Here is a full review of the game after looking at the coaches' tape: When the Patriots had the ball Brady got visibly upset at Aaron Dobson for not being in the right spot on a crucial third-down incompletion, and Dobson also couldn't hold onto a deep pass after beating triple coverage that would have gone for a big touchdown. But Brady deserves a fair portion of the blame for the offense's struggles because he was uncharacteristically inaccurate. On the first series of the game, Brady missed a wide-open Julian Edelman, who ran a filthy double move on Antonio Cromartie and would have had an easy touchdown. Brady later could've had a big throw to Kenbrell Thompkins, who had three steps on his man and no safety help over the top, but he panicked at the first sign of coverage and threw the ball away. Brady easily could have sidestepped the rusher and hit Thompkins for a big touchdown. Brady later missed a wide-open Edelman on a 10-yard dig route, threw too wide to an open Dobson on a sideline pattern, and again missed a potential touchdown on a deep pass to Dobson by throwing out of bounds. In his defense, Brady had a lot of tight windows in which to throw, his receivers didn't get great separation, and we counted three drops for Dobson and one for Thompkins. The Jets clearly dared the Patriots to beat them with their young receivers. Of the Patriots' 65 snaps, we counted 21 plays in which the Jets stacked an extra defender in the box to stop the run. The percentage is even higher when you take out the dozen or so red-zone plays, in which defenses generally defend the end zone and don't stack the box. The Patriots tried to counter with quick screens to Edelman and Thompkins, but the Jets snuffed most of them out. Edelman did have a career-high 13 catches, but averaged just 6 yards. Rough day for the offensive line in run blocking, but especially center Ryan Wendell, who got handled pretty well by Sheldon Richardson and Damon Harrison. The Patriots averaged 2.3 yards per carry, and rushed for just 18 yards on 10 carries up the middle. Wendell gave up a couple of hurries, and Dan Connolly and Logan Mankins were beaten badly by Richardson and Leger Douzable for a sack. The Patriots again used Marcus Cannon at left tackle for about 18 snaps, and used Nate Solder as a blocking tight end on the right side next to Sebastian Vollmer. It didn't help create holes for Stevan Ridley or LeGarrette Blount. Cannon in particular struggled with Muhammad Wilkerson and Calvin Pace. Total coverage breakdown by the Jets on Thompkins's 38-yard catch. Cromartie and Demario Davis both sided on the flat route, and Dawan Landry, playing center field, didn't get over in time to pick up Thompkins streaking down the left sideline. When the Jets had the ball Just an exceptional effort by defensive end Rob Ninkovich, who was in for all 71 plays in the humidity and was excellent in run contain while going up against right tackle Austin Howard. Ninkovich finished with six tackles (two for loss), a quarterback hit, and a forced fumble, and his ability to shed tight end Jeff Cumberland and get to Geno Smith for a 1-yard loss was impressive. We counted just nine Patriots blitzes on 41 dropbacks by Smith (22 percent), and he didn't recognize it well. Too often he ran backward and killed the play instead of stepping up, rolling out, or switching to a quick throw. He also scrambled right into Michael Buchanan for a coverage sack in the second quarter. The Patriots "protected" their blitzes by having Devin McCourty play a lot of deep center field. See more at: http://bo.st/16vL14Q Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boston Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BostonDotCom Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/+BostonDotCom/posts

• published: 16 Sep 2013
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