The 2018 fall season officially began September 23, in more ways than one. Sunday night’s debacle in Detroit tumbled the Patriots down the power rankings ladder, falling six spots on average and hitting a close-to-the-bottom rung of 24th, (Nate Davis of USA Today). Ouch! Might need some ice on that.
The negatives are legion and descriptors such as ‘lost, bad, crazy, insane, doomed, dud, porous, whippings, ‘lack of elite talent’, ‘slow and shorthanded’, etc... are sprinkled throughout as expected. But all hope is not lost — of the 20 comments collected below, most aren’t willing to declare the team all dead just yet.