The New England Patriots showed more offensive fight against the Las Vegas Raiders, which isn’t surprising considering they were facing another bad football team.
Coming into the game, the Patriots hadn’t scored a touchdown since their Week 3 meeting with the New York Jets. They’d been beaten and flat out humiliated by the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints by a combined 72-3 scoring margin.
But then the football scheduling gods felt pity on them enough to put a road trip to Las Vegas on their itinerary for a matchup with the Raiders.
The offense still stunk, for the most part, but they finally moved the ball and scored two touchdowns on the legs of running backs Ezekiel Elliott and Rhamondre Stevenson.
Wide receiver Kendrick Bourne also had a huge game leading the Patriots with 10 catches for 89 receiving yards. Backup quarterback Malik Cunningham got a taste of regular season action, but he wasn’t out there long enough for it mean anything.
Here are the top Patriots offensive players in Week 6, per Pro Football Focus grades.
10
WR Tyquan Thornton
Grade: 53.2
9
QB Malik Cunningham
Grade: 53.7
8
OL Sidy Sow
Grade: 57.5
7
RB Rhamondre Stevenson
Grade: 64.0
6
TE Mike Gesicki
Grade: 69.8
5
TE Pharaoh Brown
Grade: 70.2
4
WR Kendrick Bourne
Grade: 73.3
3
WR Ty Montgomery
Grade: 79.1
2
OL Trent Brown
Grade: 83.0
1
RB Ezekiel Elliott
Grade: 85.1
