New England's loss brings its record to 6-6 heading into a Week 14 matchup vs. the Arizona Cardinals. As of now, Bill Belichick's group does not have a playoff spot.
It didn't get any better from there. Mac Jones threw for only 11 yards in the entire third quarter as the Patriots possessed the ball for only one drive just over three minutes. Their only red zone trip came with four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The short-handed offensive line didn't help as Jones hardly had time to throw and the run game struggled for most of the night.
This year's New England Patriots team has not looked like one coached by Bill Belichick. A lack of discipline has resulted in countless costly penalties, and poor play-calling hasn't helped the offense's cause either.in last week's loss to the Vikings and they continued to be a factor early and often in Week 13.
The costly penalties were topped off by mind-numbing coaching decisions toward the end of the first half. The Patriots had the ball with a chance to make it a one-score game heading into halftime, but Matt Patricia's questionable play-calling proved costly. After New England's defense forced a turnover, the offense took over at their own 42 but failed to take advantage due to brutal clock management. The outcry on Twitter just about summed it all up.Opportunity to take a shot, stop the clock if it's incomplete, *then* sneak on 3rd and 1 if they wanted to. Could've saved them a TO.Al Michaels not a fan of the Patriots' clock management. "That timeout strategy was not New England-like.
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