One week ago, the New England Patriots season was up in the air. It wasn't over by any means, but it certainly felt like opportunity was slipping through the franchise's collective hands.
Any time an offense loses its top four skill players in consecutive weeks, bad luck is obviously in play. When an undrafted rookie fumbles a ball in Denver and the most talented tight end the league has ever seen goes down with a seemingly soul-crushing injury, well, that shifts the focus from the game and onto the people aspect of the sport.