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Patriots: Belichick confirms Jones will start Sunday, but won’t go further than that

October 27, 2022
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The Patriots have their starting quarterback situation figured out. For now. After an odd day at Gillette on Wednesday where the Pats didn’t have a starting quarterback around 1 P.M., then did have a starting quarterback at about 4 P.M., Bill Belichick confirmed on Thursday morning that Mac Jones would be the starter against the Jets. “Mac took a full workload yesterday, I’d expect him to be fully available for…

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Patriots: Patriots Should Trade For Roquan Smith. Here’s why

October 27, 2022
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The NFL trade deadline is approaching, all deals need to be done by Tuesday, November 1st. The biggest story surrounding the Patriots is their quarterback situation, but another serious issue that’s hurt them this season is the play of their linebackers. The Patriots have been torched by both Lamar Jackson and Justin Fields in the run game and their linebackers have been inconsistent in pass coverage. There is one player…

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Patriots: Interesting day at Gillette ends with Jones being named the starter against the Jets

October 26, 2022
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FOXBOROUGH – A little bit before 1 P.M. on Wednesday, Bill Belichick stepped up to the podium in a crowded media workroom to begin talking about a big game against the Jets this week. Some would call it a must-win game. After opening up with his usual statement explaining different challenges the next opponent presents, the “main event” of sorts began as everyone knew the quarterback questions were coming. Belichick…

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Patriots: Quarterback mess ultimately falls at the feet of Bill Belichick and he needs to fix it

October 25, 2022
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The Patriots have a quarterback conundrum on their hands, one that they created. If the plan was indeed to play both quarterbacks last night, the plan failed. The Patriots should have never played Mac Jones last night. Especially if he wasn’t 100%. Why rush him back when your back up is playing as well as Bailey Zappe has? It makes zero sense. Jones struggled mightily on Monday night and capped…

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Patriots Rewind: 7 Points on the Patriots 33-14 loss to the Bears

October 25, 2022
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The Patriots were supposed to beat the Bears last night but that is hard to do when you don’t get off the bus and sleep walk your through the first quarter. Here are seven points on last night’s ugly loss. 1. No showed: Patriots didn’t show up last night. Plain and simple! They played well in the second quarter but they sleep walked through the first quarter and quit in…

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Patriots Scouting Report: Expect plenty of eight man fronts tonight from an aggressive Bears defense

October 24, 2022
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Chicago Bears coach and defacto defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus has always utilized eight man fronts as a way to control the line of scrimmage and stop opposing running games. The Bears play a lot of Cover 3 (Three Deep Zone) Cover 1 (Man-Free) in the secondary and they blend those two coverages. Eberflus wants to force the issue at the line of scrimmage by playing the game within the box….

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Patriots Four Downs Preview: Chicago Bears (2-4) at New England Patriots (3-3)

October 23, 2022
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By Tony Catalina, NEFJ Correspondent Kickoff: Fresh off a second straight Bailey Zappe win, the New England Patriots come home to host a struggling Chicago Bears team on Monday Night Football. According to reports, Mac Jones is expected to return from an ankle injury and make his first start in three weeks. The last time these two teams squared off was on October 21st, 2018. A game in which the…

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Patriots: Mac gets the green light for Monday night. So what can we expect?

October 23, 2022
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Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports According to reports, Mac Jones is going to start for the Patriots tomorrow night in their game against the Bears. Jones took the majority of the reps with the ones during the week and on Saturday. Barring a setback, Patriots QB Mac Jones is expected to start tomorrow night against the Bears, per source. Jones missed the last three games with a high ankle sprain. —…

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Patriots: The Patriots should start Bailey Zappe on Monday night

October 23, 2022
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FOXBOROUGH- Both Bailey Zappe and Mac Jones were full participants at practice on Saturday. Jones has been cleared but is supposedly operating at 85-90%. If that is the case, the Patriots should start Zappe on Monday night against the Bears. https://twitter.com/newftbj/status/1583856566213541888?s=46&t=olN6dD3CeW9hoZ7fTUQFJQ Zappe should start because he is fully healthy and has proven he can lead the offense: I do not think he should overtake Mac as the starter if Jones…

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Patriots: Our first look at the Chicago Bears

October 21, 2022
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By Mason Sousa, NEFJ Contributor Let’s not beat around the bush.   The Bears stink.  There’s no sugarcoating it. The Chicago passing game is equivalent to some high school football programs across New England (no offense to the fine schools in the area).  Bears QB Justin Fields is wildly inaccurate having the worst completion percentage in the league and his offensive line doesn’t do him any favors as he is…

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