Former New England Patriots research director Ernie Adams once compared football teams to race horses. They have to put on their blinders, and just keep looking forward regardless of what is happening around them.
For the 2023 Patriots, this is a definitive “race horse week.” Coming off a 38-3 shellacking at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys, they are in dire need of some momentum.
The upcoming game against the New Orleans Saints, who will visit Gillette Stadium on Sunday, provides an opportunity for the team to start building it. It also is a chance for the entire organization to cleanse itself from the most lopsided loss of Bill Belichick’s 24-year tenure as its head coach.