Patriots game vs chargers who won

On the first play of their next drive, Austin Ekeler gained yards to move the Chargers into New England territory. One play later, he took a short Justin Herbert pass for another first down.

After running a half marathon on the Patriots defense, Ekeler came off the field and the Chargers offense stalled. New kicker Dustin Hopkins came on to attempt and make a yard field goal of his own. A 2-yard pass from Jones to Jonnu Smith took things to the fourth quarter. On 3rd-and-1, Josh McDaniels drew up another questionable call, having Jones hand the ball off to Brandon Bolden on a draw. It went for negative yardage and New England punted.

A first down rush of only two yards and a holding penalty led to a 2nd-and from the LA 4-yard line. That was until Bill Belichick challenged the call, arguing that since Justin Herbert was in the end zone, the holding call should result in a safety.

The call on the field held up, resulting in the original 2nd-and from the LA 4-yard line. New England attempted a 2-point conversion to go up 7, and Jakobi Meyers picked it up. Adrian Phillips' second INT of the day! Following a backbreaking interception, Justin Herbert came back out hoping to tie the game.

A first down incompletion and second down holding penalty set them behind schedule with a 2nd-and from their own yard line. They picked up a yard chunk on second down, but Keenan Allen dropped a would be first down on 3rd-and-6, forcing a punt. With a lead in the fourth quarter, needing to burn clock, the Patriots offense was seemingly in their element as they worked their way down the field with ease while burning as much clock as possible.

With just remaining, the Chargers took over at their own yard line needing 10 points to tie the game up. Entering the extended red zone with about left, Los Angeles took a shot into the end zone where Josh Palmer plucked a ball out of the air for a touchdown.

Not so fast says Los Angeles. The pivotal play of the game was Adrian Phillips' interception returned for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The score put New England up with remaining. Phillips tallied two interceptions against his former team and made several other key plays throughout the afternoon. The pass rush also was impressive. New England tallied three sacks and rookie defensive tackle Christian Barmore was disruptive all game and made life miserable for L.

The Patriots defense has played pretty well overall this season, giving up just The Patriots got the ball back up with left in the fourth quarter and drove 54 yards on 14 plays, culminating with a yard field goal that gave New England a advantage.

Most importantly, the drive chewed up of the clock, preventing the Chargers from having enough time to mount a successful comeback. It was one of those "gotta have it" drives the Patriots have not consistently put together late in games this season, especially against good teams like the Chargers.

Mac Jones was accurate with the football, completing all of his pass attempts on this pivotal drive. Meanwhile, the Patriots' running game -- led by Damien Harris -- totaled yards on the ground and a touchdown. Herbert ended his day with yards on 18 for 35 passing, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The Patriots made the clutch plays when they needed to. Naturally, the pick-six falls under that category, but so does the play drive on their following possession.

After forcing a three-and-out by the Chargers, the Patriots would travel 54 yards and eventually kick a yard field goal to go up by two scores.

What was just as important as putting up points was the Patriots' ability to bleed the clock down roughly seven minutes to give L. Various Patriots ball carriers were making the savvy decision of sliding in-bounds to keep the clock ticking as they moved down the field.

That gave the Chargers only enough time for one touchdown drive and hope to recover an onside kick just to tie the game with a late field goal. New England's pass rush also came up big in this game, especially Matthew Judon, who continues to be the biggest free-agent addition of the offseason.

He was constantly applying pressure and finished with 1. On the day, the Patriots sacked Herbert three times and finished with a total of six quarterback hits. Arguably the biggest area where the Chargers struggled in this loss was on third down. They converted just four of their 12 opportunities, which contributed to New England jumping out to roughly a minute advantage in time of possession.

Those issues on third down were a key reason for the L. After their second touchdown on the afternoon, the Chargers had two three-and-outs and an interception going into the break. Over that same stretch, the Patriots would tack on six points to cut into the Chargers lead. Turnovers were obviously a killer for L. Herbert came up four yards short of the first-down marker. Judon now has 7. The Patriots responded with a touchdown of their own, scoring on their opening drive for the fourth straight game.

The biggest gain came on a yard reception by wide receiver Nelson Agholor, who said earlier this week that he and Jones have been working on their connection deep down the field. The throw traveled 37 yards, the most air yards on a pass by Jones this season.

Going DEEP! Austin Ekeler — initially stood up at the 5-yard line — plowed forward with the help of teammates to reach the end zone and put the Chargers up, , with left in the first. The Chargers moved the ball with ease on their first drive, gaining 75 yards on 8 plays for a touchdown in just over four minutes. Quarterback Justin Herbert completed three of his four passing attempts, including a yard pass to a wide-open Keenan Allen, who beat J.

Jackson in coverage. How did AustinEkeler score this?! The Patriots won the coin toss and elected to defer. The Chargers will receive the opening kickoff. Patriots running backs vs. The Patriots, who have rushed for at least yards in each of their last three games, should look to establish the run early.

Bailey is the emergency backup behind Folk, who has made 16 of his 17 attempts this season. A considerable cheer welcomed quarterbacks Mac Jones and Brian Hoyer when they took the field. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is also in the building. Solid cheers as a group of Patriots come out for warmups. Patriot Nation is out in force in LA. Rookie running back Rhamondre Stevenson, who was a healthy scratch last week, will get the nod behind Damien Harris and Brandon Bolden.

Taylor and Stevenson have been trading appearances since James White went down in Week 3. Well before kickoff, Wade was on the field going through a workout with strength and conditioning coach Moses Cabrera. Wade, who has yet to make his Patriots debut after being traded to New England in August, returned to practice this past week after missing two straight games with a concussion.

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Chargers all-navy uniforms today. Big fan pic. This place is massive. I can see why the Chargers moved here pic. Chargers may have to use a silent snap count on offense. Good morning afternoon? Put this place on your bucket list. Patriots pic. The rookie practiced last week for the first time since suffering a concussion.