Sitting at 2-7, the Patriots are in freefall and it’s obvious that they’re now at a level even below some of the worse teams in the league, which certainly has them in uncharted territory.
Obviously, Bill Belichick continues to feel the heat for that. It’s been a tough road over the last few weeks and Sunday’s 20-17 loss to Washington marks the Patriots’ third multi-game losing streak of 2023, which has his team in a difficult place with eight games still left to play.
Some will question the coaching or the preparation, and the line between talent and performance will tend to overlap and it’s hard to distinguish where one piece of that ends and the other begins.