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Matthew Slater A pair of nice special teams tackles in punt coverage helped keep this game from being even worse than it was if you can imagine such a thing.
Brandon LaFell The Patriots' big offensive free agent acquisition on the board with six receptions for 119 yards and a third quarter touchdown catch and run of 43 yards. LaFell has been waiting awhile for his time in the spotlight and he finally got it as the Patriots' leading receiver. Too bad for him it couldn't have come at a worse time.
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Nate Solder It's been an awful season for Nate Solder so far and things didn't get much better on Monday night. Chiefs outside linebacker Tamba Hali logged a third quarter sack fumble on Tom Brady giving the Chiefs the ball inside the 10 yard line. The Patriots' starting left tackle was benched on the next drive in favor of Marcus Cannon but later came back onto the field.
Dont'a Hightower It's been a great season for Dont'a Hightower so far but the Patriots' outside linebacker was pushed off the edge with regularity as the Chiefs ran directly at him. Hightower was also targeted on several catches by Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hearkening back to a 2013 campaign which saw him take quite a few lumps in that role.
Chandler Jones See Dont'a Hightower's blurb minus the parts about coverage.
Shane Vereen Maybe Shane Vereen was just trying to make a big play to help his team but the Patriots' third down back left a lot of yards on the field by continually trying to juke defenders in front of him stutter stepping and slowing his forward momentum.
Darrelle Revis For a second straight week the Patriots' prized free agent signing was victimized in coverage. Film review may reveal something else but Revis gave up no less than three receptions into his coverage in the first half alone for gains of eight 13 and 15 yards.
Tom Brady Tom Brady is not infallible. The Patriots quarterback made terrible decisions and costly mistakes on multiple occasions. He had a chance to scramble for a first down on 3rd and 3 in the second quarter but chose to throw to Julian Edelman on a pass that fell incomplete. He then proceeded to throw quite possibly the stupidest interception of his career straight to Chiefs cornerback Sean Smith who returned it inside the red zone. A pick six came later with Brady forcing a pass over the middle that was picked off by safety Husain Abdullah. That was the end of Brady's night and he was benched for rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.
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