New England Back In The Hunt Or Just An Aberration?
New England gave the Broncos a real lesson in football thrashing them 41-7 in Monday night football. So how did the tipsters get it so wrong? One aspect is probably not looking at the stat. The Patriots seem to like Monday night football have a sound win record.
The match was over by half time and when you start to talk stats there is one that stands out - 5 turnovers to nil. Mind you, those 5 turnovers didn’t have a huge impact in possession. The Patriots had the ball for 34 minutes, the Broncos for 26 minutes. It is what the Patriots did with the ball that counted. 404 yards to 275 is not going to give you field position to do much.
In the first quarter field position enable the Patriots to jump out to a 6-0 lead with two field goals. From their, a pair of TD’s in each of the second and third terms and it was all over. A consolation TD in the last was all the Broncos could manage. They may have pulled off 6 sacks on Cassel, but with 75% completion and 3 TDs, zero turnovers or intercepts and Morris rushing 138 for a TD, simple sacks would never be enough. It’s what you do with the ball that counts.
As one writer said on SportsViews - Patriots 41, Broncos 7: Wow … That Was Ugly
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