The Patriots allowed 10 points in 1 quarter, and Twitter freaked out

The New England Patriots have carried the best defensive unit through the first half of this season.

They’ve only allowed four touchdowns during the entire season and opposing teams have only scored seven points in the first quarter. The Baltimore Ravens changed this trend after scoring 10 points in the first quarter, and doing it in an effortless fashion.

First-quarter points allowed by the Patriots' defense:

🏈 First 8 games combined — 7 points
🏈 Tonight vs. Ravens — 10 points pic.twitter.com/Z67kFEo6Un

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 4, 2019

Twitter freaked out after watching New England’s defense get picked apart by Lamar Jackson.

Lamar high-steps it in for the early Ravens lead 👀

(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/PWZMbPSTSV

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 4, 2019

Patriots came into the night allowing just 85 rushing yards per game. They've already allowed 75 in 1st quarter.

— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) November 4, 2019

Patriots have -9 passing yards and 4 total yards on their first two drives.

The Ravens have 126 yards on their first two.

— Ryan Mink (@ryanmink) November 4, 2019

Tonight is just the 5th game in the last 5 years the Patriots defense has allowed at least 10 first quarter points.

First quarter stats are domination:

First downs:
BAL: 10, NE: 1

Total Yards:
BAL: 133, NE: 4

Passing Yards:
BAL: 58, NE: -9

Yards per Play:
BAL: 6.0, NE: 0.6

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 4, 2019

Patriots fans when the team is down 7-0 in the first quarter pic.twitter.com/GBYrfvnrvY

— Turkey Brycen 🦃 (@BrycenNFL) November 4, 2019

Patriots look like they’re just guessing on defense. And guessing badly.

— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) November 4, 2019

Both teams have now had two offensive drives.

The Ravens are averaging 6.0 yards per play.

The Patriots are averaging 0.6 yards per play. pic.twitter.com/IFNCJzzXup

— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) November 4, 2019

Are the Patriots TRYING to keep their defense on the field all night?

— Tony Massarotti (@TonyMassarotti) November 4, 2019

None of this should be new to the Patriots defense. The speed at which it’s executed takes a couple drives to get use to.

— Tedy Bruschi (@TedyBruschi) November 4, 2019

so impressed with lamar jackson. great poise under pressure. i wish he would stop that.

— abdul (@Advil) November 4, 2019

Patriots against the dolphins vs Patriots against the Ravens pic.twitter.com/YDStR71OL8

— Almighty: Pats 8-0 (@Almightyloh) November 4, 2019

Patriots on both sides of the ball rn pic.twitter.com/1HdOeK55hz

— Turkey Brycen 🦃 (@BrycenNFL) November 4, 2019