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This had better be the low point.
This had better be rock bottom.
This — a 34-15 loss to the Dolphins in which the Patriots committed six first-quarter penalties and 10 overall, trailed, 24-0, at halftime and 31-0 early in the third quarter, and gave up 373 yards of total offense with a second straight putrid defensive performance — had better be as bad as it gets.
Because if it gets worse than this, I don’t know if anyone can continue to believe — if anyone still continues to believe after back-to-back debacles against the Rams and Dolphins — that Jerod Mayo is the right person to be coaching this team.