In the first three weeks of the 2020 NFL season, patriots like a valid playoff contender.
Now, New England looks more like a team that will be in the top 10 in next year’s draft.
The Patriots fell Sunday to 2-4 in the season with a 33-6 loss to san Francisco’s 49ers at Gillette Stadium. Nothing went well for New England in the Week 7 crash, which saw Jarrett Stidham upgrade quarterback Cam Newton early in the last quarter.
The Patriots had an excuse to rely on the lack of practice after their Week 6 loss to the Denver Broncos, but on Sunday they were embarrassed. There’s no other solution.
Skip Bayless delivered a blunt message to Patriots enthusiasts after the team’s third direct loss, which marked the franchise’s first three-game loss streak since 2002. The director of FOX Sports 1 believes that enthusiasts will point to someone for the defeat of New England difficulties, be the head coach.
It’s probably an unfair interpretation of Bayless. Tom Brady certainly deserves credit for what he does in Tampa Bay, however, arguably he has the NFL’s most productive cast of support, one that will soon be more powerful thanks to the addition of Antonio Brown.
Would those Patriots be better with Brady in the middle than Newton?But we can’t believe TB12 turns it on running with Damiere Byrd, Jakobi Meyers and Ryan Izzo.
Brady’s argument against Belichick probably resurfaces every Sunday, but this is a debate that’s far from simple.