In case you were tuned out, the New England Patriots got shellacked by the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL’s season-opener. Despite a 10-minute pregame humblebrag by Mark Wahlberg on behalf of tens of thousands of Bostonians celebrating the team’s many Super Bowl wins, Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith and rookie running back Kareem Hunt shoved the Patriots firmly into the AFC East’s basement to start the 2017 season One way or another, they’ll go into Week 2 with the same win-loss record as either the New York Jets or the Buffalo Bills.
Patriots look vulnerable, but Saints can’t overlook them
