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Patriots Week 8 Report Card In Late Loss to the Bills

Team Comes Up Short at Crunch Time Again

Before the season began, we wrote and reiterated in our post-game observations that we knew that this season was going to consist of a series of very close games. Unlike in years past, when we were guaranteed several games where they’d cruise to an easy win, the 2020 Patriots team isn’t going to give us many if any of those.

And…as we wrote the difference between winning and losing those games is the difference between being 2-5 which they are now and 5-2 which they could easily be if they finished off three late-game drives, Sunday’s game against the Bills included.