NFL News NFL News, Reports and UpdatesPatriots-Seahawks Stock Watch: Gibson shines; Dugger makes costly error originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
What should we make of the New England Patriots’ overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday? That’s in the eye of the beholder.
On one hand, the Patriots played another hard-fought game against a quality opponent and were minutes away from improving to 2-0 under first-year head coach Jerod Mayo. On the other hand, they got torched in the passing game and made a handful of crucial mistakes that cost them a game they probably should have won.
The reality is there were both positives and negatives to take from a Week 2 result that drops New England to 1-1 heading into a Thursday night clash with the New York Jets. Our Patriots Insiders Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry covered both fronts on a new segment of “Stock Watch” on the Patriots Talk Podcast, in which they highlight players who thrived (Stock Up) and players who fell short of expectations (Stock Down).
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Here are Curran and Perry’s “Stock Up” and “Stock Down” selections for Week 2:
Stock Up
Hunter Henry, tight end
Henry was a machine Sunday, setting a career high in receiving yards (109) and tying his career high with eight receptions on 12 targets. The veteran tight end essentially was New England’s passing attack, accounting for 73.2 percent of Jacoby Brissett’s total passing yards (109 of 149).
Curran: “He ended training camp with a lower body injury, but he has, in the two weeks that he’s been out there and available, played really well and been a staple of the Patriots offense.”
Keion White, defensive end
White racked up 1.5 sacks, five pressures and a tackle-for-loss against the Seahawks and now has a team-high four sacks through two games.
Perry: “I thought he really created the first sack of the game for the Patriots early in that game by beating Laken Tomlinson…
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Publish date : 2024-09-16 18:39:04
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