OFFENSIVE NOTES
□ Personnel breakdown: 50% in 11 personnel, 21.6% of snaps in 12 personnel, 20% in 21 personnel, 6.7% in jumbo personnel and 1.7% in 22 personnel.
□ Personnel production: 8.5 yards/play in 12 personnel, 3.3 yards/play in 11 personnel, 2.2 yards/play in 21 personnel, 2 yards/play in 22 personnel and -1 yard/ play in jumbo personnel.
□ Pressure rate allowed: 21.2% □ Play-action rate: 33%
□ Yards per carry: 4.2
□ First down splits: 54% pass (8.9 yards per play), 46% run (2.9 yards per play)
□ Third downs: 3-12
□ Red-zone efficiency: 1-3
□ Broken tackles: Damien Harris 7, James White 2, Kendrick Bourne 2.
□ Sacks allowed: Yasir Durant 2, Team 1.
□ QB hits allowed: Wynn
□ Hurries allowed: Justin Herron 2, Wynn, Team.
□ Run stuffs allowed: Team 4, Michael Onwenu.
□ Drops: Jonnu Smith, Kendrick Bourne
□ Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels called a solid game, leaning heavily on misdirection to catch the aggressive Jets defense off-guard; something the Pats have done forever versus fastflowing, zone-heavy defenses.
□ In doing so, McDaniels broke two tendencies from the season opener. First, he called five straight passes from 12 personnel (two tight ends, one running back), most of which were play-action designs. Against Miami, the Pats posted a 62% run rate from 12 personnel.
□ McDaniels took his misdirection to new heights with his sixth throw from that package, the 19-yard doublepass to Jonnu Smith that should have resulted in a deep touchdown to Nelson Agholor, but Jones hurried to make the safer throw.
□ The second broken tendency set up James White’s opening touchdown. The Pats had passed from shotgun on 94% of their snaps versus the Dolphins and 100% thus far at New York, before White ripped off back-toback 7-yard rushes from shotgun late in the first quarter, the latter being his touchdown run.
□ The trouble was the Jets defended shotgun runs well after that, and standard misdirection basically all game. Five of the Pats’ seven screens gained three yards or less.
□ Unlike White’s touchdown, Damien Harris found the end zone with Mac Jones under center in a 12 personnel grouping.
□ The Pats’ two-tight end package was the only grouping to average more than four yards per play; an average boosted by Harris’ run, the double-pass and Hunter Henry’s 32-yard catch, the team’s longest gain of the day.
□ Henry took most of the Patriots’ tight end snaps in one-tight end personnel groupings, an indication Smith was truly limited by the hip injury he suffered days earlier in practice.
□ Despite fairly quiet individual performances from Henry and Smith, the Pats’ improved production in 12 personnel is critical considering that will be their base offense moving forward. It averaged just 4.2 yards per play versus Miami.
□ Overall, the Patriots’ inability to crank out explosive plays will haunt them against better defenses, particularly while they struggle in the red zone or take penalties. As mentioned, Jones either needs to get more aggressive, or McDaniels needs to take more early-down shots.
□ Offensive line report: David Andrews and Shaq Mason posted clean sheets, while Onwenu played the best game despite allowing a single run stuff.
□ The Patriots also aren’t good enough yet to overcome self-inflicted mistakes. On drives when they allowed a sack or committed a penalty or a drop, they scored just 33% of the time, compared to 60% on drives when they played clean football.