NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME RELEASE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS REGULAR SEASON WEEK 3 REGULAR SEASON WEEK 3 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. Las Vegas Raiders Table of contents TEAM INFORMATION Game Summary ...............................................................................................................3 Broadcast Information....................................................................................................3 Media Schedule ..............................................................................................................3 2020 Patriots Schedule .................................................................................................3 2020 AFC East Standings .............................................................................................3 2020 Regular-Season Statistics ..................................................................................4 2020 Player Participation .............................................................................................6 2020 Game-By-Game Starters & Inactives ............................................................... 7 Rosters & Depth Chart ...................................................................................................8 Matchup Notes ...............................................................................................................14 What to Look for in the This Week .............................................................................17 Week 2 Recap ................................................................................................................ 19 Projected Contributors ................................................................................................ 21 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ....................................................................................................................24 What to Look for in 2020 ............................................................................................27 Patriots Team Notes .................................................................................................... 28 2019 Team & Individual Rankings ............................................................................ 28 Home Dominance .........................................................................................................33 Inside the Numbers ......................................................................................................34 Bill Belichick .................................................................................................................. 35 Patriots Offensive Notes ............................................................................................ 39 Patriots Defensive Notes............................................................................................ 46 Patriots Playoff Notes .................................................................................................. 49 Patriots Reference Notes ........................................................................................... 53 Patriots Football Network .......................................................................................... 55 REGULAR SEASON WEEK 3 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1-1) VS. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-0) ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 • Gillette Stadium • 1:00 p.m. ET WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 TBD Patriots head coach Bill Belichick The New England Patriots return to the confines of Gillette tadiumS this week video conference to square off against the Las Vegas Raiders for the first time. The franchise relo- 12:40 p.m. Pre-approved Tier 3OA media cated from Oakland to Las Vegas this last offseason. This week's game vs. the access at practice Raiders marks the first of three consecutive games against the AFC West. 4:30 p.m. Patriots player availability via After playing the Raiders, the Patriots travel to Kansas City (Oct.4) and play video conference at home against Denver (Oct. 11). The Patriots will play against the Los Angeles Chargers to complete the games against the AFC West on Dec. 6 in their first visit THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 to Sofi Stadium. The Patriots last played the AFC West in 2017 and had a similar 12:40 p.m. Pre-approved Tier 3OA media access at practice stretch of three straight games against opponents from that division. 4:30 p.m. Patriots player availability via video conference BROADCAST INFORMATION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 TBD Patriots head coach Bill Belichick TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally video conference on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Jim Nantz will handle play-by-play duties with Tony Romo TBD Pre-approved Tier 3OA media as the color analyst. Tracy Wolfson will work from the sidelines. The game will be access at practice produced by Jim Rikhoff and directed by Mike Arnold. TBD Patriots player availability via video conference LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network’s 38 stations can be found in this press SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 release. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former No Media Availability Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1:00 p.m. Patriots vs. Las Vegas Raiders CAM NEWTON LOOKS TO RISE IN THE RUSHING RANKS 2020 patriots schedule Cam Newton enters Week 3 against Las Vegas needing 1 yard rushing to pass Randall Cunningham for the second-most career rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history. REGULAR SEASON (1-1) Sun., Sept. 13 Miami 21-11 W Sun, Sept. 20 at Seattle 30-35 L MOST RUSHING YARDS BY A Sun., Sept. 27 Las Vegas 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun., Oct. 4 at Kansas City 4:25 p.m. CBS QUARTERBACK IN NFL HISTORY Sun., Oct. 11 Denver 1:00 p.m. CBS* Player Team(s) Seasons Rushing Yards Sun., Oct. 18 BYE WEEK Michael Vick ATL/PHI/NYJ/PIT 2001-06, 09-15 6,109 Sun., Oct. 25 San Francisco 4:25 p.m. CBS* Randall Cunningham PHI/MIN/DAL/BAL 1985-95, 97-2001 4,928 Sun., Nov. 1 at Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* Cam Newton CAR/NE 2011-20 4,928 Mon., Nov. 9 at New York Jets 8:15 p.m. ESPN Steve Young TB/SF 1985-99 4,239 Sun., Nov. 15 Baltimore 8:20 p.m. NBC* Sun., Nov. 22 at Houston 1:00 p.m. CBS* Steve McNair HOU-TEN/BAL 1995-2007 3,590 Sun., Nov. 29 Arizona 1:00 p.m. FOX* Sun., Dec. 6 at L.A. Chargers 4:25 p.m. CBS* Thurs., Dec. 10 at L.A. Rams 8:20 p.m. FOX/ WEEK 3 HIGHLIGHTS NFLN Sun., Dec. 20 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* New England Patriots vs. Las Vegas Raiders matchup notes Mon., Dec. 28 Buffalo 8:15 p.m. ESPN PAGE 14: Sun., Jan. 3 New York Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 17: What to look for in this week's game *Game time and network subject to change PAGE 21: Projected Contributors PAGE 30: Since 2003, the Patriots are 46-9 (.836) in regular-season games fol- 2020 AFC EAST FINAL STANDINGS lowing a loss. TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA Buffalo Bills 2 0 0 1.000 58 45 MEDIA CONTACTS NEW ENGLAND 1 1 0 .500 51 46 Miami Dolphins 0 2 0 .000 39 52 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 New York Jets 0 2 0 .000 30 58 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Anne Noland, Communications Strategist, [email protected], 508-431-7773 2020 REGULAR SEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS �ON 1, LOST 11 I* RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TDI 09/13 W 21-11 Miami Newton 26 122 4.7 13 4 09/20 L 30-35 at Seattle Michel 17 56 3.3 7 1 09/27 Las Vegas Burkhead 13 34 2.6 15 0 10/04 at Kansas City Taylor 5 27 5.4 11 0 10/11 Denver Edelman 1 23 23.0 23 0 10/25 San Francisco White 5 22 4. 4 7 0 11/01 at Buffalo TEAM 67 284 4.2 23 5 11/09 at N.Y. Jets OPPONENTS 57 241 4.2 21 1 11/15 Baltimore I* RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TDI 11/22 at Houston Edelman 13 236 18.2 49 0 11/29 Arizona Harry 13 111 8.5 17 0 12/06 at L.A. Chargers Byrd 6 72 12.0 20 0 12/10 at L.A. Rams Burkhead 4 47 11.8 19 0 12/20 at Miami Izzo 3 44 14.7 25 0 12/28 Buffalo White 3 30 10.0 11 0 01/03 N.Y. Jets Meyers 1 7 7.0 7 0 N.E. Opp. Taylor 1 4 4.0 4 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 58 42 Johnson 1 1 1.0 lt 1 Rushing 23 16 TEAM 45 552 12.3 49 1 Passing 30 22 OPPONENTS 41 479 11. 7 54t 5 Penalty 5 4 I* INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TDI 3rd Down: Made/Att 12/22 7/18 D. McCourty 1 43 43.0 43t 1 3rd Down Pct. 54.5 38.9 Gilmore 1 15 15.0 15 0 4th Down: Made/Att 2/2 0/0 Phillips 1 5 5.0 5 0 4th Down Pct. 100.0 0.0 J. Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:45 28:15 TEAM 4 63 15.8 43t 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 821 698 OPPONENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 410.5 349.0 I* PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg� Total Plays 133 118 Bailey 5 232 46.4 43.0 0 3 57 0 Avg. Per Play 6.2 5.9 TEAM 5 232 46.4 43.0 0 3 57 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 284 241 OPPONENTS 7 352 50.3 47.4 1 4 63 0 Avg. Per Game 142.0 120.5 I* PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDI Total Rushes 67 57 Byrd 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS PASSING 537 457 TEAM 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 268.5 228.5 OPPONENTS 2 0 17 8.5 20 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 3/15 3/22 I* KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TDI Gross Yards 552 479 Taylor 3 69 23.0 28 0 Att./Completions 63/45 58/41 Dugger 1 30 30.0 30 0 Completion Pct. 71. 4 70.7 TEAM 4 99 24.8 30 0 Had Intercepted 1 4 OPPONENTS 3 89 29.7 44 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 5/46.4 7/50.3 I* FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+1 NET PUNTING AVG. 5/43.0 7/47.4 Folk 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 PENALTIES/YARDS 5/59 13/103 TEAM 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 1 0/ 1 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 2/1 1/0 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 TOUCHDOWNS 7 6 Folk: (45N) (51N,25G) Rushing 5 1 OPP: (46G) () Passing 1 5 Returns 1 0 I* SCORE BY PERIODS Ql Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTSI TEAM 7 14 10 20 0 51 OPPONENTS 7 10 14 15 0 46 I* SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG s PTSI Newton 4 4 0 0 0 24 Folk 0 0 0 0 6/ 6 1/ 3 0 9 Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 6 D.