What an amazing match it was for Aaron Rodgers and his Jets. For the New England Patriots, not so much. Jerod Mayo would have a lot of questions to answer after the embarrassing 24-3 loss. But let’s shift our focus to Jacoby Brissett for a moment. The QB took a whopping 5 sacks in tonight’s game. We knew the Pats’ O-Line was bad, but this is just worse.

Even Drake Maye, who came out during the final minutes of the game, was sacked twice. No matter how hard Brissett would have tried to evade the pressure, he couldn’t outsmart the Jets’ phenomenal defensive lineup. In the wake of this game, some interesting facts about the Patriots O-line have surfaced.

Some stats surfacing from Carlos Talks Pats’ X handle point out the bitter reality of the Patriots O-Line. The stats he presented accounted for all the 7 sacks that the two quarterbacks took today. Let’s look at the table below to understand the issue more closely and quantify this shortcoming.

David Andrews, Layden Robinson and Zach Thomas have their work cut out for them. Another noteworthy thing that Carlos pointed out was that his stats didn’t include 10+ QB hits that the Patriots’ O-Line allowed. The head coach addressed the O-Line concerns last week after the loss to the Seattle Seahawks as well. Clearly, those issues weren’t resolved.

Coming to the loss at Green Apple, Mayo addressed the O-Line yet again, saying: “Well, I thought the offensive line today had a hard time, had a hard time. There were times earlier in the game where the pockets looked pretty clean but as the game wore on, similar to last week, started falling apart as far as the protection. It’s not only knowing how to do it, it’s also knowing what to do. I’ll also say we had some injuries up front that, you know, the next man has to be ready to go.”

The head coach also touched upon the O-Line performance in the second half of the game, saying they weren’t as effective as they were in the earlier parts of the game. The only reason he let Drake Maye on the field was because he wanted him to get the feel of the game and it had nothing to do with Brissett’s performance. Apparently, the team didn’t do a good enough job of controlling the line of scrimmage either, as Mayo put it.

However, the concerns regarding the offense don’t just stop here. The Patriots couldn’t keep the ball to themselves for even half as long as the Jets did.

The Patriots offense is just as bad as it’s O-Line

Andrew Callahan, the Boston Herald columnist, gave the Patriots a reality check when he noted that the team only held the ball for 19 minutes and 56 seconds. The Jets, though, held the ball for 40 minutes and 4 seconds. That’s just double time of possession! In Callahan’s words: “This was the first time the Pats have been doubled up in time of possession since Oct. 2014.”

Here are some numbers on the Patriots offense: Jacoby Brissett and Drake Maye combined couldn’t do what Rodgers did single-handedly tonight. A look at the team stats says that the Patriots had only 61 passing yards, 78 team rushing yards and the team only averaged 2.9 yards per play.

In contrast, the Jets had a total of 267 team passing yards and 133 team rush yards with 5.7 yards per play. That just shows that the Patriots defense also needs a facelift if they want to win games in the future. It’s still mind-boggling how they defeated the Cincinnati Bengals and at the same time, embarrassing to know that the only points they scored tonight came from Joey Slye’s 44 yard kick.

While the stats and numbers are too worrisome to think about, Jerod Mayo said that he doesn’t know what the Pats will do in the next game against the San Francisco 49ers.

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