Bill Belichick succinctly summarized the Patriots’ frustrating 18-12 loss to the Broncos on Sunday in the opening line of his postgame press conference.
“We didn’t do anything well enough today to win,” Belichick bluntly admitted.
After originally being scheduled for the previous week, the matchup had been delayed due to positive COVID-19 tests on the Patriots. The ongoing issue of positive tests limited New England’s practice time, and certainly showed in the disappointing results of the game.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Belichick. “We just need to get back to work and improve and perform better than this.