Few teams in the National Football League, if any, had been better than the New England Patriots as of late, which makes their Saturday night performance pretty stunning.
New England is facing the Indianapolis Colts on the road on Saturday night.
Early in the third quarter, it’s Colts 20, Patriots 0.
Yikes.
The Patriots were shutout in the first half for the first time in roughly five years. They had a really long streak come to an end on Saturday night.
“The Patriots had scored in the 1st half in 89 consecutive games entering tonight, which was the longest streak by any team in the last 20 seasons,” ESPN’s Mike Reiss tweeted.
From @ESPNStatsInfo: The Patriots had scored in the 1st half in 89 consecutive games entering tonight, which was the longest streak by any team in the last 20 seasons.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) December 19, 2021
Mac Jones has been very good as a rookie, but he’s also had the benefit of playing with a great defense. He hasn’t been able to get much going on Saturday night.
Mac Jones if he was drafted by Chicago or Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/mAkHiU7IGo
— بكيس (@cavsbuckeyes) December 19, 2021
Jones is having a rough performance on Saturday night, throwing multiple interceptions to the Colts defense.
Mac Jones with his second completion to a Colts linebacker 😬 pic.twitter.com/RtKwNlWZ3F
— PFF (@PFF) December 19, 2021
Unsurprisingly, many are taking this as an opportunity to say “I told you so” about the New England Patriots rookie quarterback.
Personally, I’ll NEVER forget the full week we had after a quarterback threw the fewest passes in an NFL game in 40 years, in a game where his team scored 1 touchdown, and folks ADAMANTLY argued across media that this was in fact NOT an indictment of said quarterback.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) December 19, 2021
The Patriots are still a very good team, but they might not be the team to beat in the AFC after tonight’s performance.
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