The New England Patriots will welcome the newly resetped Los Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon. Here’s what we’re going to be waiting for in this third week game:
DETAILS Time: Sunday, 1 p. m. ET location: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts TV: CBS
The Patriots entered 1-1 on the weekend as house favorites with six problems opposed to raiders, who have an unexpected score of 2-0.
These franchises rarely face off, competing 3 times since 2010. The Patriots won all 3, adding a 33-8 wax in 2017 in Mexico City. The Raiders have undergone a primary makeover since then, hiring Jon Gruden as head coach in 2018, reviewing his list and moving his operations from Oakland to Las Vegas.
Of the 22 Raiders who opposed the Patriots in 2017, only 3 continue the franchise: Quarterback Derek Carr, Middle Rodney Hudson and Right Guard Gabe Jackson.
New England is 1-1 against this season, losing 35-30 as a four-point outsider for the Seattle Seahawks last week. Las Vegas has a 2-0 record against TheArray
LAST WEEK QB Cam Newton nearly led the Patriots to a comeback victory in the Pats-Seahawks thriller, leading two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and taking the one-yard line in a third.
Newton finished 30 of 44 passes, pitched for 379 yards and landed and ran for two scores, which raised his overall league lead to 4, before being stopped before the finish line in the game’s final game.
The New England defensive will seek to recover after allowing five landing passes for the time being in Bill Belichick’s time and consistent with allowing the Seahawks to average 5. 1 yards consistent with a run.
The Raiders earned a characteristic win Monday night, causing the New Orleans Saints 34-24 at their first home at the new Allegiant Stadium.
Las Vegas scored 34 problems in its first two games, but had serious defensive problems, rank 26th overall, 30 yards allowed consistent with the game, 31 in catches, 30th in defensive DVOA and last death in 3rd defense. Raiders were also the third worst version of a team in the NFL in two weeks, according to Pro Football Focus.
BLESSING REPORT Both will lose some key elements.
The Patriots will be without the starting half David Andrews and without returning James White. Both were eliminated on Friday, as rookie supporter Josh Uche.
The loss of Andrews, who allegedly underwent surgery this week to repair a damaged thumb in his beaten hand, leaves a big hole in new England’s offensive line. Hjalte Froholdt, a 2019 fourth-round national team that has not yet played in the NFL. offensive, seems like the most productive candidate to start instead, the Patriots would possibly decide to remove veteran James Ferentz from the practice squad or replace the left guards. Joe Thuney in the middle.
No matter who fills that void, expect Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther to review Andrews’ replacement with blitzes and stunts.
White was absent from the team and did not exercise this week after his father’s tragic death in a car drive from fate last Sunday. We don’t know when he’ll be back on the field.
The Uche Patriots race has started well. The second-round draft pick was a smart scratch in Week 1 and now consecutive injury games will have been lost (ankle in Week 2, foot this week 3. ) He was a full player in Wednesday’s practice was limited on Thursday and was not practiced on Friday.
Patriots also have players indexed as questionable for Sunday:
DT Adam Butler (shoulder) S Kyle Dugger (ankle) WR Julian Edelman (knee) WR N’Keal Harry (ankle) T Isaiah Wynn (calf)
Wynn added to the injury report after being limited in Friday practice. The first circular of 2018 has performed very well as a protector of Newton’s blind appearance this season, but has a history of worried injuries.
Tight Patriots rookie Dalton Keene is a full-time player in practice this week and could make his NFL debut on Sunday after missing the first two games for a neck injury.
The visiting Raiders, meanwhile, excluded Trent Brown, the most sensible supporter Nick Kwiatkowski and the super-fast rookie catcher Henry Ruggs III, their first pick in this year’s draft (12th overall).
Las Vegas’ two main offensive weapons, the closed end Darren Waller and the offensive part Josh Jacobs, are questionable, as are Brown’s two most sensitive replacements, Sam Young and Denzelle Good. Week.
The Raiders’ ground game is expected to take credit for New England’s seven most sensitive, however, forward defeats will make life more complicated for Jacobs, who ranks sixth in the NFL in court yards this season (181) but 40 yards consistent with the race (3. 5).
Patriots wide receiver Harry set personal records in each of the receiving categories opposite Seattle (12 goals, 8 receptions, 72 yards), but only excelled in the Patriots’ final possession, which had 12 receptions. thirteen and 17 meters.
Still, it’s an encouraging feature of the often criticized sophomore professional, who will seek to take some other step forward against a Raiders defensive that ranks 29th in yards consistent with allowed passes consistent with the game, 24 degrees in allowed yards consistent with passes. 26 for the defense opposed to DVOA passes.
Las Vegas High School also faces a game opposed to that of Edelman, who burned Jamal Adams several times in deep balls last week (and finished with 179 yards at reception, the personal record).
Darren Waller, adjusted end to the Raiders Stop Waller, whom Belichick necessarily called the tight end to football before this week, will be the number one precedent for the Patriots’ defense.
He is without problems the maximum risk of harmful reception from the Raiders, entering the third week of the NFL in receptions and goals from the giant Arizona Cardinals team DeAndre Hopkins. Against the Saints, Waller scored 12 passes in 16 goals for 103 yards and a touchdown; no other Las Vegas player has won more than 3 goals.
How will the Patriots beat Waller, who has a velocity of 4. 4 in a 6-foot-6, 255-pound body? Second-year defensive back Joejuan Williams is a top contender after shutting out tight Miami Dolphins winger Mike Gesicki in Week 1. Rookie safety Kyle Dugger and star cornerback Stephon Gilmore can be that equation, too.
Gruden plans to move Waller around the lineup to create favorable games for his pass receiver.
“It’s not like one,” this guy’s passing by to take Waller and get him out of the game. “It’s not to happen to be like that,” said Patriot protector Devin McCourty, who Waller to former NFL receivers Brandon Marshall and Calvin Johnson. . . « It will be a team effort . . . There’s going to be a lot of guys who’re going to kill him just because of his lineup on the offensive.
Sony Michel, patriots racer Michel, scored a landing and performed well in some short-haul conditions in Week 1, but it was not a counter-factor to Seattle, completing with only 17 yards on nine hauls.
The first circular of 2018 averages only 3. 3 yards consistent with this season’s race and continues to provide nothing in the aerial game (zero caught, one target) For that reason, while the Patriots were behind at the time last Sunday, Michel slightly solo recorded 15 offensive shots against the Seahawks. Rex Burkhead, a doubly threatened fullback, played 51, many of whom would probably have gone to White if he had been active.
Damien Harris may return from the disabled reserve list next week, but Michael lacks time to prove he deserves to retain his role as a New England leader.
The Raiders’ ground defense has been suspicious this season (25th in career-consistent allowable yards), but they also faced two of the NFL’s top fullbacks, Christian McCaffrey of Carolina and Alvin Kamara of New Orleans.
Hunter Renfrow, open receiver of the Raiders If the Patriots manage to restrict Waller, Carr will have to rely on a young receiving body that loses its risk of big play (Ruggs). This organization is led by Renfrow, who finished moment on the Waller team in receptions last season as a seventh-round rookie.
Renfrow, who was considered a long-term patriot during his stay in Clemson, is a perfect road racer on the slot device and a reliable target for Carr. He has met his five goals this season and moved the strings in four of them, adding a third key conversion in the fourth quarter against New Orleans.