The “hung tough” in this game and even brought it to within one score in the fourth quarter, but they aren’t in the same league as these . Even if this is the least talented team the Patriots have had in a while, the reality is that several of Bill Belichick’s championship-level Patriots teams were light on star power. You can get away with that when you’re a master of defensive game plans and you have a Hall of Fame quarterback under center.
Mac Jones isn’t Tom Brady though and we saw Tua Tagovailoa have his most successful day passing against a Bill Belichick defense in his young career.