In the 1st offensive drive of them game Detroit targeted Tate so many times for good gains even because C.Johnson has been double covere right from the beginning with always a safety ready to help the CB right after Megatron got and advantage. Detroit scored 3 points on the 1st drive with a Prater's FG. Lions defense started well putting up great pressure on Brady but they begin to be in trouble when they haven't been able to keep the pressure on Brady, when it happen the Pats have been able to complete so many passes underneath because Lions' linebacker played too deep and they made Detroit defense paid for it finishing the drive with a Tim Collins TD.
The Lions tried to react an they came close to score a TD but they wasted a 1st and goal badly passing too much even it was a short yardage situation, Prater came out to the field to scre the 2nd Lions' FG. Pats' special team made great blocks to permit to Amendola to return the kick off deep in Lions' territory, this great return opened up another very good Pats' drive concluded with a rushing TD by the new but not so new Patriot RB LaGarrette Blount on a well designed draw. Detroit inability to pass the ball let them waste too many possessions and this is a thing absolutely to avoid to do in Foxboro. NE continue to attack in the same way and with very good result, Tim Collins scored another receiving TD lost in the end zone by Detroit's defense. The Lions tried to cut the deficit at the end of the 1st half but Prater missed the FG and NE made Detroit paid for it marching down the field in less then 30 seconds to reach a favourable position to let Gostowsky score 3 points on a good FG.
In the 2nd half Detroit seemed to change the game with their defense that has been able to pick off Brady in their red-zone on a typical Gronkowsky inside route wel covered by SS Ihedigbo. Detroit offensive struggle continue and this fact put up lot of pressure on their defense who has been so much time on the field but they have been able to still effective when they limited NE to another FG, by the way the Lions defense continue to had no idea how to stop inside passes for both TEs and WRs.
The problems for Detroit didn't finish with their defense because great job by the Pats on alternate coverages to confuse Stafford and it worked, he had the worst complete % of his career and he made too many bad decisions an also too many times he scrambled to the left side something to avoid if you are a right handed QB, Logan Ryan interceptions closed the game definitely.
Another win by the New England Patriots who are playing great on offense and defense, Brady seems to have found the right connection with his WRs and also with the former Buc TE Tim Collins, their defense is not the best but of course 1 of the best coached with a great gameplan well adapted and personalyzed on every opponent. The Detroit Lions when they will return heatly i'm sure they will be a really tough team, they just need to improve a lil bit in pass protection, their defense is argubly the best in the NFL and a point of strenght. The MVP of the match for me has been Darrelle Revis because of his great coverage man to man against both Tata and Megatron.
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