"That was the most disappointed I’ve been since the preseason. As I told the group, we took a step backwards." The post Alex Van Pelt calls out Patriots’ ‘horse crap’ pre-snap penalties appeared first on Boston.

FOXBOROUGH - Alex Van Pelt didn’t sugarcoat his displeasure over all the pre-snap penalties flagged against members of the Patriots offense during Sunday’s loss to Miami. The key culprits were on the offensive line with tackles Vederian Lowe (three false starts) getting the brunt of those.

On Thursday, New England Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt called the pre-snap penalties his team committed on Sunday “horse crap,” saying their 34-15 loss in Miami felt like a “dang preseason game.