patriots didn’t must punt a lot.
Robert Spillane
A quiet night time for Spillane, who recorded two tackles. Not a foul sport per se, nevertheless it tied his season low for tackles. The opposite two sort out efficiency was towards Tennessee.
Spillane got here into the sport with 95 tackles. He’ll have to attend no less than one other week to document what can be a third-consecutive 100-tackle season.
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