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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Jonas Gray's yardage upped to 201



Two days afterward, New England Patriots running back Jonas Gray's breakout execution in Sunday
night's 42-20 win against the Indianapolis Colts showed signs of improvement.

The NFL and Elias Sports Bureau rolled out an authority improvement to Gray's hurrying aggregate for Sunday night, providing for him 37 conveys for 201 yards rather than 38 conveys for 199 yards.

In the final quarter on third-and-2 with 10:31 staying, Gray had a convey that strove for negative-2 yards, yet there was a punishment that was upheld on the play. The Colts were offsides, however the acknowledged punishment was an individual foul facemask on Colts linebacker Erik Walden.

With that play now having been invalidated, Gray recovers those 2 yards (and completions with zero negative surges).

Light black additionally completed the diversion with four touchdowns, a Patriots normal season establishment record.

He likewise now turns into the third running back in Patriots history to surge for 200 or more yards in a diversion. Just Tony Collins, who surged for 212 yards Sept. 18, 1983, against the New York Jets, and Jim Nance, who surged for 208 yards Oct. 30, 1966, against Oakland, have surged for more yards in a solitary amusement in a Patriots uniform.

Until this previous week in the NFL, no player had hurried for 200 or more yards in a diversion this season. With the detail remedy, Gray joins Pittsburgh Steelers' running back Le'veon Bell, who ran for 204 yards Monday night, as the main players to fulfill the accomplishment this season.

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