The New England Patriots, tied for the worst record in the NFL, stooped to an even greater low before the team took the field and endured a fourth consecutive loss, to the injury-riddled Miami Dolphins in Week 5 in what’s consistently been the ugliest season in recent memory for the once-lead-by-example franchise.
Jabrill Peppers, an emerging leader and star safety voted a team captain, was arrested Saturday — 24 hours before Week 5 kick-off at Gillette Stadium — on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery on an intimate partner, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and possession of a Class B drug believed to be cocaine.