With their Week 6 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the Patriots record fell to 2-4 and the outlook wasn’t great.
From 1990-2020, only 9.3% of teams that started with that record made the playoffs, according to Stathead. In Patriots franchise history, 11 teams started with a 2-4 record and all missed the playoffs. The only team to finish with a winning record was the 1988 Patriots, at 9-7.
But, as Bill Belichick often explains, what happened in the past has nothing to do with how his team will play in the future. Since that Cowboys loss, the Patriots have won five straight games.