The Packers scored 45 points in Sunday’s road win over the Patriots, which was the most points scored by a visiting team in Gillette Stadium history.
Wide receivers Matthew Golden and Christian Watson have been the main drivers of Green Bay’s offensive success. They combined to catch 17 passes for 335 yards and two touchdowns in the 45-27 victory and they did plenty of damage against Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez.
According to NextGen Stats, Golden had seven catches for 105 yards while covered by Gonzalez and Watson had three catches for 82 yards with Gonzalez in coverage. After the game, head coach Mike Vrabel made it clear that Gonzalez’s game needed to improve.
“Again, when your best players aren’t playing well, you don’t have much luck in this league,” Vrabel said, via a team transcript. “So we expect a lot more. He expects a lot more. We need more from him and everyone. It wasn’t just him. Again, we have to be able to coach and be prepared, and then we have to execute. As is the case every week where we don’t win, it’s all of us, and it starts with me.”
The Patriots gave Gonzalez a big extension before the season started and matchups like this are where they need Gonzalez to play his best. That wasn’t the case on Sunday and the Patriots will need to turn things around before taking the field to face the Lions in Munich next weekend.
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