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Patriots: Pats defense shines; Zappe cool, calm & collected in first career start

October 9, 2022
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FOXBOROUGH – A fun Zappe Hour was had by all at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. Bailey Zappe’s first career start on throwback day – which also happened to be Bill Belichick’s 400th game as head coach – couldn’t have gone much better as the Patriots cruised to a 29-0 win over the Lions with a true team effort in support of the rookie. The defense completely shut down the high scoring…

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Patriots Scouting Report: Diverse Lions running game could pose problems

October 9, 2022
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The Detroit Lions have the NFL’s number one offense and much of that is a byproduct of one of the league’s top rushing attacks. Detroit blends an old school and new school approach when running the football. Head coach Dan Campbell wants to be physical and the best way to do it is by pounding the rock. The Lions are patient when it comes to their running game. They will…

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Patriots: Keeping it simple in the passing game is the key to victory today

October 9, 2022
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Keep it simple stupid is an old coaching adage that I think applies to the Patriots when it comes to how they approach today’s game against the Lions offensively. Particularly the passing game. Rookie Bailey Zappe is going to be making his first career and if I were coordinating the Patriots offense, I would build off of what we did last week. I would keep it simple and I would…

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Patriots Four Down Preview: Detroit Lions (1-3) @ New England Patriots (1-3)

October 8, 2022
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Image courtesy of ESPN Kickoff: The New England Patriots welcome Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions into town. Both teams coming off a first month of the year they would like to forget. Although, Bill Belichick has often reminded us that the first four games of the season is more about figuring things out and as you move forays into October, now is when things should settle down and start…

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Patriots: Our first look at the Detroit Lions

October 6, 2022
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By Mason Sousa The Lions have the No. 1 scoring offense through 4 games which is incredible considering they don’t have close to the world talent at the skills positions that are on other rosters.  As wild as that may sound for a team that hasn’t won a playoff game in over 30 years their defense at the same time is dead last in points allowed.  They have scored 140+…

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Patriots: Zappe embracing the opportunity in a strange situation

October 5, 2022
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Photo – Getty Images Mac Jones was at practice on Wednesday in limited fashion, throwing the ball lightly during the 15 minutes the media had to watch some of the opening drills. Jones had a limp still, but did drop back a few times, albeit in very light fashion. Right next to him was new practice squad QB Garrett Gilbert and Bailey Zappe, the guy who suddenly has quite a…

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Patriots: Rhamondre Stevenson emerging as a star in the Patriots backfield

October 5, 2022
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When the Patriots selected Rhamondre Stevenson in the fourth round of the 2021 draft the hope was that he could become part of a strong running back group with Damien Harris that would help Mac Jones early in his career. What they have gotten has been a high-quality player who took a strong rookie season and built on it to become the best running back on the team this season….

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Patriots: Collins Signing Highlights Underwhelming Linebacker Play

October 5, 2022
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The Patriots brought back Jamie Collins this week, the linebacker’s fourth stint with the team. He won Super Bowls in 2014 and 2018 with the Patriots and brought a high degree of athleticism to the group. His signing now, however, is not about a return to the glory days of an elite Patriots linebacking corps that featured Collins, Dont’a Hightower and Kyle Van Noy. It is about a group that…

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Patriots: Collins’ versatility and experience are the reasons he’s back

October 4, 2022
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The Patriots signed veteran linebacker Jaime Collins for a fourth time yesterday. Collins was not re-signed this past off-season after the team opted to get younger and faster on defense. The younger and faster experiment is in a holding pattern however after Collins was signed to the practice squad. The Patriots drafted in the second round of the 2013 draft. A former strong safety out of Southern Miss, Collins went…

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Patriots: Scrappy Zappe gives the Patriots a fighting chance in loss to Packers

October 3, 2022
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It is never easy to come into a game as a back up quarterback let alone the third string quarterback but Bailey Zappe proved in yesterday’s loss to the Packers that a young quarterback could enter that environment and compete. https://twitter.com/nfloncbs/status/1576715390268616704?s=46&t=UVyMZuFMcQlEimI6f4sRYw Zappe had to enter the game after veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer was knocked out with a concussion in the first quarter. You can tell early on that the Texas…

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