2016 Week 6 · Sun, Oct 16, 2016 · Gillette Stadium

Cincinnati Bengals

New England PatriotsWinner

NE -7.5 ✓O 48.5 ✓Patriots closed -7.5 and covered, winning by 18.

New England Patriots 35–17 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NE

Tom BradyQB

29/35, 376 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

18.6 expected points added · +18.1% completion over expected

Passing · CIN

Andy DaltonQB

21/31, 254 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

11.4 expected points added · +9.6% completion over expected

Rushing · NE

LeGarrette BlountRB

13 att, 50 yds, 1 TD

1.2 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CIN

Giovani BernardRB

15 att, 49 yds, 0 TD

-4.3 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NE

Rob GronkowskiTE

7/9 for 162 yds, 1 TD

26% of team targets · 10.8 expected points added

Receiving · CIN

A.J. GreenWR

6/10 for 88 yds, 0 TD

32% of team targets · 4.2 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Andy Dalton	21/31	254	1	0	2	11.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Giovani Bernard	15	49	3.3	0	-4.3
Jeremy Hill	13	38	2.9	0	-0.0
Andy Dalton	2	17	8.5	1	2.4
Rex Burkhead	2	16	8.0	0	-0.4

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
A.J. Green	6	10	88	0	32%	4.2
Tyler Boyd	4	5	79	0	16%	5.7
Giovani Bernard	4	5	45	0	16%	2.2
Tyler Kroft	2	2	19	0	6%	1.3
Brandon LaFell	2	5	13	1	16%	0.6
C.J. Uzomah	1	2	6	0	6%	0.8
Jeremy Hill	1	1	3	0	3%	-0.3
James Wright	1	1	1	0	3%	-1.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks
Shawn Williams	5	4	0.0
Josh Shaw	8	1	0.0
Vontaze Burfict	4	4	1.0
Karlos Dansby	1	7	0.0
Dre Kirkpatrick	4	1	0.0
Vincent Rey	1	3	0.0
Geno Atkins	2	1	0.0
George Iloka	2	1	0.0
Adam Jones	1	2	0.0
Pat Sims	1	2	1.0

New England Patriots

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Tom Brady	29/35	376	3	0	3	18.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
LeGarrette Blount	13	50	3.8	1	1.2
James White	7	19	2.7	0	-2.3
Julian Edelman	1	8	8.0	0	0.5
Tom Brady	2	2	1.0	0	-1.8

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Rob Gronkowski	7	9	162	1	26%	10.8
Martellus Bennett	5	5	48	0	14%	1.9
James White	8	9	47	2	26%	2.5
Chris Hogan	1	1	39	0	3%	2.7
Julian Edelman	4	7	30	0	20%	2.7
Danny Amendola	2	2	30	0	6%	1.3
LeGarrette Blount	2	2	20	0	6%	0.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Dont'a Hightower	3	10	1.5	0
Devin McCourty	6	1	0.0	1
Elandon Roberts	1	5	0.0	0
Alan Branch	3	3	0.0	0
Logan Ryan	5	0	0.0	0
Malcom Brown	1	4	0.0	0
Patrick Chung	2	3	0.0	0
Rob Ninkovich	2	2	0.0	0
Duron Harmon	3	0	0.0	0
Malcolm Butler	2	1	0.0	4

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NE -7.5
Closing total: 48.5
CIN moneyline: +293
NE moneyline: -335

Patriots closed -7.5 and covered, winning by 18.

Total closed 48.5; the game landed 52 — over by 3.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Gillette Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · fieldturf
Kickoff weather: 66°F, wind 14 mph
Referee: Ron Torbert
Rest: CIN 7 days · NE 7 days
Coaches: Marvin Lewis vs Bill Belichick