REGULAR SEASON WEEK 5 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. Indianapolis colts REGULAR SEASON WEEK 5 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. Indianapolis colts Table of contents GAME INFORMATION Game Summary ...............................................................................................................3 Broadcast Information....................................................................................................3 Media Schedule ..............................................................................................................3 2018 Patriots Schedule ..................................................................................................3 2018 AFC East Standings ..............................................................................................3 2018 Regular Season Statistics ....................................................................................4 2018 Player Participation ...............................................................................................6 2018 Game-By-Game Starters ..................................................................................... 7 Rosters & Depth Chart ...................................................................................................8 Matchup Notes .............................................................................................................. 15 What to Look for This Week ....................................................................................... 18 Week 4 Recap ................................................................................................................ 19 Projected Contributors ............................................................................................... 22 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ................................................................................................................... 25 Patriots Team Notes .....................................................................................................27 Inside the Numbers ......................................................................................................32 Bill Belichick ...................................................................................................................33 Tom Brady ...................................................................................................................... 36 Patriots Offensive Notes .............................................................................................47 Patriots Defensive Notes............................................................................................ 56 Patriots Special Teams Notes .................................................................................... 58 Patriots Reference Notes ............................................................................................ 61 Patriots Playoff Notes .................................................................................................. 63 Patriots Football Network .......................................................................................... 65 SECTION II 2018 Patriots Stats Pack SECTION III 2018 Game Summaries REGULAR SEASON WEEK 5 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2-2) vs. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1-3) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 • Gillette Stadium (65,878) • 8:20 p.m. ET 9 a.m. Conference call with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick The New England Patriots will host the Indianapolis Colts in a primetime Thursday Night Football game this week. It begins a stretch of four primetime games in five weeks with two sets TBD Media check-in at blue gate and of back-to-back primetime games sandwiched around a trip to Chicago. media workroom opens Next week, the Patriots host Kansas City in a Sunday Night Football game. Then, following the Bears game on Oct. 21, the Patriots travel to Buffalo for Monday Night Football followed by a Sunday Night game vs. Green Bay at Gillette Stadium. TBD Media availability at practice The Patriots have played in back-to-back primetime games 12 times in team history but this is the first time that the Patriots have two sets of back-to-back primetime games in the same TBD Approximate time for player season. Pittsburgh and San Francisco also have two sets of consecutive primetime contests in availability (Patriots locker room) 2018. The last time the Patriots played back-to-back primetime games was in 2015. Since 2000, only three teams have played more consecutive primetime games than the 12:40 p.m. Conference call with Colts head Patriots - Chicago (14) , Dallas (13) and Pittsburgh (13). coach Frank Reich BROADCAST INFORMATION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by FOX and can be seen locally on No media availability WFXT Channel 25. Joe Buck will handle play-by-play duties with Troy Aikman as the color analyst. Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink will work from the sidelines. The game will THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 be produced by Richie Zyontz and directed by Rich Russo. The game will also air on NFL 8:20 p.m. Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts Network and stream on Amazon. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 NATIONAL RADIO: Thursday's game will be broadcast to a national audience on West- TBD Conference call with Patriots wood One. Ian Eagle will call the with game with Tony Boselli providing analysis. head coach Bill Belichick LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. TBD Conference call with Patriots A complete listing of the network’s 41 stations can be found in this press release. Play-by- offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. TBD Conference call with Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores WICKED GOOD IN OCTOBER Since 2000, the New England Patriots are an NFL-best 57-18 in the month of Oc- 2018 patriots schedule tober - 32-5 at home and 25-12 on the road. REGULAR SEASON (2-2) Sun., Sept. 9 Houston 27-20 W BEST RECORD IN OCTOBER SINCE 2000 Team W L T Pct. Sun., Sept. 16 at Jacksonville 20-31 L New England Patriots 57 18 0 .760 Sun., Sept. 23 at Detroit 10-26 L Pittsburgh Steelers 50 21 0 .704 Sun., Sept. 30 Miami 38-7 W New Orleans Saints 47 25 0 .653 Thu., Oct. 4 Indianapolis 8:20 p.m. FOX New York Giants 45 25 0 .643 Sun., Oct. 14 Kansas City 8:20 p.m. NBC* Indianapolis Colts 42 28 0 .600 Sun., Oct. 21 at Chicago 1:00 p.m. CBS* Denver Broncos 41 30 0 .577 Mon., Oct. 29 at Buffalo 8:15 p.m. ESPN Green Bay Packers 41 25 0 .621 Sun., Nov. 4 Green Bay 8:20 p.m. NBC* Sun., Nov. 11 at Tennessee 1:00 p.m. CBS* Sun., Nov. 18 BYE WEEK WEEK 5 HIGHLIGHTS Sun., Nov. 25 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 15: New England Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts matchup notes Sun., Dec. 2 Minnesota 4:25 p.m. FOX* What to look for in this week's game Sun., Dec. 9 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 18: Sun., Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m. CBS* PAGE 27: New England and Indianapolis own two of the top three records in the Sun., Dec. 23 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* NFL since 2002. Sun., Dec. 30 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 37: With a victory this week, Tom Brady can tie Adam Vinatieri for most wins in NFL history. 2018 AFC EAST STANDINGS PAGE 39: Tom Brady is on the cusp of his 500th career touchdown pass. TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA MEDIA CONTACTS Miami Dolphins 3 1 0 .750 82 90 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 NEW ENGLAND 2 2 0 .500 95 84 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Buffalo Bills 1 3 0 .250 50 106 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 1 3 0 .250 89 89 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 Anne Noland, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 2018 REGULAR SEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS �ON 2, LOST 21 I* RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long Ttj 09/09 w 27-20 Houston 65,878 Michel 49 196 4.0 23 1 09/16 L 20-31 at Jacksonville 68,527 White 21 110 5.2 22t 1 09/23 L 10-26 at Detroit 61,769 Burkhead 24 86 3.6 12 0 09/30 w 38- 7 Miami 65,878 Patterson 5 29 5.8 11 0 10/04 Indianapolis Hill 4 25 6.3 11 0 10/14 Kansas City Brady 5 14 2.8 10 0 10/21 at Chicago Barner 3 11 3.7 11 0 10/29 at Buffalo Hoyer 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 11/04 Green Bay TEAM 114 468 4.1 23 2 11/11 at Tennessee OPPONENTS 109 486 4.5 31 1 11/25 at N.Y. Jets I* RECE IVING No. Yds Avg Long TD! 12/02 Minnesota White 22 193 8.8 27 3 12/09 at Miami Gronkowski 17 233 13.7 30 1 12/16 at Pittsburgh Dorsett 16 165 10.3 20 2 12/23 Buffalo Hogan 8 109 13.6 29t 2 12/30 N.Y. Jets Patterson 8 90 11.3 55t 1 N.E. Opp. Develin 4 22 5.5 10 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 79 84 Gordon LG 3 49 16.3 19 1 Rushing 27 24 Gordon TM 2 32 16.0 19 0 Passing 45 54 J. Hollister 3 35 11. 7 23 0 Penalty 7 6 Burkhead 3 31 10.3 19 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 20/50 22/50 Michel 2 6 3.0 7 0 3rd Down Pct. 40.0 44.0 Hill 1 6 6.0 6 0 4th Down: Made/Att 1/2 1/2 D. Allen 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 4th Down Pct. 50.0 50.0 TEAM 87 918 10.6 55t 9 POSSESSION AVG. 29:23 30:37 OPPONENTS 88 949 10.8 61t 8 TOTAL NET YARDS 1349 1391 I* INTERCE PTIONS No. Yds Avg Long Toj Avg. Per Game 337.3 347.8 Bentley 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total Plays 255 255 Gilmore 1 0 o.o 0 0 Avg. Per Play 5.3 5.5 Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 468 486 Van Noy 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 117. 0 121. 5 TEAM 4 0 o.o 0 0 Total Rushes 114 109 OPPONENTS 4 33 8.3 19 0 NET YARDS PASSING 881 905 I* PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg al Avg. Per Game 220.3 226. 3 R. Allen 17 800 47.1 40.5 1 4 59 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 6/37 6/44 TEAM 17 800 47.1 40.5 1 4 59 0 Gross Yards 918 949 OPPONENTS 18 719 39.9 37.4 0 6 52 0 Att./Completions 135/87 140/88 I* PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long Toj Completion Pct. 64.4 62. 9 C. Jones LG 5 1 45 9.0 24 0 Had Intercepted 4 4 C. Jones TM 5 1 45 9.0 24 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 17/47.1 18/39.9 Mccarron 1 3 0 0. 0 0 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 17/40.5 18/37.4 TEAM 6 4 45 7.5 24 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 19/156 29/274 OPPONENTS 9 2 92 10.2 16 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 4/3 5/3 I* KICKOFF RETURNS No.