REGULAR SEASON WEEK 6 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 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 5 Recap ............................................................................................................... 20 Projected Contributors ................................................................................................23 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ................................................................................................................... 26 Patriots Team Notes .................................................................................................... 28 Inside the Numbers ......................................................................................................33 Bill Belichick ...................................................................................................................34 Tom Brady .......................................................................................................................37 Patriots Offensive Notes .............................................................................................48 Patriots Defensive Notes.............................................................................................57 Patriots Special Teams Notes .................................................................................... 59 Patriots Reference Notes ........................................................................................... 62 Patriots Playoff Notes .................................................................................................. 64 Patriots Football Network .......................................................................................... 66 SECTION II 2018 Patriots Stats Pack SECTION III 2018 Game Summaries REGULAR SEASON WEEK 6 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. kansas city chiefs MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (3-2) vs. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-0) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 • Gillette Stadium (65,878) • 8:20 p.m. ET 10:30 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and media workroom opens The New England Patriots will host the Kansas City Chiefs in a Sunday Night Foot- 11:30 a.m. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick ball game. It is the second straight primetime game for the Patriots in a stretch of four press availability (Media Workroom) primetime games in five weeks. The Patriots beat Indianapolis on Thursday Night Foot- 12:35 p.m. Media availability at practice ball last week. After a trip to Chicago next week, the Patriots travel to Buffalo for Mon- 1:00 p.m. Conference call with Chiefs day Night Football followed by a Sunday Night game vs. Green Bay at Gillette Stadium. head coach Andy Reid This week's game will be the 13th time in team history that the Patriots will be playing 3:45 p.m. Approximate time for player in back-to-back primetime games. The 2018 season is the first time that the Patriots availability (Patriots locker room) have two sets of back-to-back primetime games in the same season. Pittsburgh and San Francisco also have two sets of consecutive primetime contests in 2018. The last THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 time the Patriots played back-to-back primetime games was in 2015. 11:30 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and Since 2000, only three other teams have played at least 13 consecutive primetime media workroom opens games - Chicago (14) , Dallas (13) and Pittsburgh (13). 12:30 p.m. Media availability at practice 3:45 p.m. Approximate time for player BROADCAST INFORMATION availability (Patriots locker room) TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by NBC and can be seen locally on NBC 10 Boston. Al Michaels will handle play-by-play duties with Cris Collinsworth as the FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 color analyst. Michele Tafoya will work from the sidelines. The game will be produced by 10:15 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and Fred Gaudelli and directed by Drew Esocoff. media workroom opens 11:15 a.m. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick NATIONAL RADIO: Thursday's game will be broadcast to a national audience on West- press availability (Media Workroom) wood One. Kevin Kugler will call the with game with Mike Mayock providing analysis. 12:00 p.m. Media availability at practice 1:45 p.m. Approximate time for player LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. availability (Patriots locker room) A complete listing of the network’s 41 stations can be found in this press release. Play-by- play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. No media availability PILING UP THE WINS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Tom Brady has the most regular-season wins by a quarterback in NFL history and Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs 8:20 p.m. with one more victory, he will become the fourth to reach 200 regular-season wins. Brady also enters this week tied with Adam Vinatieri for most career wins in 2018 patriots schedule the regular season and playoffs combined with 226. REGULAR SEASON (3-2) Sun., Sept. 9 Houston 27-20 W MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS BY A QB Sun., Sept. 16 at Jacksonville 20-31 L Sun., Sept. 23 at Detroit 10-26 L IN NFL HISTORY (REGULAR SEASON) Sun., Sept. 30 Miami 38-7 W Name W L T Pct. Thu., Oct. 4 Indianapolis 38-24 W Tom Brady 199 57 0 .777 Sun., Oct. 14 Kansas City 8:20 p.m. NBC* Brett Favre 186 112 0 .624 Sun., Oct. 21 at Chicago 1:00 p.m. CBS* Peyton Manning 186 79 0 .702 Mon., Oct. 29 at Buffalo 8:15 p.m. ESPN John Elway 148 82 1 .643 Sun., Nov. 4 Green Bay 8:20 p.m. NBC* Dan Marino 147 93 0 613 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* Sun., Dec. 2 Minnesota 4:25 p.m. FOX* PAGE 15: New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup notes Sun., Dec. 9 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 18: What to look for in this week's game Sun., Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m. CBS* PAGE 30: New England and Kansas City have the top two NFL turnover margins Sun., Dec. 23 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* since 1994. Sun., Dec. 30 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 52: Rob Gronkowski is closing in on his 500th career reception. PAGE 56: James White is on pace to break the team's single-season running back 2018 AFC EAST STANDINGS reception mark. TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA MEDIA CONTACTS NEW ENGLAND 3 2 0 .600 133 108 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Miami Dolphins 3 2 0 .600 99 117 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Buffalo Bills 2 3 0 .400 63 118 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 2 3 0 .400 123 105 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 !WON 3 , LOST 21 I* RUSHING No.Yds Avg Long 09/09 W 27-20 Houston 65,878 Michel 67 294 4.4 34t 2 09/16 L 20-31 at Jacksonville 68,527 White 23 110 4.8 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 W 38-24 Indianapolis 65,878 Hill 4 25 6.3 11 0 10/14 Kansas City Brady 8 13 1. 6 10 1 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 137 565 4.1 34t 4 11/11 at Tennessee OPPONENTS 130 570 4.4 31 1 11/25 at N.Y. Jets I* RECE IVING No. Yds Avg Long 12/02 Minnesota White 32 270 8.4 27 4 12/09 at Miami Gronkowski 23 308 13.4 30 1 12/16 at Pittsburgh Dorsett 19 190 10.0 20 2 12/23 Buffalo Hogan 11 143 13.0 29t 2 12/30 N.Y. Jets Patterson 10 101 10.1 55t 2 N.E. Opp. Edelman 7 57 8.1 13 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 105 110 Gordon LG 5 99 19.8 34t 2 Rushing 34 29 Gordon TM 4 82 20.5 34t 1 Passing 63 74 Develin 4 22 5.5 10 0 Penalty 8 7 J. Hollister 3 35 11. 7 23 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 25/60 29/65 Burkhead 3 31 10.3 19 0 3rd Down Pct. 41. 7 44.6 Michel 3 18 6.0 12 0 4th Down: Made/Att 1/2 3/5 Hill 1 6 6.0 6 0 4th Down Pct. 50.0 60.0 D. Allen 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 POSSESSION AVG. 29:01 30:59 TEAM 121 1259 10.4 55t 12 TOTAL NET YARDS 1787 1830 OPPONENTS 126 1314 10.4