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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Nearly every time Tom Brady dropped back, he hit his target.
That stretch was "agonizing," said Cutler. "I think everyone's surprised. You don't expect to get out and beat like that."
Gronkowski had nine catches for 146 yards before leaving midway through the third quarter with dehydration, and LaFell had 11 receptions for 124 yards.
Defensive end Rob Ninkovich scored with 55 seconds left in the first half on a 15-yard return of Cutler's fumble, the Patriots third touchdown in 57 seconds.
The Patriots haven't lost since a 41-14 rout at Kansas City.
In one of the best performances of his brilliant career, the New England Patriots quarterback threw five touchdown passes and completed 30 of 35 passes. And four of the incompletions were drops.
"There's a lot of (defensive) looks I've seen over the years," he said, "so it's hard to really surprise me with certain things."
The Bears punted on their first three series before Cutler's 25-yard touchdown pass to Matt Forte made it 17-7. Cutler also threw a 20-yarder to Martellus Bennett that cut the lead to 45-15 and a 10-yarder to Alshon Jeffery that made it 48-23.
The tight end is "a big, physical guy," Bears linebacker Sean McClellin said. "He can run well. He had great hands. And when you put that with a quarterback like tom Brady, he's going to be tough to defend for anyone."
The Patriots stayed on their roll with their fourth straight win Sunday, 51-23 over the sputtering Chicago Bears. So did Brady, who has thrown for 1,268 yards, 14 touchdowns and no interceptions in those games.
Brady was "meticulous,NFL Jerseys China Online," Trestman said and the Patriots "did everything on offense beautifully."
"We're a team on a mission,Cheap Stitched Jerseys," said Revis, looking ahead to next Sunday's home game against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. "This is going to be two great teams going out there."
And he did it against a Bears team trying to rebound from a tumultuous week that began with a 27-14 home loss to the Miami Dolphins. Afterward,Stitched Jerseys, wide receiver Brandon Marshall was heard screaming in an emotional locker room. Coach Marc Trestman and quarterback Jay Cutler downplayed the postgame scene during the week.
He certainly did on Sunday with three touchdown passes to Rob Gronkowski and one each to Brandon LaFell and Tim Wright.
"We just stuck together as a team," Gronkowski said. "When we win, we stick together. When we lost we stick together."
The defense got into the act when Darrelle Revis intercepted Cutler's desperation pass on the last play of the first half.
The Patriots started the second half with an 80-play drive capped by Brady's 46-yard touchdown pass to Gronkowski,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys.
"I love coaching Tom. I've been fortunate to have him the whole career since he's been here," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "He does a great job of executing the team game plan."
Whatever happened, it didn't help the Bears play better.
On their first five possessions, the Patriots scored on a 6-yard pass to Gronkowski, a 23-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski,Jerseys Wholesale, and passes of 1 yard to Wright, 2 yards to Gronkowski and 9 yards to LaFell.
Chicago was 3-1 on the road and had hope after last weekend's implosion. So imagine how the coming week will be after the blowout.
Brady passed for 354 yards with a completion percentage of 85.7, third best in his 227 games during the regular season and playoffs. His passer rating of 148.4 was his eighth highest in his 15-year career.
The rout was in sharp contrast to the Patriots previous game, a 27-25 win over the lowly New York Jets secured when Nick Folk's 58-yard field goal attempt was blocked on the last play on Oct. 16.
After Sunday's defeat, Marshall told reporters waiting to enter the locker room, "put your ears closer to the door." But no outbursts were heard.
Cutler finished with 20 completions in 30 attempts for 227 yards,Cheap Jerseys Free, three touchdowns and one interception.
Since losing to the Bears 46-10 in the Super Bowl ending the 1985 season, the Patriots are 7-1 against them.
New England (6-2) scored on all five of its possessions in the first half — and one of Chicago's. The Bears (3-5) fell behind 45-7 early in the second half and lost for the fourth time in five games.
With extra time to prepare after that Thursday night win, the Patriots were ready. Their first two offensive plays were 19-yard gains on a pass to LaFell and a run by Jonas Gray.
NOTES: Forte rushed for 114 yards after entering the game as the NFL's fifth leading rusher. He began the day as the league's top pass catcher with 54 receptions and added six. .. Brady improved to 99-16 at home, including playoff games. His 87 regular-season wins at Foxborough in his first 100 starts are an NFL record. ... The Patriots won their 13th straight game against an NFC North opponent. |
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