Let’s face it: If Sunday’s loss to the 49ers taught us one thing, it’s that maybe there are days it’s better not to have any fans in the stands.
Because if Gillette Stadium was full Sunday, it would have been even more ugly than it already was. A punchless offense and sluggish defense had no answer for old pal Jimmy Garoppolo, as San Francisco rolled to a shockingly easy 33-6 win over the Patriots.
Blowouts of New England — and I’m talking about “Let’s get everybody into the game” sort of blowouts — in the Bill Belichick era have been few and far between.