You outscored a Hoyer led team by 3 points over the first 44 minutes.
And should have been losing
Lazar says it well
The Patriots fell to the Kansas City Chiefs 26-10 because of several self-inflicted wounds.
Between four interceptions and two red-zone sacks (one fumble), the Patriots offense lost 25.2 expected points on Monday night, a losing formula against any opponent.
But from an enjoyability standpoint, the NFL did Patriots fans a disservice from the second news of Cam Newton’s positive test for coronavirus broke to the end of Monday night’s game.
Bill Belichick isn’t one for excuses, so we’ll make them for him: the one-day travel schedule, several blown calls by the referees, and a terrible broadcast made the product on Monday night nearly unwatchable.
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense managed 20 points in the win, 14 points fewer than their season-average, yet we wouldn’t know that based on the footage we saw from CBS.
The Pats defense limited big plays with a combination of man, zone, and man-match coverages, forcing the Chiefs offense to beat them on long drives rather than one explosive play.
Mahomes, who is terrific, didn’t play well on Monday night. Why? Well, Tony Romo didn’t tell you, neither did Jim Nantz, who was too busy lauding Andy Reid’s jet sweeps to educate us.
Again, New England didn’t lose because of the CBS broadcast, the refs, or the travel schedule. But we want to have fun watching football, and a great effort by the Patriots in a whirlwind week was glossed over tonight.
Below, we’ll get into all the details of the game that cost the Patriots a win on a night where they battled with backup quarterbacks against the defending champs.
https://www.clnsmedia.com/lazar-ten-things-we-learned-from-the-patriots-26-10-loss-to-the-chiefs/