Part of the fun of combing through these Patriots games, win or lose, is that everyone has their own takes on why things transpired the way they did.
But after the Patriots' 25-24 loss to the Colts on Sunday, consuming the takes of others had me feeling like someone had stuffed the wrong kind of mushrooms in my Thanksgiving leftover casserole.
Not because of what transpired on the field. We've seen that before. Self-inflicted errors. Coaching second-guesses. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.
All very normal for these Patriots.
What was weird was that instead of focusing on the primary issues that lost the Patriots this game, my good friend Tom E.