Relief might be the apt word to describe the Patriots’ postgame press conferences on Thursday night.
Of course, it’s to be expected for a tense and weathered locker room to finally exhale after snapping a five-game losing streak.
But in a season where little seems to have gone right in Foxborough, several areas of New England’s roster finally seemed to get their due during Thursday’s 21-18 win over the Steelers.
After scoring a combined 13 points in their previous three games, Bailey Zappe and New England’s offense finally showed signs of life — with the second-year QB becoming the first Patriots QB to toss three touchdowns in the first half of a game since Tom Brady in 2018.