An ugly shellacking at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys last week has the New England Patriots faced with a must-win game on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.
It would feel like a nail in the coffin to have the struggling Saints march right into Gillette Stadium in Week 5 and hand the Patriots their fourth loss of the season. New England is in desperate need of a rallying cry kind of performance, and they’ll have to do so without September NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month Christian Gonzalez and star linebacker Matthew Judon.