With the Patriots offense struggling and a tough schedule coming up, Monday night’s matchup against the Cardinals is the biggest must-win game New England has faced in a while, writes Tom E. Curran.
The potential for a seven-game skid to the finish line which would mean that – for the fourth-straight season – the once-mighty Patriots had become late-season doormats. It would also be the fifth-straight prime-time loss for the Patriots going back to last year.
Yeah, they’re 6-6. But this is the luggage the Patriots have piled up to this point.
Failing to outscore Arizona would put a bright-red circle around a fact that’s already bold-faced, underlined and highlighted. That So why does this game against a 4-8 Cardinals team qualify as a “must win” if the Patriots could still finish the season 10-7 even with a loss? Because of what a loss would represent. A third-straight, post-Thanksgiving loss. A failure against what’s perceived as a lesser opponent with the final four games against teams that are more talented than the Patriots.All of that isn’t going to happen on Tuesday morning if the Patriots don’t win.
You neutralize Nuk Hopkins, sack Kyler Murray about seven times, play penalty-free, find the end zone repeatedly and blow doors on a prime-time opponent the way the Bills and Bears did to you this year.
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