“The pressure up the middle is what bothers him.”
Well, it took them until Week 7, but the Patriots finally have their first home win of the season after upsetting division rival Buffalo at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
Bill Belichick gets his 300th win, and the team avoids dropping to 1-6. Instead, they’re 2-5, including 2-1 against AFC East opponents with another huge opportunity coming against Miami next weekend.
Mac Jones led the Patriots to their first comeback victory of the season and made it through the game without any turnovers. This was the sharpest he’s looked all season. He completed all but five of his 30 passing attempts and tossed a pair of touchdowns, including the game-winner to Mike Gesicki.
The Patriots notched their first win since Sept. 24 on the road against the Jets. Here are a few final thoughts from the action. Finding a way to “bother” Josh Allen
New England was missing Matthew Judon and Josh Uche, but the Patriots’ pass rush still proved to be a problem for Josh Allen.
The key, according to defensive lineman Davon Godchaux, was generating pressure up the middle, which he, Christian Barmore, and Ja’Whaun Bentley excelled at on Sunday.
“You have to [get in Allen’s face], he’s one of the top-3 quarterbacks in the NFL. The pressure up the middle is what bothers him,” Godchaux said. “The edge guys can rush all they want but if you’ve got those B-gaps open where he can step up, you have to get this guy off the spot, you have to rush this guy off the middle. We did a great job today and we’re not satistfied.”
Godchaux said that the Patriots had to focus on rushing as a team with Uche and Judon out.
“We rush as a team,” Godchaux said. “Even when we have Judon and Uche, we know those guys are capable of winning one-on-one all the time, but when you don’t have those guys now you’ve got to rush as a team.
