Jones' Day After Takeaways: Brady Bounces Back After Early Struggles In Indy

Re-watching Pats-Colts. Kind of surprising Gray didn't get his first touch until the fourth play of the Patriots opening drive.

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He carried on four of the next eight plays: off left tackle (7), up the middle (7), off left tackle (16) and up the middle (4-yard TD).

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We saw an early sign of Brady's first half issues on the opening drive. He missed Edelman isolated in the flat on Walden for a potential TD.

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Just like Denver, Patriots continue to bring pressure up-the-middle with Hightower and Collins. Has bothered both Manning and Luck.

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Brady's first interception was underthrown thanks in part to Walden's pressure (via Vollmer). There was no such excuse on his second pick.

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Revis will get attention for tipped INT to McCourty (rightfully so), but should also get attention for physicality at line of scrimmage.

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Two plays in first half jump out: willingly tackled Bradshaw in flat (1-yard loss) and set edge on Richardson 3-yard loss (Easley tackle).

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Speaking of Easley, he didn't get the start (Zach Moore did), but he showed up with a couple first half pressures of Andrew Luck.

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Going to back to the McCourty INT. One overlooked aspect is Akeem Ayers getting in Luck's face. Helped force the turnover.

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Belichick deciding to take a knee with 51 seconds remaining and all three timeouts tells you all you need to know about Brady's first half.

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Great response by Patriots to open second half. But it was aided by broken play that allowed Vereen to run free for 39-yards.

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Early sign Brady would be different in the second half: perfect back shoulder throw to LaFell for 26-yards up the left sideline.

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Wonder what Sergio Brown ever did to Gronk? Poor guy must've told him wrestling is fake or something.

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Incredibly dumb decision by Pagano to go for it on 4th-and-10 from his own 32 in a two-score game with 8:00-plus minutes and three timeouts.

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Two final thoughts on the Patriots 42-20 domination last night in Indianapolis...

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1) It's interesting to see the Patriots attempt to establish physicality on the road. It worked last night and in Minnesota. Not in KC.

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2) In a weird way, I feel better that Brady struggled in the first half. Proves he can adjust midgame when faced with adversity.

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