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Patriots lament ‘missed opportunities’ in 20-17 loss to Commanders

The played a competitive game against the in Week 9. However, once again their efforts were not enough to come away with a victory.

Losing 20-17, they are now 2-7 on the season. And if the team is to be believed a big reason for that is an inability to take advantage of opportunities.

“We know where we’re messing up, and we know that we’re beating ourselves,” said defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr. “In most of the games that we play, there’s a lot of things that we’re doing wrong. We’re not capitalizing on opportunities that we have.