The tenor around the Patriots heading into a pivotal divisional game against the Bills on Sunday at Gillette Stadium is this: how did we get here, and are we really as bad as our 1-5 record says?
Being around them since the spring, there weren't any signs that this team thought they'd be sitting at 1-5 six weeks into the season. This wasn't a tanking team that expected to hold the sixth overall pick in the upcoming draft as things currently stand. Many believed Bill O'Brien would improve the offense, including pundits like this scribe, who saw steady improvement each day in camp.