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As for the aesthetics White Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Jerseys , they’ll keep working on that.“We need to make improvements,” Brady said. “I think the more we’re on the field, the more we can practice, the more we can figure out where everyone fits and what we’re doing a good job at in general, those things start to sort themselves out. … But I’d certainly take building on the wins rather than losing games.”Brady threw for three touchdowns and the Patriots hung on to beat the Chicago Bears 38-31 Sunday when Kevin White got stopped at the 1 on a 54-yard pass from Mitchell Trubisky.The Patriots (5-2) won their fourth straight following a 1-2 start. Coming off a 43-40 win over Kansas City, New England came out on top when a swarming defense prevented White from crossing the goal line after he hauled in a heave from Trubisky on the final play.That gave Chicago (3-3) its second loss in a row after winning three straight to grab sole possession of the NFC North lead.Here are some things to know:INJURIES ADDING UPAlready missing five-time Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots might also have to get by without promising rookie running back Sony Michel.He lost a fumble and had to be helped from the field after he was twisted around while getting tackled by Bilal Nichols on the first play of the second quarter. In the previous three games, Michel rushed for 316 yards and four touchdowns.Gronkowski missed his first game because of ankle and back injuries.WILD TIMESMitchell Trubisky’s accuracy came into question, but not his feet.His career-high 81 yards rushing included a spinning, cross-field 8-yard TD run in which he initially scrambled back to about the 30. But he had two interceptions, should have had at least two more and finished 26 for 50 for 333 yards with two touchdowns.The wildness was very apparent early against Patriot blitzes.“Early on, it wasn’t just Mitch,” Bears coach Matt Nagy said. “Trust me. There were a lot of people that were out of rhythm.”GOING DEEPThe Patriots had been lacking a bonafide deep threat in the passing game, but recently acquired Josh Gordon is starting to make an impact. He had a 55-yard reception to set up Brady’s 2-yard TD pass to James White to make it 38-24.He now has 13 catches for 224 yards in four games with New England since a trade from Cleveland last month.“We are just going to keep developing our confidence in one another Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Jerseys 2019 , and he’s making great plays when I throw him the ball,” Brady said. “Just got to keep doing it.”LACK MACKStar pass rasher Khalil Mack was largely a nonfactor for the second straight game.The two-time All-Pro made little impact after injuring his right ankle early in last week’s overtime loss at Miami. And it wasn’t much different going against Brady and the Patriots.Mack had one tackle, and he failed to register a sack for the second week in a row. He spent most of the time on the right side of the line of scrimmage instead of the left, where he usually plays. And he often dropped back in coverage.Chicago’s lone sack was by Roquan Smith.“I don’t know if it affected him yet,” coach Matt Nagy said, referring to Mack’s ankle.“Obviously we didn’t feel it from our team as far as just getting the overall general pressure on (Brady).”CATCH AND RUNJames White continues to give New England solid contributions in the receiving and running games.He caught a team-high eight passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns. He also led New England with 40 yards rushing.“You never know how a team is going to decide how to match up against you,” White said. “No matter who is covering me, I just try to win my match whether it’s a corner, safety, linebacker, D-ends. Just get open, man to man or find the right spot in the end zone and catch the ball and protect it.”White leads New England for the year in receptions with 45 and has six TD catches. A subpar year by his standards."Where does the time go? Matt Ryan will be heading into his 12th season under center as the leader of the Atlanta Falcons in 2019, and it feels like just yesterday that he was drafted with the third overall pick out of Boston College.Join us in dwelling on the past a bit, as we wait for Year 12 of the Matt Ryan era to commence. Over the next few weeks Youth Jim McMahon Jerseys , we’ll be taking a look back at each of Ryan’s 11 seasons individually — his best game, his worst game and what we learned from each season. You can find the 2008 article here, the 2009 article here, the 2010 article here, the 2011 article here, the 2012 article here, the 2013 article here, the 2014 article here, the 2015 article here, and the 2016 article here.Today, his 2017 season is on tap.His best game - Week 8 vs. New York Jets2017 was one of Matt Ryan’s weakest seasons from a statistical point of view. He had trouble meshing with first-year offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, and ended up throwing just 20 touchdown passes — the fewest in a season since his rookie year.The Week 8 win in East Rutherford against the Jets was Ryan’s most impressive game of 2017, not because he put up prolific numbers, but because of the adversity he overcame to secure a massive win. That game was played in the middle of a rainstorm Jim McMahon Jerseys Stitched , and both Ryan and Jets QB Josh McCown had trouble handling snaps all afternoon.Ryan nonetheless put up a very solid performance with 254 yards on 29 pass attempts, and two touchdowns (which tied a season-high) along with no interceptions. His 113.3 passer rating was also less than three points off his season high. Ryan connected with Mohamed Sanu on a clutch late touchdown to help secure a 25-20 win.After getting off to a 3-0 start, the Falcons proceeded to drop their next three games in a row, all against AFC East opponents. Another loss to the Jets would’ve resulted in a widespread panic around the team, but Ryan kept them from falling below .500. Atlanta would eventually bounce back and win 10 games behind the strength of the defense.His worst game - Week 14 vs. New OrleansThis Thursday night game was actually won by the Falcons — it was the one where Deion Jones intercepted Drew Brees in the end zone at the very end to secure the W (Brees was apparently practicing for the overtime interception he would throw against the Rams over a year later in the NFC Championship) — but Ryan was truly horrendous throughout the evening.Ryan threw a season-high three interceptions — one was saved from being a pick 6 by a vicious Julio Jones tackle, one was completely Austin Hooper’s fault, and one was in the end zone. The touchdown pass he had to Sanu on third down in the fourth quarter to tie it was clutch, but Atlanta would’ve never needed to make a comeback if not for the mistakes.In addition to the interceptions, Ryan completed a season-low 15 passes and registered a season-low 55.2 passer rating. Defensive excellence and an incredible Matt Bryant (who kicked in a 52-yard field goal to take a late lead) ended up winning Atlanta this game, the same way they ended up carrying the Falcons to the playoffs.What we learnedWe learned that Steve Sarkisian could not replicate the magic of Kyle Shanahan from a year earlier. This was once again a case of Ryan having trouble clicking with a first-year OC, and it was red zone woes especially which really hurt him and the Falcons. Those issues in the red area would end up costing Atlanta its season in the Divisional Round against Philadelphia.However, we also learned just how lethal the Falcons could be with an actual defense. 2017 featured statistically the best defense Atlanta’s ever had in the Matt Ryan era and the result was a 10-win season and playoff victory, even with a version of Ryan which was pretty subpar by his standards. Pairing the 2017 defensive performance with the 2016 or 2018 version of Ryan would have resulted in a Super Bowl victory without a doubt in my mind.