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Patriots HC Jerod Mayo offers blunt explanation as to why offensive tackle was benched

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The New England Patriots have had a difficult time blocking for their quarterbacks and creating holes for their running backs all season, and on Sunday, it was more of the same.

Things got so bad up front for New England that they benched right tackle Demontrey Jacobs in the second half and replaced him with second-year offensive lineman Sidy Sow, who had never played right tackle in the NFL before the Sunday.

After the game, Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo explained his decision to swap offensive tackles in the middle of the loss.