COMMENTARY
The closer we get to the NFL Draft, the clearer it becomes that the Patriots’ win over the Bills to end the 2024 regular season was a kick-in-the-pants loss in the long run.
Some of us — ahem — recognized that at the time, with the Joe Milton-led 23-16 victory over the Buffalo junior varsity dropping the Patriots from the first overall pick to the fourth in the 2025 draft.
Say this much: The ending — leave it to those habitually self-sabotaging Patriots to win when it was the opposite of what was best for them — was as fitting as it was frustrating.