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Takeaways Patriots offense’s ‘maddening’ joint practice vs. Eagles originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots offense was exposed by the Philadelphia Eagles during Tuesday’s joint practice in Foxboro.
As our Phil Perry broke down in his latest Training Camp Stock Watch, the Patriots offensive line had no answer for Philly’s vaunted front seven. The unit has been a glaring weakness throughout camp and failed its first test against a tough opponent. The unit had more sacks allowed (15) than passes completed (14) with Jacoby Brissett and Drake Maye behind center and averaged one penalty for every 10 offensive reps.
Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard labeled the offense’s performance “an absolute trainwreck,” stating it made him “question everything” about the group heading into the campaign. That’s a worrisome development with the regular-season opener in Cincinnati less than a month away.
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Perry and fellow NBC Sports Boston Patriots insider Tom E. Curran were in attendance for the practice. They shared their takeaways on Tuesday’s Early Edition.
“Honestly, it’s kind of a reality check that the Patriots are gonna experience throughout the year,” Curran said. “I mean, there is no going back to the drawing board. The drawing board already has plenty of information on it. Just keep doing what you’re doing, but try to do it better.
“When I look at those run stuffs, when I look at those unforced errors and the penalties that actually happened though, you sometimes see penalties that are a result of a team being overmatched — and those are penalties that happened in the course of play — and there’s other penalties that happened unforced. Are they nervous? Are they ill-prepared? Are they jumpy?
“That is maddening to me, and there were center exchanges that happened today that weren’t completed. Even Joe Milton got in there for one…
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Publish date : 2024-08-14 01:37:34
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