The Patriots held their last two opponents to 10 points apiece and still ended up losing both games.
New England has 16 touchdowns this season, which is tied with Pittsburgh for second-to-last in the league. Only the Giants (13.5 points per game) are averaging fewer points than the Patriots (13.3 points per game} are this season.
Mac Jones has been benched four times. Bailey Zappe is completing fewer than half of his passes, and has two interceptions with no touchdown passes.
Bill Belichick said Monday that he doesn’t envision bringing an outside quarterback in to help the situation at the moment.