FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Through six weeks of the NFL season, the AFC East looked like a runaway, and not the way it had been for most of the past two decades.
The New England Patriots, 2-4 after a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys, were not in a good place looking up at the 4-1 Buffalo Bills.
That night, safety and longtime Patriot Devin McCourty couldn't hide his disappointment when he said: "Just got to keep fighting. There's nothing to say ... I think everybody needs to go get away.