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REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Table of contents TEAM INFORMATION Game Summary ...............................................................................................................3 Broadcast Information....................................................................................................3 Media Schedule ..............................................................................................................3 2018 AFC East Standings ..............................................................................................3 2019 Preseason Statistics .............................................................................................4 Rosters & Depth Chart ...................................................................................................6 Matchup Notes .............................................................................................................. 12 What to Look for This Week ....................................................................................... 15 Kickoff Weekend Notes ................................................................................................17 Patriots Sunday Primetime Notes ............................................................................. 18 Projected Contributors ................................................................................................ 19 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ................................................................................................................... 22 What to Watch for in 2019 ...........................................................................................24 Patriots Team Notes .................................................................................................... 25 Team & Individual Rankings ....................................................................................... 29 Inside the Numbers ..................................................................................................... 30 Bill Belichick ....................................................................................................................31 Tom Brady .......................................................................................................................34 Tom Brady Playoff Notes .............................................................................................43 Patriots Offensive Notes ............................................................................................ 45 Patriots Defensive Notes............................................................................................. 51 Patriots Special Teams Notes .................................................................................... 53 Patriots Reference Notes ........................................................................................... 56 Patriots Playoff Notes .................................................................................................. 58 Patriots Football Network ........................................................................................... 61 REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. Pittsburgh steelers MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (0-0) VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERS (0-0) TUEESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 • Gillette Stadium (65,878) • 8:20 p.m. ET 10 a.m. Conference Call with Bill Belichick 10:15 a.m. Conference Call with Josh McDaniels The New England Patriots will begin the defense of their Super Bowl LIII Cham- 10:30 a.m. Conference Call with Steve Belichick pionship this week when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers in a primetime Sunday WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Night Football game. The Patriots are the last team to defend their title after winning TBD Media workroom opens back-to-back Super Bowls in 2003 and 2004. TBD Patriots head coach Bill Belichick The Patriots and Steelers will meet for the fifth-straight year in the regular season press availability and for the fourth time in a regular-season opener. The Patriots have opened the sea- TBD. Media availability at practice son at home against the Steelers in 1979, 2002 and 2015. The 2002 and 2015 games TBD. Approximate time for player occurred when the Patriots were coming off a Super Bowl win. The Patriots are 2-1 in availability (Patriots locker room) opening-day games against Pittsburgh. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 TBD Media workroom opens BROADCAST INFORMATION TBD Media availability at practice TBD Approximate time for player TELEVISION: This week's game will be broadcast by NBC and can be seen local- availability (Patriots locker room) ly on NBC 10 Boston. Al Michaels will handle play-by-play duties with Cris Col- linsworth as the color analyst. Michele Tafoya will work from the sidelines. The FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 game will be produced by Fred Gaudelli and directed by Drew Esocoff. TBD Media workroom opens TBD Patriots head coach Bill Belichick press availability NATIONAL RADIO: Thursday's game will be broadcast to a national audience on TBD Media availability at practice Westwood One. Kevin Kugler will call the game with Jason Taylor providing analysis. TBD Approximate time for player availability (Patriots locker room) LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for thePatriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network’s 38 stations can be found in this press SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 release. Play-by-play broadcaster will call the action along with former Pa- Walkthrough - No media availability Bob Socci triots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are pro- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 duced by Marc Cappello. 8:20 P.M. New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 patriots schedule KICKOFF WEEKEND AND CHAMPIONSHIP MOMENT Prior to Sunday’s kickoff, the New England Patriots will celebrate their Super Bowl PRESEASON (3-1) LIII Championship with a special pre-game ceremony. Fans are encouraged to be Thu., Aug. 8 at Detroit 31-3 W in their seats by 8 p.m. Sat., Aug. 17 at Tennessee 22-17 W Thu., Aug. 22 Carolina 10-3 W The Patriots are 4-1 all-time in season openers in the season after winning the Su- Thu., Aug. 29 N.Y. Giants 29-31 L REGULAR SEASON (0-0) per Bowl. Following a Super Bowl win, the Patriots have opened on Monday Night Sun., Sept. 8 Pittsburgh 8:20 p.m. NBC Football one time, and three times on Thursday Night Football. The 2019 season Sun, Sept. 15 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS marks the third time opening against Pittsburgh following a Super Bowl win. The Sun., Sept. 22 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS Patriots started the season against Pittsburgh following the 2001 and 2014 Super Sun., Sept. 29 at Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS Bowl wins. Sun., Oct. 6 at Washington 1:00 p.m. CBS* Thu., Oct. 10 N.Y. Giants 8:20 p.m. FOX Mon., Oct. 21 at N.Y. Jets 8:15 p.m. ESPN Sun., Oct. 27 Cleveland 4:25 p.m. CBS* WEEK 1 HIGHLIGHTS Sun., Nov. 3 at Baltimore 8:20 p.m. NBC* Sun., Nov. 10 BYE WEEK PAGE 12: New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers matchup notes Sun., Nov. 17 at Philadelphia 4:25 p.m. CBS* Sun., Nov. 24 Dallas 4:25 p.m. FOX* PAGE 15: What to look for in this week's game Sun., Dec. 1 at Houston 8:20 p.m. NBC* Patriots Kickoff Weekend Notes Sun., Dec. 8 Kansas City 4:25 p.m. CBS* PAGE 17: Sun., Dec. 15 at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 56: The Patriots enter this week with the fourth-longest home winning streak Dec. 21 or 22 Buffalo TBD CBS* Sun., Dec. 29 Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* in franchise history. 2018 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 NEW ENGLAND 11 5 0 .688 436 325 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Miami Dolphins 7 9 0 .438 319 433 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 6 10 0 .375 269 374 Anne Noland, Communications Strategist, [email protected], 508-431-7773 New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 333 441 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 2019 PRESEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 3, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 08/08 W 31- 3 at Detroit 57,414 Brossette 65 200 3.1 12 3 08/17 W 22-17 at Tennessee 63,362 D. Harris 16 88 5.5 20 0 08/22 W 10- 3 Carolina 65,878 Stidham 17 88 5.2 19 0 08/29 L 29-31 N.Y. Giants 65,878 Bolden 19 64 3.4 16 1 N.E. Opp. Michel 10 36 3.6 8 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 91 57 Beck 2 7 3.5 4 0 Rushing 32 12 Olszewski 1 7 7.0 7 0 Passing 49 37 Brady 1 3 3.0 3 0 Penalty 10 8 Burkhead 2 3 1.5 2 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 30/56 18/54 Hoyer 1 2 2.0 2 0 3rd Down Pct. 53.6 33.3 Inman TM 1 2 2.0 2 0 4th Down: Made/Att 1/4 3/5 Develin 1 1 1.0 1t 1 4th Down Pct. 25.0 60.0 TEAM 136 501 3.7 20 5 POSSESSION AVG. 34:07 25:53 OPPONENTS 76 316 4.2 24 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 1456 922 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game 364.0 230.5 Meyers 20 253 12.7 28 2 Total Plays 270 220 Dorsett 8 58 7.3 19 0 Avg. Per Play 5.4 4.2 Thomas 7 87 12.4 35t 2 NET YARDS RUSHING 501 316 Olszewski 5 69 13.8 29 0 Avg. Per Game 125.3 79.0 Brossette 5 36 7.2 18 0 Total Rushes 136 76 D. Harris 4 23 5.8 10 0 NET YARDS PASSING 955 606 Berrios 3 45 15.0 20 0 Avg. Per Game 238.8 151.5 Izzo 3 44 14.7 21 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 10/53 18/152 Inman TM 3 40 13.3 17 0 Gross Yards 1008 758 R. Davis 3 30 10.0 22 0 Att./Completions 124/87 126/65 M. Harris 3 27 9.0 14t 1 Completion Pct. 70.2 51.6 Saubert LG 3 24 8.0 10 0 Had Intercepted 2 3 Saubert TM 2 17 8.5 10 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 15/46.2 25/47.4 Bolden 3 21 7.0 10 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 15/43.1 25/40.8 Patterson 2 40 20.0 23t 1 PENALTIES/YARDS 38/374 33/316 Kendricks 2 39 19.5 28 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 2/2 2/0 LaCosse 2 37 18.5 24 0 TOUCHDOWNS 11 6 Harry 2 36 18.0 25 0 Rushing 5 1 Gordon 2 30 15.0 19 0 Passing 6 5 Watson 2 24 12.0 14 0 Returns 0 0 Johnson 2 14 7.0 9 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Edelman 1 20 20.0 20 0 TEAM 10 54 15 13 0 92 Beck 1 9 9.0 9 0 OPPONENTS 18 9 9 18 0 54 Burkhead 1 6 6.0 6 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Anderson 1 3 3.0 3 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 7/ 7 5/ 8 0 22 TEAM 87 1008 11.6 35t 6 Brossette 3 3 0 0 0 20 OPPONENTS 65 758 11.7 35t 5 Meyers 2 0 2 0 0 14 * INTERCEPTIONS No.