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Milton Williams: Broncos’ ‘No. 1 offensive line can kiss my [expletive]’
The Patriots' defense heard the hype about the Broncos' offensive line. Then they held Denver to seven points.
The Patriots’ defense has been the driving force of the team’s success this postseason, and they’ve been hearing the hype about each of the opponents they’ve faced.
In the first two rounds, there was plenty of talk about how elite the Chargers’ and Texans’ defenses were. Last week, the quality of Denver’s offensive line was a talking point, along with the man they were tasked with protecting: backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham.
The Broncos’ offensive line is considered to be one of, if not the best, in the NFL. Patriots defensive lineman Milton Williams didn’t seem too impressed with them after the Patriots sacked Stidham three times during Sunday’s 10-7 victory.
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“No. 1 offensive line can kiss my (expletive),” Williams said while heading into the locker room, per MassLive’s Mark Daniels.
The Patriots held the Broncos to 181 total yards and just 3.1 yards per play. Drake Maye scored the Patriots’ only touchdown on a designed QB run, but it was pressure on Denver’s quarterback that put the Patriots in the red zone in the first place.
“I felt like every week we showed who we are and we still don’t get no respect,” Williams said. “We had the No. 1 o-line in the game today, so we’ll see what somebody got to say about that when you all watch the tape and go see what we did.”
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Christian Elliss knocked the ball out of Stidham’s hands and the play was ruled a fumble on backwards pass. Rookie Elijah Ponder scooped the ball up and ran into the endzone, but the Patriots were given the ball at the spot where the ball was caught because of the backwards pass ruling.
“Elliss continues to make plays, and we talk it — it just takes one play,” coach Mike Vrabel said. “Whether that’s Marcus Jones [interception TD] last week, Christian Elliss, which it would have been a touchdown … just coming up with huge stops and our ability to get the yards that we needed in critical situations.”
The Patriots are the only team to hold their first three opponents to a combined average of less than 10 points this postseason. They’ve allowed the fewest total yards (209.7 per game), and the’ve helped the offense out several times by setting them up with good field position.
“We’ve got a lot of guys who have been counted out. Nobody really believed in us or what we can do,” Williams said. “They’re probably going to say that’s just how they played. We didn’t do nothing, it’s what they did. We’ve got one more game to see if we can take care of business and we’ll see if we can get some credit then.”
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