Patriots head coach Bill Belichick acknowledged that Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals “couldn’t have started much worse than it did.”
Cam Newton threw an interception on the third play from scrimmage, and the Cardinals scored a touchdown three plays later. Less than three minutes in, the Patriots already found themselves in a hole.
The rest of the way, however, New England only allowed the team averaging the most yards per game to score 10 more points. Belichick’s defense registered a key stop to punctuate the first half and continued to stymie quarterback Kyler Murray and Co.