COMMENTARY
It was perfect.
Fifty years from now, it will remain the most defining sequence of the 2022 New England Patriots, a disastrous medley of incompetence that cements the fact that the team just isn’t smart enough to keep pace with its pedestrian talent.
This was one of the primary characteristics that has helped Bill Belichick become the second-greatest NFL coach of all time, coaching up talent that might be lesser than the competition across the field into a disciplined unit where the sum was often greater. Even with Tom Brady at the helm, Belichick-coached teams would often wait for the other team to screw up while they, quietly, went about following the fundamentals of the game.