What to Watch For: Redskins vs. Patriots
Sunday, November 08, 2015
The New England Patriots (7-0) return to action after a 10 day break to host the (3-4) Washington Redskins on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. This is the first time the Patriots will host the Redskins since 2007, when they won 52-7 to go 8-0 that season.
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New England is coming off of a 36-7 win over the Dolphins while the Redskins are coming off a bye week. Prior to that, they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-30 in come from behind fashion.
"There are a lot of impressive things that they do. I think that Coach Gruden and the rest of his staff have done a real good job with this team. They're tough, they're very competitive, they do a lot of things well and they give you a lot to get ready for. They're not an easy team to prepare for," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in a press conference this week.
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One player the Patriots will need to be ready for is Redskins receiver DeSean Jackson who appears likely to return to the lineup after missing the previous six weeks with injury.
"They led the league in big-play passes last year and he had a lot of them, so he's a very explosive player, just tremendous at all three levels. He can catch and run, he can get over the top of the defense, and he's a very good intermediate route runner who can get open and create space and take intermediate plays and turn those into big plays, too. He's big threat," said Belichick.
Jackson has only played on career game against New England and that came back in 2011 where he had four catches for 73 yards.
"We're going against the Super Bowl champs at their home field with their home crowd. All odds are against us. We don't really care too much about that. People in this locker room, coaches, we have a game plan and we're going to execute it. What better feeling then to go out and beat the Super Bowl champs. That's how we look at it," Jackson told the media earlier this week.
Staying Undefeated
The Patriots enter the game looking to get to 8-0 for the second time in franchise history. Interestingly enough, the last time the Patriots got to 8-0 was in 2007, and they beat the Redskins to get there.
Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
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