Curran: Pats’ ‘rock bottom’ can get worse before end of season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Just when you think the New England Patriots’ 2023 season can’t get any worse, they find a new low.
They’ve hit rock bottom on multiple occasions this season. First, it was their back-to-back blowout losses to the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints in which they were outscored a combined 72-3. They followed those abysmal performances with a loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.
New England snapped its three-game skid with a big win over the Buffalo Bills, but any optimism inspired by that victory disappeared with its loss at home to the Washington Commanders the following week. It’s been all downhill since.
The Patriots’ trip to Germany to take on the Indianapolis Colts was a disaster. Third-year quarterback Mac Jones was benched in favor of Bailey Zappe after throwing a brutal fourth-quarter interception, and Zappe threw a pick on a fake spike play to seal the Colts’ 10-6 win. Cornerback Jack Jones was cut by the team after the trip overseas because his behavior reportedly “wasn’t to the level the team had hoped after his previous incident (late for team meeting/1st quarter benching vs Washington).”
Again, that seemed to be rock bottom for Bill Belichick’s group, but they found another new low after their bye week with their 10-7 loss to the New York Giants. Jones was benched for the fourth time this season after two interceptions and rookie fourth-round kicker Chad Ryland missed a 35-yard field goal that would have tied the game with six seconds remaining.
At 2-9 on the season with both their QB and head coach on the hot seat, it couldn’t possibly get any worse for New England at this point… right?
Wrong, says our Patriots insider Tom E. Curran.
“New Orleans was the rock bottom. Las Vegas last year was rock bottom. You can’t have multiple rock bottoms,” Curran said on Monday’s Arbella Early Edition. “At some point, you have to pocket your rock bottoms and say, ‘I’ll…
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Publish date : 2023-11-28 02:11:00
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