lobbing a football across the field http://www.newenglandpatriotsteamonline.com/tom-brady-jersey that was picked off and returned for a touchdown.It might've been his only mistake all night.Darnold made a stellar debut after throwing a pick-6 on his first NFL snap, and the New York Jets intercepted five passes and also scored on special teams in a 48-17 rout over the Detroit Lions on Monday night.The 21-year-old Darnold became the youngest quarterback to start a season opener since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, and looked his age on the first play."Licking my chops a little bit too much, I think, on that play," he saidQuandre Diggs intercepted his ill-advised pass and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown 20 seconds into the game."On that interception, I was pretty nervous," Darnold said. "After that, I put it behind me."The former USC star, drafted No. 3 overall, shook off the nerves and finished 16 of 21 for 198 yards and two touchdowns . He is the first quarterback to win his first start by 31 or more points since Tom Brady in 2001, per ESPN Stats & Info."He didn't flinch," Jets coach Todd Bowles said. "He didn't even blink."Darnold helped the Jets set a franchise record for points on the road Womens David Andrews Jersey , surpassing the 47 they scored in 1967 against the Boston Patriots.He also outplayed 30-year-old Matthew Stafford.Stafford threw four interceptions — one shy of his career high — and left the game briefly in the third quarter after being hit from the front and back by the swarming, hard-hitting Jets."We wanted to make sure we came out and made a statement in this game," New York linebacker Darron Lee said.Stafford was 27 of 46 for 286 yards and a TD pass to Golden Tate early in the third quarter to tie it at 17. He was mercifully taken out midway through the fourth quarter and replaced by Matt Cassel with Detroit down 31."Story of the game's turnovers, you know?" he asked. "We had too many of them, I had too many of them."The Jets dominated in all phases.They scored 31 straight in the third quarter to pull away, sending Detroit's fans for the exits and setting off a jolly green party in the Motor City. It was the highest-scoring third quarter in team history and trailed only the 34-point second quarter the Brett Favre-led team scored in 2008 against Arizona.New York scored on the ground and through the air, on defense and on a punt return by former Lion Andre Roberts. The Jets could've piled on even more in the final minutes but turned the ball over on downs after kneeling to take time off the clock. Darnold flipped the ball to a referee after the final kneel down, and the official gave it right back before shaking the rookie's hand. Darnold was still holding the ball while talking briefly with Stafford on the field.Detroit coach Matt Patricia, meanwhile, will want to forget his debut as an NFL head coach."We've got to coach this a lot better than what we did," he said. "We've got to go out and execute a lot better on the field. It's a team game, and it starts with me."New NFL head coaches dropped to 0-6 in Week 1, with Oakland's Jon Gruden the group's final hope for an opening victory in the Monday nightcap.ROADIESLate in the game Authentic Lawrence Guy Jersey , just before Cassel threw an interception, hundreds of New York fans chanted: "J-E-T-S, JETS! JETS! JETS!" A crew clad in green and white filed into seats in four sections along the New York sideline and appeared to outnumber Detroit fans who stuck around for the bitter end."That was awesome to be able to see them doing their thing," Darnold said.STREAK STOPPEDThe Jets had played an NFL record 73 games, dating to 2013, without a defensive TD before Lee returned one of his two interceptions 36 yards for a score in the third. Trumaine Johnson, Morris Claiborne and Jamal Adams also picked off passes in a strong start for the Jets self-proclaimed "New Jack City" secondary.THREE'S COMPANYDarnold joined Tampa Bay's Jameis Winston (2015) and Brett Favre (1991) as quarterbacks who had their first pass intercepted and returned for a score.INJURIESJets: CB Johnson (head injury) and CB Buster Skrine (rib) returned to play after leaving the field with injuries. Johnson was evaluated after he intercepted a pass and fumbled after taking a hard hit from Detroit receiver Kenny Golladay.Lions: DE Ezekiel Ansah, who has struggled to get and stay healthy, left the game with a shoulder after making four tackles, including a sack. OG T.J. Lang left the game with a back injury. CB Darius Slay returned to play after leaving the field to be evaluated for a concussion.UP NEXTJets: Host the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.Lions: Visit the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.Patriots-Texans snap count analysis: Why didn’t Cordarrelle Patterson play more? The New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 27-20 in the season opener and the game offered us our first glance at how Bill Belichick and the coaching staff truly values their players. There will be more fiddling with the roster over the coming weeks, of course, but the regular season offers much more insight on the depth chart than the preseason.Here’s what we learned.What’s the plan with Cordarrelle Patterson?Patterson played a mere 16 snaps on offense, which sounds low given his 3 rushing attempts for 13 yards and 1 reception for 6 yards. It’s clear that the Patriots have a special section of their playbook for Patterson if he’s going to see a touch on 25% of his snaps Authentic Shaq Mason Jersey , so perhaps he’s still just working his way into the offense.But slot receiver Riley McCarron played 15 snaps. Chris Hogan and Phillip Dorsett played 68 and 57 snaps, respectively. Perhaps Patterson will eat into McCarron’s playing time, but barring any change over the next few weeks, we can consider Patterson a small part of the Patriots offense once Julian Edelman returns, especially given the growth of Dorsett.LaAdrian Waddle rotated with Marcus CannonWhile Trent Brown, Joe Thuney, David Andrews, and Shaq Mason played 100% of the offensive snaps (75 snaps)- as did Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady- the Patriots rotated at right tackle.Cannon played 61% of the snaps while Waddle played 39%. I would expect the ratio to shift more in favor of Cannon in week 2 and wouldn’t be surprised if he played 100% of the snaps against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Cannon is returning from injury and his playing time was being monitored.Ja’Whaun Bentley led the Patriots linebackers in snapsThe Patriots used a heavy rotation in their defensive front seven and their star rookie seemed to take the lead. Bentley played 51 defensive snaps (and 15 special teams snaps), ahead of Dont’a Hightower (50 snaps) and Kyle Van Noy (49 snaps). Elandon Roberts played 20 snaps and Nicholas Grigsby only played 1 snap.Bentley played at an extremely high level so it wouldn’t be a surprise if he continued to siphon snaps away from Roberts and joined Hightower and Van Noy as the starters all year. Adrian Clayborn is at the bottom of the pass rushing rotationThe Patriots used a four-man edge defender rotation and I was surprised to see veteran signing Adrian Clayborn at the bottom of the list. Trey Flowers led the way with 50 snaps, followed by Keionta Davis (35 snaps), Deatrich Wise (23 snaps), and then Clayborn (22 snaps). Part of the reason was Flowers moving around the defensive line and freeing up snaps for Davis, with Clayborn more commonly used on the right side of the line. I would expect Clayborn to play more in the coming weeks.Meanwhile Womens Julian Edelman Jersey , Danny Shelton led the defensive tackles in snaps (40), followed by Malcom Brown (32), Lawrence Guy (29), and Adam Butler (24). I expect this to be the result of an equal drive rotation where Shelton simply just played against elongated drives.Jonathan Jones is baaaaaaackI feel like the return of Jones was lost in the shuffle of the offseason, but he was absolutely lights out as the slot defensive back on Sunday. Jones played 38 snaps, trailing the starting quartet of Stephon Gilmore and Eric Rowe at cornerback (74 snaps) and Patrick Chung (73) and Devin McCourty (72) at safety, along with Duron Harmon (50) as the nickel.Jones played ahead of Jason McCourty (6) and I will be curious to see how these players rotate, if at all, for the rest of the year.