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‘It’s ridiculous’: Bill O’Brien discussed Patriots’ need to start games better, avoid penalties
Despite being 1-5, O'Brien insisted that the Patriots still "have a chance to turn this thing around."
Bill O’Brien on the Patriots’ offense, Malik Cunningham: Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien spoke to reporters on Tuesday about the ongoing struggles to score points consistently.
“There’s a very small margin for error in the National Football League,” he explained.
Reiterating that the players and coaches are “in it together,” he noted that the responsibilities are also shared equally.
“We talk about coaching better, one of the things we need to do is we have to harp on the details a little bit more. They have to take ownership of the details,” O’Brien said of Patriots players. “We have to start these games better. It’s not good to start the game with two penalties. It’s ridiculous. That falls on me. That falls on them.”
New England currently ranks 31st in the NFL in scoring, and sit last in the AFC East.
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Still, O’Brien continues to believe in the 1-5 Patriots.
“We’ve got to get better. We have a chance to turn this thing around,” he added, “but we all have to buy into it and wrap our brains around the fact that we have to pay attention — coaches and players — to the details better and get this thing done.”
Trivia: Kyle Schwarber hit a pair of home runs to help the Phillies win in the NLCS on Tuesday. He is now tied with Albert Pujols for second in all-time home runs hit in the League Championship Series. Who is number one on that list?
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(Answer at the bottom).
Hint: MVP of the 2004 World Series.
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Gio Reyna’s gem: Amid a dominant 4-0 U.S. win over Ghana in an international friendly played in Nashville on Tuesday, Gio Reyna scored a perfectly placed indirect free kick with a little help from two of his teammates.
On this day: In 2015, the Colts ran arguably one of the worst plays in NFL history in a 34-27 Patriots win.
Then-Indianapolis punter Pat McAfee explained after the game that it would’ve been a useful trick play in other circumstances. But because the Patriots adjusted to it correctly (lining up multiple players across from makeshift center Griff Whalen), the Colts were supposed to not snap the ball. They did so anyway, with underwhelming results.
Daily highlight: Though it ended up being a rout, it still fell to U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner (formerly of the Revolution) to make a quality save in the first half of Tuesday’s win.
Trivia answer: Manny Ramirez
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