Just how quickly has the 2023 Patriots season managed to go off the rails?
We haven’t even reached Halloween, but now seems like the appropriate time to start looking to the future — and any flickering embers of hope that can be found in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Even though New England still has 11 games left on its 2023 schedule, the case can be made that a new season that initially began with playoff aspirations has already been scuttled.
The Patriots are off to an unsightly 1-5 start, and with their next two matchups against the Bills and Dolphins, it wouldn’t come as a surprise if Bill Belichick’s team is staring at a 1-7 record by the time the trade deadline (and a potential fire sale) arrives at the end of October.