This may be a bold claim to make, but I’ll say it with my chest:
It seems more likely than not that the New England Patriots will not lead the NFL with five (5) games with zero (0) touchdowns scored in the 2024 season.
Whether you believe in drafting for need, best player available, or some you-know-it-when-you-see-it amalgamation of the two philosophies, that “enough games with zero trips to the endzone that you need all the fingers on one hand to count them all” is the baseline we’re starting from here. This was the offense that was comfortably last in the NFL in points scored, and for all the advanced metrics and efficiency this and EPA per play that and DVOA and DYAR and all the rest, it’s kind of hard to win without, you know, scoring points.