No one, rightfully, gave the New England Patriots a fighting chance to win Week 4 against the Kansas City Chiefs without starting quarterback Cam Newton.
The Patriots found out Newton wouldn’t play Saturday. Their game was rescheduled, and they had to wake up at the crack of dawn, take a couple of COVID tests and fly to Kansas City on two planes day-of for the Monday night game. And that was all while they had to adjust their offensive gameplan without the benefit of a single practice.
But the Patriots have a comedy of errors — not any external factors — to blame for the 26-10 loss.