Sunday’s loss was inexcusable … there is no way the Patriots should have lost to Denver. Yes, they only had one padded practice in two weeks and they definitely looked like it. The offensive line was all shook up and had further disarray when Jermaine Eluemunor went down early. Despite this they still should have beat the Broncos. The blame sits squarely on the shoulders of Cam Newton. He was flat out awful.
Newton’s failure to pick out secondary receivers, bad pre-snap reads, and terrible passing fundamentals led to this defeat. He had receivers open but couldn’t find them.