Can Patriots hold onto No. 1 pick? 2025 draft scenarios for Week 18 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots gave another ugly performance in Week 17 with a 40-7 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at Gillette Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The defeat dropped the Patriots to a 3-13 record at the bottom of the AFC. They are guaranteed to win four or fewer games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1967 through 1970, when the franchise was called the Boston Patriots.
There was some good news for the Patriots this past weekend, though.