{"id":37001,"date":"2025-11-02T15:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37001"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:11:16","slug":"breaking-patriots-have-built-a-shutdown-secondary-and-nobody-is-talking-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37001","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Patriots have built a shutdown secondary and nobody is talking about it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_260,y_24,w_2866,h_1612\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/49\/01k91jsa6mdhajxmqdqj.jpg\" alt=\"New England Patriots v New Orleans Saints - NFL 2025\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">Christian Gonzalez put the league on notice through his first two seasons in the NFL and has continued that momentum into 2025 as one of the league&#8217;s premier cornerbacks. As incredible as he&#8217;s been, the cornerback performances haven&#8217;t been limited to his play.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Big-ticket free agent addition Carlton Davis inked a three-year deal this past offseason, and slot cornerback Marcus Jones has been incredible, being rewarded with a three-year extension of his own on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">While Davis has struggled with penalties, the trio had one of their best performances as a group on Sunday. Gabriel was 2\/8 for 15 yards when targeting Patriots cornerbacks, with neither Gonzalez nor Davis allowing a catch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patriots CBs vs. Cleveland<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez: 0\/3, 2 PBUs<br \/>Davis: 0\/1<br \/>Jones: 2\/4, 15 yards, 2 PBUs<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Good luck throwing against these cornerbacks<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Daniels (@ByMarkDaniels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByMarkDaniels\/status\/1982832445474168989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">The trio added twelve total tackles to go along with their four PBUs. The Patriots&#8217; passing defense was admittedly suspect to start this season, and they rank 19th in the league compared to being the fourth-ranked unit overall. They&#8217;ve kept three quarterbacks under 160 passing yards this year, while the only 300+ yard performances were from Geno Smith and Tua Tagovailoa in Weeks 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">After averaging 338.5 passing yards against them in the first two weeks, the Patriots have limited QBs to 186.3 yards a game since, a total that would shoot them up to joint seventh in the league with Denver.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-6\">The Patriots cornerbacks are some of the best in the league<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">As mentioned, penalties have been a concern for Carlton Davis, but both Christian Gonzalez and Marcus Jones have been lockdown. It seems to be a given that the former will be selected as an All-Pro, while Jones will likely nab a spot as a return man. He&#8217;s been excellent too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">The great news about this group is that they&#8217;re here for the long haul. Gonzalez has an extra year and his fifth-year option on his rookie deal. Davis inked a three-year deal this offseason, so he&#8217;ll be under contract until the end of 2027, and Jones&#8217; new deal will keep him on the squad until 2028.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Alex Austin is the CB4 currently, so they may look for a more experienced additional defensive back in the offseason, but until then, they have one of the league&#8217;s best trios.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">New England allowed 211.5 yards a game last season, but their 186.3 figure from Weeks 3-8 far surpasses that. In fact, it would have made their defense the second-best in football last year. Should they be able to keep up their pass defense they&#8217;ve shown through the past few weeks, the playoffs are a given with how Drake Maye has played.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">Add in their second-ranked run defense, and this team looks to be one that can make a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Gonzalez put the league on notice through his first two seasons in the NFL and has continued that momentum into 2025 as one of the league&#8217;s premier co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Patriots have built a shutdown secondary and nobody is talking about it - 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