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What we learned in Pats-Bengals: Brissett’s toughness buys Maye more time originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
CINCINNATI — Each and every week, we’ll be highlighting a variety of the lessons gathered from the latest Patriots matchup. Of course, there was no shortage of teaching moments in Sunday’s stunner against the Bengals.
Here’s what we learned…
Brissett’s toughness buys Drake Maye more time
Jacoby Brissett was emotional going into Sunday’s game, and he wasn’t afraid to talk about it after the fact.
“I think I cried three times before the game,” he said. “I cried when I got to the stadium. I cried when (Jerod) Mayo came up to me before the game and he started laughing, he said, ‘You’re about to win us this game. You’re about to ball out.’ And I had never heard that from a coach. That meant a lot to me. Then I cried when I got out there.”
But Brissett was anything but emotional as he grinded through Sunday’s win. His stoicism despite taking a beating at various points was indicative of the kind of toughness the entire Patriots roster exhibited in their unexpected win.
“He made plays with his legs, he made plays with his arm,” Mayo said. “He’s a tough guy. He took some hits in the game. I’m just like, ‘Man, get up.’ But he did everything we asked him to do.”
Brissett was particularly resilient on the team’s lone touchdown drive of the game. He took a shot from Bengals pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson — which appeared to get starting left tackle Chukwuma Okorafor benched — and still converted a third-and-8 situation to DeMario Douglas. Brissett stared down a free blitzer and threw hot to Austin Hooper for 16 yards. He scrambled twice for first downs, including one run that went for 16 yards on third-and-5.
Brissett scrambled for six more yards and a first down to start the fourth quarter with a third-down conversion. He completed two more passes to tight ends, including one third down conversion, for 24 yards to help set up the final field goal of the day for New…
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Publish date : 2024-09-09 15:32:48
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