Sony Michel regularly gets a big run called back due to holding penalties.
After watching the Patriots suffer loss number five, there were lots of stats I just had to look into a little further. Here are some useful finds.
PENALTIES-
- The Patriots have both benefitted and been called for 84 penalties this season
- Trent Brown has been called for 8 penalties of which 4 have been accepted. 6 of his penalties have been for holding. In his previous two seasons in San Francisco he had as many face mask penalties as holding (2).
- Sony Michel has had two 25 yard runs negated by holding penalties. In total he’s been denied 97 rushing yards because of penalties. His average during these wipedout plays? 7.5 yards
James White
THE BURKHEAD EFFECT-
- The Patriots are 2-4 in games that Rex Burkhead has played
- James White averages 7.4 touches in losses and 14 touches in wins.
RED ZONE OFFENSE-
- The Patriots are ranked 5th with a 58% success rate in the redzone
- Tom Brady has completed 54% of his passes in the red zone
- In the red zone Brady has 14 touchdowns, 3 turnovers, one interception, 2 fumbles, and 5 sacks
- Brady has dropped back 17 times in the red zone over the past two weeks. He has had one touchdown, one interception, and one sack.
- Brady has targeted Burkhead 5 times in the red zone
- James White has 6 receiving touchdowns in the red zone
- Last year Brady had 26 touchdowns and 6 sacks to go with 0 red zone turnovers. His completion percentage was 62.2
- During the 2016 season Brady completed 69.2% of his red zone attempts. He threw 20 touchdowns, 1 interception and was sacked twice.
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