Want To Throw Deep On Patriots? This Stat Should Make Teams Think Twice
Fair warning to NFL teams: Throw deep on the Patriots at your own risk.
The New England defense, particularly the secondary, has been all-time good through four games this season. Allowing just one offensive touchdown all season, Bill Belichick’s defense has tormented opposing quarterbacks and suffocated receivers.
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There are many stats that prove just how good this unit has been, but perhaps none illustrates the greatness of the Patriots defense like this one from NFL Research:
When passing deep against the @Patriots, quarterbacks have thrown more INT (4) than they have completions (3) this season.
QBs are 3-27 for 97 yards and 4 INT on passes of 20+ air yards vs NE according to @NextGenStats
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) October 2, 2019
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Yeah, that’s impressive.
The Patriots defense once again should dominate Sunday when it faces the Washington Redskins and whoever Jay Gruden plans on starting at quarterback.
