PATRIOTS STATISTICS

Passing

Patriots Opp. Rushing Patriots Opp. Scoring Patriots Opp. Att

39 34 Att. 31 34 TD 3 2 Cmp

26 17 Yds 122 3.9 12 167 4.9 31 Rsh Rec Ret 0 1 Possession Avg. Total Net Yards Net Yards Rushing Avg. Per Game Net Yards Passing Avg. Per Game Yds

267 66.7 158 50 Avg Lng TD 3 1 Patriots 0 0 Cmp% 0 1 Pts 27 20 Opp. W ........ Houston ........ 27-20 Sept. 16 ...... at Jax ...... 4:25 Sept. 23 .. at Detroit .. 8:20 Sept. 30 ........ Miami ........ 1 Oct. 4 .. Indianapolis .. 8:20 Oct. 14 . Kansas City . 8:20 Oct. 21 ..... at Chicago ..... 1 Oct. 29 ... at Buffalo ... 8:15 Nov. 4 ... Green Bay ... 8:20 Nov. 11 .. at Tennessee .. 1 Nov. 18 ............. Bye ............. Nov. 25 .... at N.Y. Jets .... 1 Dec. 2 ... Minnesota ... 4:25 Dec. 9 ........ at Miami ........ 1 Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh 4:25 Dec. 23 ........ Buffalo ........ 1 Dec. 30 ...... N.Y. Jets ....... 1 Yds/ Att TD

6.8 3 4.6 1 Receiving

Patriots Opp.

Kicking

Patriots Opp. Int Lng

1 30 1 27 Rec. Yds

1 1

PAT

102.2 62.9 Lng TD

3/3 2/2 2/2 2/2

Patriots

Total First Downs Rushing

3rd Down Pct. 4th Down/Att. 4th Down Pct. Penalties/Yards Sack/ Lost

2/10 3/18 Avg

0 0

0.0 0.0

FG Rtg

0 0

Pts

9 8 Opp. W ..... atN.Y.Giants ..... 20-15 Sept. 16 New England 4:25 Sept. 23 ..... Tennessee ..... 1 Sept. 30 ........ N.Y. Jets ........ 1 Oct. 7 ..... at Kansas City ..... 1 Oct. 14 ...... at Dallas ...... 4:25 Oct. 21 ......... Houston ......... 1 Oct. 28 Philly (London) 9:30 a.m. Nov. 4 ................ Bye ............... Nov. 11 ... at Indianapolis ... 1 Nov.18 ...Pittsburgh ...8:20 Nov.25 ....... atBuffalo ....... 1 Dec. 2 ...... Indianapolis ...... 1 Dec. 6 .. at Tennessee .. 8:20 Dec. 16 ..... Washington ..... 1 Dec. 22 or 23 at Miami TBD Dec. 30 ..... at Houston ..... 1

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, TIAA Bank Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

TV: CBS

Danny Sheridan’s line: Patriots by 11⁄2

Patriots’ keys to victory

Teams with tough defensive lines usually give the Patriots issues, as the Jaguars proved in the AFC Championship Game last season. The most important task for the Patriots will be to keep QB Tom Brady upright. The Patriots should focus on the rush — while the Jags’ passing defense was statistically first last season, their rushing defense ranked 21st. They had more problems in Week 1 trying to stop Giants RB Saquon Barkley, who rushed 18 times for 106 yards, including a 68-yard TD.

Jaguars’ keys to victory

The defense’s top priority will be to put heat on Brady, as it did early and effectively in the AFC Championship Game. The unit is well suited to do that and looked sharp again in the season opener. On offense, RB Leonard Fournette will be the key to controlling the clock if he is good to go after suffering a hamstring injury in Week 1. QB Blake Bortles will need to repeat the performance he had against the Patriots in January.

Who wins?

The Jags’ biggest mistakes in their last matchup with the Patriots were mostly coaching ones — they weren’t aggressive enough. But Tom Coughlin, the Jaguars’ executive vice president of football operations, knows what it takes to beat Patriots coach Bill Belichick; he did it twice in the Super Bowl.

Jaguars, 27-24

James Johnson