{"id":141029,"date":"2024-10-21T16:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T20:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=141029"},"modified":"2024-10-21T18:33:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T22:33:26","slug":"film-room-are-the-patriots-playing-soft-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/film-room-are-the-patriots-playing-soft-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Room: Are the Patriots playing soft football?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"playHtListenArea\" style=\"display:none;margin: 0;\">\n\t\t<div id=\"playht-audioplayer-element\" data-play-article=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=141029\" data-play-audio=\"https:\/\/media.play.ht\/full_-O9klvIcZ47OyZBrN0q0.mp3?generation=1729542752017885&alt=media\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<p>At this point, it&#8217;s the quote heard &#8217;round the world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We&#8217;re a soft football team across the board,&#8221; Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo told the media on Sunday following his team&#8217;s 32-16 loss to the Jaguars. &#8220;You talk about what makes a tough football team. That is being able to run the ball, that&#8217;s being able to stop the run, being able to cover kicks. We did none of those today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Has Jerod Mayo Lost the New England Patriots Locker Room?\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zC8XJ2PemX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mayo has since walked back his comments saying on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=33J7VP6mNoc\">WEEI&#8217;s The Greg Hill Show<\/a>, &#8220;We don&#8217;t have a soft football team, we&#8217;re <em>playing<\/em> soft&#8221; &#8212; but the point still stands. They&#8217;re not doing enough to win football games right now, and it comes down to those three things: running the football, stopping the run, and covering kicks.<\/p>\n<p>As different as the two regimes have been so far, this moniker from Mayo actually comes directly from the Bill Belichick playbook. Belichick, verbatim, defined being a tough football team as follows: running the ball, stopping the run, kick [off] coverage.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-141033 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-450x311.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo-1200x830.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GabrmEuXQAETxMo.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s break all three down &#8212; and how the Patriots did none of the three well enough on Sunday versus Jacksonville:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>RUNNING THE BALL<\/h3>\n<p>The Patriots came into Sunday with their seventh offensive line combination in as many weeks, and a running back in Rhamondre Stevenson who practiced on Friday for the first time in over two weeks as he battled through a foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, New England ran for a measly 38 yards on 15 attempts (2.5 YPC) against the Jaguars. Drake Maye and Stevenson were tied as the team&#8217;s leading rushers with just 18 yards each, while Antonio Gibson ran for just four yards on three attempts, and JaMycal Hasty ran for -2 (!!) yards on his two attempts.<\/p>\n<p>These numbers are a far cry from where they were to start the season. After averaging over five yards-per-carry through the first five weeks of the season, New England&#8217;s rushing offense has fallen off a cliff over their last two games. Here are some of the numbers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141035 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-3.11.01\u202fPM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-3.11.01\u202fPM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-3.11.01\u202fPM-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-3.11.01\u202fPM-450x299.png 450w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-3.11.01\u202fPM.png 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-2.52.22\u202fPM-300x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-2.52.22\u202fPM-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-2.52.22\u202fPM-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-2.52.22\u202fPM-150x61.png 150w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-2.52.22\u202fPM-450x184.png 450w, https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-2.52.22\u202fPM.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That&#8217;s something you got to watch on film,&#8221; Mayo said after the game when asked what&#8217;s been plaguing this phase of their game. &#8220;What I will say is it&#8217;s a mentality, it&#8217;s an attitude. Here as of late, our run game just hasn&#8217;t been able to do anything offensively.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Second-level defenders were once again the biggest issue for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a> ground game, which went right on nearly every carry vs JAX<\/p>\n<p>Backside pursuit from both levels consistently blew up outside zone, and pullers struggled to create movement on gap schemes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WJ6XwrZOVS\">pic.twitter.com\/WJ6XwrZOVS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taylor Kyles (@tkyles39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkyles39\/status\/1848372205224112638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>STOPPING THE RUN<\/h3>\n<p>The Patriots also had their issues stopping the run on Sunday, allowing Tank Bigsby and co. to rush for 171 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries.<\/p>\n<p>New England tied a season-worst with six explosive runs versus the Jaguars on Sunday, and have now allowed 22 such runs since Week 3, tied for the second most in the NFL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a> tied a season-worst with 6 explosive runs allowed vs the Jags<\/p>\n<p>3 came on the same concept and drive, but from slightly different looks, hitting between Godchaux + Wise with the RB escaping to the third level<\/p>\n<p>Tavai wound up on the ground 2x as the playside LB <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7AtO8mylvI\">pic.twitter.com\/7AtO8mylvI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taylor Kyles (@tkyles39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkyles39\/status\/1848338482076246141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mentioned last week the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a> should use more of their beefy 5-man fronts with Ekuale at DE over Wise\/White<\/p>\n<p>Saw just that on Sunday, especially in H2, but it wasn&#39;t enough to slow down JAX&#39;s inside zone and power schemes<\/p>\n<p>Most hit middle-left at Godchaux, Roy, and Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ETGwl3baHz\">pic.twitter.com\/ETGwl3baHz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taylor Kyles (@tkyles39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkyles39\/status\/1848364791754051643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bill Belichick weighed in on New England&#8217;s struggles up front on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikekadlick\/status\/1848415296316493910\">ESPN&#8217;s The Pat McAfee Show<\/a>, and took issue with Mayo calling, at least the defensive side of the football, soft:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;Defensively, the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Patriots<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> led the league last year in rushing defense,&#8221; the former head coach explained. &#8220;Yards per carry: No. 1 in the league, and this year they&#8217;re way down in the 20s somewhere&#8230; It&#8217;s the same guys. They re-signed [Anfernee] Jennings, they re-signed [Jahlani] Tavai, they re-signed [Kyle] Dugger. Marcus Jones and [Christian] Gonzalez have been healthy&#8230; You got [Deatrich] Wise, you got [Davon] Godchaux, you got Keion White, you got [Marte] Mapu. It&#8217;s a lot the same players&#8230; I&#8217;m kind of hurt for those guys. Because to call them soft, they&#8217;re not soft. They were the best team in the league last year against the run&#8230; I feel bad for the defensive players on that one because those guys, that&#8217;s a tough group.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sounds like the former man in charge is putting it on the coaching, while the new man in charge is putting it on execution:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We just got to play better,&#8221; Mayo said after the game. &#8220;We got to play better technique. Got to lock our guy out in front of us. That&#8217;s what it comes down to, locking the guy out in front of you, dominating him and making a tackle.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not the X&#8217;s and O&#8217;s,&#8221; he continued on Monday morning. &#8221; We just have to be where we&#8217;re supposed to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>KICK COVERAGE<\/h3>\n<p>One thing Mayo and Belichick did agree on from Sunday&#8217;s loss? The lack of execution in the punt game. After allowing 14 straight points in the second quarter, New England allowed Jacksonville&#8217;s Parker Washington to return a Bryce Baringer punt for a 96-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bryce has been a weapon for us the entire year as far as flipping the field,&#8221; Mayo explained on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikekadlick\/status\/1848415296316493910\">WEEI<\/a> when asked what he saw on film from the play. &#8220;One thing I would say is, if you punt the ball right now the middle of the field, it puts a lot of stress on everyone else, and that&#8217;s what happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Belichick had the same feeling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why punters just want to punt the ball straight down the middle against good returners,&#8221; he told McAfee. &#8220;And okay, it comes back 97 yards but I mean, look, it&#8217;s hard when you lay it right down the middle &#8212; like right down the middle of the field, and you&#8217;ve gotta cover all 53 1\/3 yards and you outkick the coverage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I get it, Baringer might lead the league in average&#8230;&#8221;, Belichick continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s got an 80-yarder, a 77-something-yarder, but they&#8217;re so hard to cover&#8230; and look, if you&#8217;re gonna go right down the middle, then put some hangtime on the ball! Like get it up there! Like those four-second, 69-yarders are hard to cover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dial and Cardona wound up in the same area before being sealed off on JAX&#39;s return TD, and it looked like Elliss and Tavai may have run too far upfield<\/p>\n<p>Mayo criticized the unit for punting to the middle, outkicking coverage, getting out-leveraged, and poor lane discipline <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4PpncTZDp\">https:\/\/t.co\/G4PpncTZDp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PXOyqC6DmX\">pic.twitter.com\/PXOyqC6DmX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taylor Kyles (@tkyles39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkyles39\/status\/1848322948509188177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On top of the poor punt, the Patriots failed to maintain their lanes and were out-leveraged the whole way down the field.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Back to the drawing board,&#8221; said Mayo following Sunday&#8217;s loss. &#8220;I mean, we can&#8217;t sit here and pout. We just got to put a game together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At 1-6, he couldn&#8217;t be more right. The Patriots have another winnable game on the slate next Sunday as they welcome the 2-5 New York Jets to town. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. from Foxborough&#8217;s Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikekadlick\"> Mike on Twitter @mikekadlick<\/a> for the latest up-to-date Patriots and Boston sports news!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point, it&#8217;s the quote heard &#8217;round the world. &#8220;We&#8217;re a soft football team across the board,&#8221; Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo told the media on Sunday following his team&#8217;s 32-16 loss to the Jaguars. &#8220;You talk about what makes a tough football team. 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