On Monday night, the New England Patriots were close to rock bottom.
Facing off against a winless New York Jets team that was without their starting quarterback, the Patriots struggled inside MetLife Stadium. Even with Cam Newton playing better and Jakobi Meyers having a career game, the Patriots defense embarrassingly struggled against Joe Flacco.
Without starters Stephon Gilmore, Lawrence Guy and Ja’Whaun Bentley, it looked like the Patriots were about to be upset by the winless Jets to somehow make this 2020 season even more embarrassing. Of course, that would’ve required the Jets to play mistake-free football in the fourth quarter.