Patriots penalties per game

An illegal formation penalty wiped out an easy five-yard completion on a first-and The penalties were varied, but the end result was the Patriots have to work that much harder to compete, based on those mistakes. I think there are different points on each one.

CBSN Boston. Then, there's a strong storm coming Monday. School Closings. But New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels isn't going to throw his visor into the mix just yet. A major separator between the contenders and the pretenders however is discipline; i. This unfortunately, is where the Patriots have too often failed this season, resulting in a lower conference playoff seed than we had hoped for just one month ago.

The Patriots received eight penalties in each of the Miami losses and in a crucial loss to the Colts in Week Those were not only too many penalties to recover from but some were just brutally timed and stifled momentum. Why the sudden lack of discipline in those key moments? Look at where the mistakes are happening. Too many of the great thought leaders in the Patriots brass have been scooped away. Eventually, brain drain catches up with you and the Pats have lost some key coaches that were attached to very areas of their operation, where the requisite discipline it preaches matters most.

Offensive Line : The Patriots went from having arguably the best assistant coach in league history, Dante Scarnecchia leading its offensive line to bringing in two new assistants to lead the position group; Carmen Bricillo in and Cole Popovich back in the season, serving as an assistant under Scarnecchia.

Special teams: A hallmark of the Belichick winning formula since the earliest days of his head coaching career. Three blocked punts. Back to the issue of brain drain.

This has been a challenge that the Patriots have been surviving through since Charlie Weiss and Romeo Crennel left after the initial Patriots dynasty was secured. Click on that article I wrote two years ago to see the full list of the Patriots faithfully departed coaches.

Right now, there are a couple of old friends available on the market. Personally I would have had an offer in front of Brian Flores to be Assistant Head Coach within 60 seconds of hearing of his brow raising dismissal on Monday. Talk about discipline, that guy is a born leader of men and the Patriots would be fortunate to get him back. Regardless, the Patriots brain drain problem is both real and likely will be ongoing with smart leaders like Jerrod Mayo on the staff already getting interviews.

The discipline issue though? Anyone have Brian Flores number? Jim Hackett 7 hrs ago.