After the Patriots lost their sixth in a row, first-year coach Jerod Mayo called his team soft.
After the boos rained down on Saquon Barkley in his return to MetLife Stadium — one sign even read “TRAITOR” — the Eagles’ star running back torched his old team.
And after another tumultuous week in the unending soap opera that is the New York Jets, the end result — a 37-15 loss to the Steelers on Sunday night — looked and felt familiar. At 2-5, this team can’t get out of its own way, and the season feels lost before the calendar flips to November.