pride themselves on playing fundamentally sound football in all three phases of the game, and they have mostly succeeded doing just that en route to a 9-5 record this season. However, the team has struggled in one area in particular: their punt protection team has surrendered three blocks already, easily the highest number in the NFL.
Of the five teams to surrender a blocked punt so far this season, New England is the only one to give up multiple such plays: the Buffalo Bills (+2)
, Los Angeles Chargers (-10), Carolina Panthers (+10) and Atlanta Falcons (-6) have all allowed one of their punts to be blocked.