The bye week was fun while it lasted, but now it is time to get back to football. Just like the previous two-quarters of the season, the New England Patriots were able to pull off an impressive upset victory, but then lose their remaining few games in incredibly humiliating fashion. Getting stomped in Miami was one thing because that curse will never end, but losing two winnable games to the Los Angeles Rams and Indianapolis Colts at home were red flags that this team has not learned to get out of their own way.
Now that New England is officially eliminated from playoff contention, let’s take a look at some of the positives and negatives from the third quarter of the season, and see what they can do to try to finish the season strong. Patriots Third Quarterly Report 1. Beating the Bears Was the One Shining Moment It feels like ages since the last time the Patriots won a football game.
On November 10, they entered Soldier Field and not only beat the Chicago Bears but flat-out humiliated them with a final score of 19-3. The New England defense, who entered that game with just sixteen sacks for the season, finished the week with twenty-five. That is right.
Caleb Williams , the number one overall pick in this year’s NFL draft, got sacked nine times by a Patriots defense that had been ineffective and limited all season long. Drake Maye was not that much better with just one touchdown on five trips inside the red zone, but he at least had more energy and life than Williams did .
