Jones' Day After Takeaways: Great Day For Revis, Patriots Secondary vs. Lions

Revis was excellent yesterday, so it's easy to forget that Golden Tate had some early success against him on pick plays.

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On the first play of the game, Revis was picked by Jeremy Ross on a 24-yard catch and run by Tate.

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Facing a third-and-5 later on the same drive, Revis was picked by Corey Fuller for 17-yards.

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But Revis had the last laugh on the drive, breaking up a 3rd-and-6 pass for Tate by undercutting the route. Lions had to settle for a FG.

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For the most part, Revis was responsible for Tate. But he made a great play on a fade to Calvin Johnson in the end zone on 2nd-and-goal.

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The Patriots defense deserves the majority of the praise in shutting down Stafford, but his receivers didn't give him much help.

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Fauria dropped a would-be TD on 3rd-and-goal (potential 10-7 lead). Fuller let one go through his hands as well (would've trailed 14-13).

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Not the first to say it, but Pats special teams deserve a ton of credit. Allen's 66-yard punt and Amendola's 81-yard KOR were huge plays.

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Not that we need a reminder, but one sequence late in the first half underscored Edelman's toughness ...

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After getting crushed on a fake end around, Brady goes back to Edelman -- who takes another big hit -- on next play for 8-yards (3rd-and-6).

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Thought Caldwell had a brutal day. Settled for field goals all day and punted from NE 39 on 4th-and-3 (trailing 14-6). Wayyy too passive.

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He also went to halftime with all three timeouts. Never challenged Edelman's juggling sideline catch. Pats faced 3rd-and-10 if overturned.

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Oh, and he let 35 seconds or so run off the clock before the 2:00 minute warning. Nice coach you have there, Detroit.

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Meanwhile, the Pats used :35 seconds and three timeouts to get a last second field goal before halftime (after two free releases for Gronk).

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