Cam Newton Had An Excellent Night And Other Leftover Patriots Thoughts

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — This is it, folks. This is rock bottom. This is the nadir. If the Patriots had a “good loss” earlier this season in Seattle, then Monday night’s just-by-the-skin-of-their-teeth 30-27 win over the Jets has to go down as a “bad win.” Consider that: –The Jets entered the game having been outscored by 143 points this season. Their average margin of defeat was more than 18 points. Their “closest” losses were by eight (Buffalo), nine (Denver) and 10 (at Buffalo) points. –The Jets — with Joe Flacco under center — had their best offensive performance of the season. New York put up 322 yards of offense and 27 points. They scored on five of their first six possessions. –Most recently, the Jets had been averaging … 7.25 points per game over their last four weeks. They had been held to 10 points or fewer in five of their eight games. In Flacco’s two previous starts, the Jets sscored 10 points (vs. Arizona) and got shutout in Miami. –With 262 passing yards, three touchdowns and one interception, Flacco posted a 128.7 passer rating. That was tied for the fifth-best mark of his entire career, and it was his best single-game showing since Week 6 of the 2014 season. He posted a passer rating better than 110 for just the third time in the past six years. It’s been clear for a while now that these Patriots were a far cry from those Patriots,...
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