Patriots Replay: Key plays from New England’s win over Baltimore

Here’s our weekly look at the key plays in the Patriots’ game after reviewing the film.

The harder the bite

Twice the Patriots got the free safety to bite, and took advantage with a big play.

James White lined up on the outside against CJ Mosley, with free safety Lardarius Webb in the middle of the field.

Webb sat down on Julian Edelman running underneath, opening up the deep middle portion of the field for White for a 61-yard catch-and-run.

And late in the fourth quarter . . .

. . . Chris Hogan lined up in the slot with Eric Weddle playing centerfield.

Tom Brady’s play-fake made Weddle hesitate just enough that Hogan blew right past him.

And look how far behind the defense Hogan was when he made the catch.

Safety dance

The key to the safety was right guard Vlad Ducasse, who lined up over Malcom Brown.

But Ducasse blocked Elandon Roberts, leaving Brown one-on-one with the fullback.

Advantage: Brown.

Jump around

Shea McClellin was being magnanimous by crediting his teammates for helping him block Justin Tucker’s 35-yard field goal.

But McClellin was already halfway over the center before the Ravens even got out of their stance. This was great timing and athleticism by McClellin.

Defending Brady

Between the 20-yard lines, the Ravens played a conservative two-deep defense with a basic four-man front.

But they went after Brady in the red zone, and Brady threw a touchdown to Malcolm Mitchell against a seven-man blitz.

Attacking Flacco

The Patriots didn’t blitz often, but they picked their spots.

Here, Rob Ninkovich stunted to the inside.

The Ravens lost track of Ninkovich behind the line, and left guard Marshal Yanda never saw Ninkovich coming through for a huge third-down sack in the fourth quarter.

Offensive snap counts

	ARI (71)	MIA (80)	HOU (64)	BUF (56)	CLE (80)	CIN (64)	PIT (57)	BUF (69)	SEA (67)	SF (76)	NYJ (73)	LA (79)	BAL (68)	Tot (904)	%
G Joe Thuney	71	80	64	56	80	64	57	69	67	76	73	79	68	904	100.0%
C David Andrews	71	80	64	56	80	64	57	65	67	76	73	79	68	900	99.6%
T Marcus Cannon	71	80	64	56	0	64	57	65	67	76	73	79	68	820	90.7%
OT Nate Solder	0	65	64	56	80	64	57	69	67	76	73	79	68	818	90.5%
G Shaq Mason	14	39	64	56	80	64	57	69	67	76	73	79	68	806	89.2%
QB Tom Brady	0	0	0	0	71	64	57	65	67	76	73	79	68	620	68.6%
WR Chris Hogan	55	63	57	52	49	56	32	64	32	0	67	68	57	652	72.1%
WR Malcolm Mitchell	39	31	17	20	25	11	31	0	20	65	34	67	54	414	45.8%
TE Martellus Bennett	69	80	63	44	55	36	30	42	44	73	58	54	53	701	77.5%
WR Julian Edelman	61	63	48	50	59	58	51	61	53	66	66	54	47	737	81.5%
RB James White	26	28	16	21	38	39	25	33	29	24	26	29	29	363	40.2%
RB LeGarrette Blount	42	51	46	30	31	25	31	36	37	34	27	36	28	454	50.2%
FB James Develin	17	24	24	5	22	8	11	7	22	34	25	26	25	250	27.7%
T Cameron Fleming	71	16	15	0	80	0	0	5	7	15	15	12	18	254	28.1%
RB Dion Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	23	20	17	81	9.0%
TE Matt Lengel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	24	2.7%
WR Matt Slater	4	14	2	0	11	1	1	6	7	0	0	0	4	50	5.5%
WR Danny Amendola	19	19	13	13	21	26	19	32	27	42	17	19	0	267	29.5%
TE Rob Gronkowski	0	0	14	39	65	57	52	63	57	0	7	0	0	354	39.2%
QB Jacoby Brissett	0	38	64	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	158	17.5%
QB Jimmy Garoppolo	71	42	0	0	9	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	126	13.9%
G Ted Karras	58	41	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	103	11.4%
TE AJ Derby	20	0	0	1	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	3.9%
TE Clay Harbor	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2.8%
RB DJ Foster	0	4	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1.8%
RB Brandon Bolden	3	0	2	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1.4%

Defensive snap counts

	ARI (61)	MIA (65)	HOU (71)	BUF (76)	BUF (63)	CIN (68)	PIT (73)	BUF (78)	SEA (70)	SF (62)	NYJ (57)	LA (52)	BAL (70)	Tot (866)	%
S Devin McCourty	61	65	71	76	63	67	72	70	70	62	56	51	70	854	98.6%
S Patrick Chung	60	57	68	76	63	63	71	70	70	62	57	51	70	838	96.8%
CB Logan Ryan	61	57	71	68	63	66	31	51	68	41	44	41	70	732	84.5%
LB Donta Hightower	58	0	0	69	29	66	68	57	70	48	57	33	70	625	72.2%
CB Malcolm Butler	61	64	71	76	55	66	73	70	68	62	57	52	66	841	97.1%
CB Cyrus Jones	5	8	33	9	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	48	140	16.2%
DE Chris Long	39	46	55	58	47	41	50	54	37	44	30	31	46	578	66.7%
DE Trey Flowers	21	37	43	42	33	21	20	21	61	48	36	34	44	461	53.2%
DT Malcom Brown	30	39	31	63	42	44	35	50	49	34	36	25	38	516	59.6%
LB Kyle Van Noy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	28	41	37	135	15.6%
DT Alan Branch	31	37	36	57	41	53	40	43	48	34	35	24	36	515	59.5%
DE Jabaal Sheard	44	45	53	58	48	48	35	57	16	0	25	28	36	493	56.9%
S Duron Harmon	29	31	69	16	22	49	52	29	29	39	19	19	35	438	50.6%
DE Rob Ninkovich	0	0	0	0	24	46	56	62	46	41	32	29	35	371	42.8%
LB Shea McClellin	24	39	25	25	0	0	10	20	16	36	31	39	33	298	34.4%
DT Vincent Valentine	20	17	20	23	0	0	0	17	18	17	23	23	25	203	23.4%
CB Jonathan Jones	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	42	4.8%
LB Elandon Roberts	0	6	0	0	31	50	13	28	58	11	4	0	1	202	23.3%
LB Jamie Collins	61	65	71	76	52	0	65	48	0	0	0	0	0	438	50.6%
CB Eric Rowe	0	0	0	0	0	26	73	47	0	62	56	33	0	297	34.3%
CB Justin Coleman	40	59	0	29	0	0	17	33	44	0	0	0	0	222	25.6%
LB Jon Freeny	6	36	41	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98	11.3%
DT Anthony Johnson	20	0	23	0	0	10	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	8.5%
DT Woodrow Hamilton	0	0	0	0	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	4.8%
LB Barkevious Mingo	0	5	0	0	7	8	0	9	0	10	0	0	0	39	4.5%
S Nate Ebner	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	16	1.8%
S Jordan Richards	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	11	1.3%
DE Geneo Grissom	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	8	0.9%