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the New England Patriots.His 300th Kendarius Webster Jersey Boys , including playoffs, arrived against the Cleveland Browns.New England outlasted Cleveland, 27-13, Sunday in Foxborough as Belichick reached the milestone against the team that hired him in 1991. George Halas’ 324 and Don Shula’s 347 are the Hall of Famers ahead for Belichick, whose Patriots stand unbeaten at the halfway point of the regular season.Here’s a touchdown of observations from what went into it.Debut of SanuNew England acquired Mohamed Sanu from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a 2020 second-round draft choice on Tuesday. And after three practices behind Gillette Stadium, the wide receiver got to play inside of it.Sanu’s initial pair of targets from quarterback Tom Brady would fall incomplete. But the debut saw Sanu work both on the inside and out, producing crack blocks, a fourth-and-4 conversion and 23 yards. Joining the Rutgers product on Sunday’s receiver depth chart were Julian Edelman, Phillip Dorsett Infant Chase Winovich Jersey , Jakobi Meyers, Gunner Olszewski and captain Matthew Slater. Taking the lion’s share would be Edelman’s eight catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns.The Patriots elected not to elevate a member of the practice squad to the active roster by Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. Instead, with first-round wideout N’Keal Harry eligible to be activated from injured reserve this week, New England went with 52 players and only six inactives versus Cleveland.Ankle injury leads to a changing of the right guard for New EnglandOnly center Ted Karras has played more offensive snaps for the Patriots this fall than right guard Shaq Mason. But an ankle injury to Mason, who’d previously checked in for 99 percent of the snaps, left him questionable on the final injury report and scratched 90 minutes before kickoff.In Mason’s absence against the Browns on Sunday, the Patriots turned to James Ferentz. It signified the first career start for the son of former Browns O-line coach and current Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz. The 30-year-old Ferentz had spent the bulk of the past two seasons on New England’s practice squad, and was released and re-signed prior to the September opener.Also active were reserve offensive linemen Jermaine Eluemunor and Korey Cunningham.Pair of Georgia running backs cross paths in the rainSony Michel and Nick Chubb were taken four picks apart one draft ago. And prior to then, the future Patriot and the future Brown shared a backfield as well as a residence at the University of Georgia.They’d share a waterlogged football on Sunday.Michel rushed 10 times for 43 yards by halftime versus Cleveland Chase Winovich Jersey Draft , finishing the game with 21 carries for 74 yards. On the other side, Chubb had his opening two rushes versus New England end in fumbles on the way to finishing with gouging 131 ground yards. The first turnover became a touchdown for linebacker Dont’a Hightower. The second wiped out a 48-yard gain.Capping off Cleveland’s three-snap, three-turnover sequenceThe Browns handed the ball back to New England on three consecutive offensive snaps before the first frame was over. And after Chubb’s fumbles were jarred by the likes of defensive tackle Lawrence Guy and cornerback Jonathan Jones, the shovel pass would be brought out.But Guy again had a hand in it.Quarterback Baker Mayfield’s short toss to wideout Jarvis Landry would be intercepted behind the line of scrimmage by the 6-foot-4, 315-pound Guy. It hit the books as the third turnover in 70 seconds of offensive possession for the Browns.Patriots’ defense concedes its second passing touchdown of 2019The Patriots have now scored four touchdowns on defense this season. And entering Sunday, the unit had conceded three touchdowns.Just one of those went by way of the pass.But Hightower found himself just beyond his coverage depth against Browns tight end Demetrius Harris midway through the second quarter. The veteran linebacker, with a TD of his own on the evening, let one up from 21 yards out to Harris. New England’s previous touchdown catch allowed came courtesy of the New York Giants’ Golden Tate on Oct. 10.Loud blocked kick ends quietlyNew England’s chance to make it a 20-7 score before intermission resulted in a thwack.Kicker Mike Nugent’s 29-yard attempt met Browns cornerback Denzel Ward. But the blocked field goal off the left side of the protection did not give way to points the other direction. Cleveland ran seven plays on the ensuing drive before heading into the locker room for halftime, and didn’t run a play in the red zone until nine minutes into the third quarter.Helping the cause as the clock ticked down was Patriots defensive lineman Adam Butler’s sack for a loss of 10. Undrafted out of Vanderbilt in 2017 Chase Winovich NFL Jersey , Butler is up to a career-high 4.5 sacks on the campaign. Also setting a new standard in that department Sunday was linebacker Jamie Collins. The ex-Browns and ex-Patriots linebacker has reached his career-high six sacks through only eight games. New England sure knows how to turn undrafted rookies into contributors."One of the main reasons for the New England Patriots’ continued success over the past two decades is their ability to find quality contributors in unlikely places: from low-level trade acquisitions to late-round draft picks to unselected rookies — Bill Belichick and company have been outstanding at identifying players and helping them find roles on the team.Undrafted free agents are the prime example for this: the team has an active 15-year streak of at least one player that did not hear his name called during the draft make the opening day roster. Past starters such as Stephen Neal, Randall Gay, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and Malcolm Butler have all started as undrafted rookies and produced impressive careers in New England and beyond.It is therefore no surprise that no club has more players named to Sports Illustrated’s recent NFL all-undrafted team: four members of the team who previously went undrafted find themselves listed, with a fifth getting originally signed by the Patriots after his college career had ended but is now playing elsewhere. Overall, the following players with tied to New England have made the 40-man squad:Four of the men to make the all-undrafted team were signed by the Patriots as free agents following the draft: the Patriots picked up Pro Bowler/Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler in 2014, starting center and team captain David Andrews in 2015, cornerback Kenny Moore II two years later, and top-three corner J.C. Jackson last year.Andrews and Jackson have combined to appear in 87 games for New England and played considerable roles on last year’s championship squad. Moore was released during final cuts his rookie year before getting claimed off waivers by the Colts. He has played 33 games for the team and is one of its starting cornerbacks. Butler Chase Winovich NFL Draft , of course, is a two-time world champion, a starter in Tennessee, and famous for making one of the greatest plays in NFL history.James Develin and Michael Bennett, meanwhile, came to New England after their careers in the NFL had already begun. Develin came to the league via arena football and the now-defunct UFL as a free agent signing with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010. Two years later, he joined the Patriots’ practice squad before becoming an integral member of the team’s offense — as well as a three-time Super Bowl champion.Bennett, on the other hand, already was an established player in the league before the Patriots acquired him via trade earlier this offseason. A three-time Pro Bowler and one-time world champion Chase Winovich Buffalo Bills Jersey , the 2009 undrafted rookie made a name for himself in Tampa Bay before establishing himself as one of the NFL’s most disruptive defensive linemen on the ‘Legion of Boom’ Seattle Seahawks. Most recently with the Philadelphia Eagles, Bennett is expected to play a key role on New England’s defense in 2019.Bennett, Develin, Andrews, Jackson, Butler and Moore are among the best current examples of free agents finding success in the NFL — and also of how the stars of tomorrow might be the unheralded players of today.