Curran blasts ‘chronically unprepared' Patriots amid ugly Saints rout originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
If you thought things couldn't get any worse for the New England Patriots after their blowout loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4, you were mistaken.
The Patriots laid another egg Sunday at Gillette Stadium, allowing the New Orleans Saints to jump out to a 21-0 halftime lead en route to an embarrassing 34-0 defeat that drops them to 1-4. Slow starts have plagued the Patriots for a shockingly long stretch -- they've now dug an early hole in 10 of their last 11 games dating to last November -- and Tom E.