Cards DC: Pats embody Patricia's defensive roots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Arizona Cardinals antiaircraft coordinator Vance Joseph, who is preparing to look backmost Mac Jones and the New England Patriots' discourtesy connected Monday night, said the unit's defensive-minded attack stands out.

Joseph was complimentary of the Patriots' talent, noting the mode they play reflects play-caller Matt Patricia's roots arsenic a erstwhile antiaircraft coordinator.

"I spot an discourtesy that's moving the shot well. It's a precise blimpish walk crippled - batch of screens, each benignant of screens. It's however a antiaircraft feline would telephone violative plays -- 'let's not crook the shot over, let's get 4 yards a play, and let's effort to pain clock,'" helium said.

"That's what they're doing and that's what he's going to bash connected Monday night. He's going to beryllium patient. Maybe instrumentality a changeable from clip to time. But for the astir part, it's tally game, it's speedy game, and it's screens."

That attack was astatine the basal of Jones' vexation boiling implicit connected the sideline successful past Thursday's 24-10 nonaccomplishment to the Buffalo Bills.

Jones later explained that helium was calling for little of the "quick game" and much heavy throws down the field, adding that his rant wasn't directed astatine anyone successful peculiar and intended to make a spark for the team.

The Patriots were short-handed on the violative line, which mightiness person contributed to the attack 1 week aft Jones threw for a career-high 382 yards successful a nonaccomplishment to the Vikings. But it's been a conflict for the discourtesy for extended stretches of the season, arsenic the portion ranks tied for past successful the NFL successful red-zone efficiency, 25th connected 3rd down, 25th successful sacks taken per walk play and 28th successful full archetypal downs.

Head manager Bill Belichick said earlier this week that it's "too hard" to marque melodramatic changes to the offense, adding: "If we tin conscionable do, consistently, what we're doing, I deliberation we'll beryllium each right."

Joseph said the Cardinals volition beryllium focused connected moving backmost Rhamondre Stevenson connected Monday, calling him a "special" subordinate and adding, "the discourtesy decidedly goes done him."

Despite the Patriots' little rankings successful respective cardinal categories, Joseph -- whose defence ranks past successful the NFL successful the reddish portion and 31st successful points allowed -- sees imaginable for their offense.

"It's scary erstwhile you ticker the radical due to the fact that they person truthful overmuch endowment astir Mac, and Mac's a good, young quarterback. He tin process accusation quickly, the ball's retired of his hands quickly. He's very, precise smart," helium said.

"So you're benignant of waiting for it explode, due to the fact that they person truthful overmuch endowment connected offense. But it's been run, speedy crippled and it's been much screens. Hopefully they don't alteration that overmuch Monday for us."

Receiver Jakobi Meyers, who leads the squad with 593 receiving yards and is 2nd with 50 catches, is officially successful concussion protocol aft taking a deed to the caput past Thursday. That puts his presumption successful question for Monday's game.

ESPN Cardinals newsman Josh Weinfuss contributed to this report.