The 2024 New England Patriots were a last-place team. Many of its headaches can be attributed to their failure to man their offensive line in the offseason adequately. They mistakenly thought two right tackles could play on the left side. Unfortunately, neither could even play on the right. It was a disaster.
Similarly, their attempts to add a center to replace David Andrews and left guard were dismal failures. The result was 52 sacks on Patriots quarterbacks. To compound the matter, they neglected the development of their young running quarterback, Drake Maye, until the season was effectively over.