{"id":74340,"date":"2025-08-07T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=74340"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:18:08","slug":"legarrette-blounts-time-in-new-england-was-all-about-finishing-games-the-old-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=74340","title":{"rendered":"LeGarrette Blount\u2019s time in New England was all about finishing games the old-school."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/528488664_1178469774315931_8734613725260759324_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=sYetryOiGvoQ7kNvwFfKF_f&amp;_nc_oc=Adl3IaUKSufRLFk6dogNMl_aJ7Na7FjS4sRCN05PN9mwK1hQNyCOVZRTUgX8YKiWgiw&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-fra3-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=9U0tD4eDMklHwiy0WRWpAw&amp;oh=00_AfXlrRMQpkPHr4Vo31qImnNWZmLg_-Z7WsIZ0Tem_E1hFg&amp;oe=689A5825\" alt=\"C\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh \u1ea3nh v\u1ec1 1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi, \u0111ang ch\u01a1i b\u00f3ng b\u1ea7u d\u1ee5c v\u00e0 v\u0103n b\u1ea3n cho bi\u1ebft 'WE REMEMBER \u0cb9\u0ca4\u0cbe \u1796\u1784 \u101b PATRITE CLUTCHPOINTS'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LeGarrette Blount\u2019s time in New England was all about finishing games the old-school.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Across his Patriots stints, he became the definition of a closer, the guy you handed the ball to when it was time to break a defense\u2019s will.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>His peak came in 2016, when he rushed for 1,161 yards and a franchise-record 18 rushing touchdowns, leading the NFL in scores on the ground.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>He wasn\u2019t about finesse, just pure downhill running, delivering hits instead of taking them.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Blount thrived in the postseason, racking up clutch performances in Super Bowl XLIX and Super Bowl LI runs.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>When the weather turned cold and games got tight, you knew it was \u201cBlount time\u201d in Foxborough.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>For Patriots fans, Blount was a battering ram who kept the chains moving and made defenses regret lining up against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto homers in the ninth to avoid a no-hitter, but the Mets&#8217; struggles continue with a ninth loss as they prepare to face the Brewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":74341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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