With New England improving to 5-0 on the season, here are some thoughts coming off their win over Washington:
1) Sunday’s game in Washington saw another solid performance for New England’s defense, although they’ll leave this one with a reminder that not everything was perfect.
They made one key miscue on Washington’s second possession of the game after Redskins receiver Steven Sims ran around the right end and slipped into a group of defenders and got away from the normally sure-handed Devin McCourty. McCourty wasn’t able to wrap him up and Sims pulled away, accelerating up the sideline and away from the Patriots’ defense for a 65-yard touchdown.