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Regardless of being 1-5, O’Brien insisted that the Patriots nonetheless “have an opportunity to show this factor round.”
Invoice O’Brien on the Patriots’ offense, Malik Cunningham: Patriots offensive coordinator Invoice O’Brien spoke to reporters on Tuesday concerning the ongoing struggles to attain factors persistently.
“There’s a really small margin for error within the Nationwide Soccer League,” he defined.
Reiterating that the gamers and coaches are “in it collectively,” he famous that the tasks are additionally shared equally.
“We speak about teaching higher, one of many issues we have to do is we have now to harp on the small print a little bit bit extra. They should take possession of the small print,” O’Brien stated of Patriots gamers. “Now we have to start out these video games higher. It’s not good to start out the sport with two penalties. It’s ridiculous. That falls on me. That falls on them.”
New England at the moment ranks thirty first within the NFL in scoring, and sit final within the AFC East.
Nonetheless, O’Brien continues to consider within the 1-5 Patriots.
“We’ve acquired to get higher. Now we have an opportunity to show this factor round,” he added, “however all of us have to purchase into it and wrap our brains round the truth that we have now to concentrate — coaches and gamers — to the small print higher and get this factor finished.”
Trivia: Kyle Schwarber hit a pair of residence runs to assist the Phillies win within the NLCS on Tuesday. He’s now tied with Albert Pujols for second in all-time residence runs hit within the League Championship Sequence. Who’s primary on that checklist?
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Trace: MVP of the 2004 World Sequence.
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Gio Reyna’s gem: Amid a dominant 4-0 U.S. win over Ghana in a global pleasant performed in Nashville on Tuesday, Gio Reyna scored a superbly positioned oblique free kick with a little bit assist from two of his teammates.
On today: In 2015, the Colts ran arguably one of many worst performs in NFL historical past in a 34-27 Patriots win.
Then-Indianapolis punter Pat McAfee defined after the sport that it might’ve been a helpful trick play in different circumstances. However as a result of the Patriots adjusted to it accurately (lining up a number of gamers throughout from makeshift middle Griff Whalen), the Colts had been imagined to not snap the ball. They did so anyway, with underwhelming outcomes.
Day by day spotlight: Although it ended up being a rout, it nonetheless fell to U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner (previously of the Revolution) to make a high quality save within the first half of Tuesday’s win.
Trivia reply: Manny Ramirez
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