The New England Patriots played one of their most complete games of the season on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings to improve to 9-3 on the season. Let’s dig a little deeper and analyze some advanced statistics from the Patriots’ 24-10 victory.
Pass distribution
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The Vikings have one of the NFL’s best wide receiver duos in Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs — two legitimate big play threats down the field. However, the Patriots defense did a phenomenal job against the duo and was therefore able to limit Minnesota’s deep-field passing game by forcing 5 incomplete passes (one of which an interception by Duron Harmon) on 5 attempts.