Year Professional Soccer Corridor of Status head educator Invoice Belichick has been at the cusp of achieving his three hundredth win as a head educator the utmost two weeks. Alternatively, one wouldn’t are aware of it from the best way his Fresh England Patriots have carried out. They’ve been outscored in consecutive losses via a complete of 72-3 throughout their 38-3 Era 3 loss on the Dallas Cowboys and their 34-0 Era 4 defeat as opposed to the Fresh Orleans Saints. 

This stretch of futility makes the 2023 Patriots handiest the 5th staff within the utmost 35 years to lose back-to-back video games via 34 or extra issues in addition to the primary staff because the 2019 Dolphins, the “Tank for Tua team,” to be outscored via 69 or extra issues in a two-game span. Those utmost two losses are the worst and the second-worst defeats of Belichick’s head-coaching profession. In his first 453 video games as an NFL head educator, Belichick misplaced via 30 or extra issues as soon as, and he has now misplaced via 30 or extra issues in each and every of the utmost two video games. 

Sunday was once a unutilized low for Belichick’s Patriots as they did not get at the scoreboard and misplaced via 34 issues. The deflating defeat registers as the most important house shutout loss in staff historical past.

“Obviously it was a poor performance,” Belichick mentioned postgame on Sunday, by the use of The Athletic. “Slow start. Just couldn’t really get the game under control.”  

The Saints’ scoring started with Patriots third-year quarterback Mac Jones being collision in a collapsing patch, which led to a 27-yard interception go back landing via Professional Bowl protection Tyrann Mathieu. This play games marked the second one pick-six for Jones in as many weeks, making him the primary Fresh England quarterback to throw pick-sixes in consecutive video games because the 1984 season when Steve Grogan did so. Jones now has 4 profession interception go back touchdowns thrown at Gillette Stadium in his three-season profession, which is as many as era Professional Soccer Corridor of Status quarterback Tom Brady had in his complete 20-season run with the Patriots. 

On lead of the pick-six, Jones additionally threw every other interception and misplaced a fumble as he finished 12 of his 22 passes for 110 yards. Extra quarterback Bailey Zappe were given within the competition for Fresh England for the second one consecutive date, however that doesn’t heartless Belichick is thinking about converting quarterbacks. Jones has thrown 4 interceptions, disagree touchdowns and had 3 giveaways, two interceptions and one strip-sack became opponent touchdowns the utmost two weeks. 

“There were a lot of problems, it certainly wasn’t all him,” Belichick mentioned when requested about Jones’ efficiency on Sunday.   

The Patriots will hope to proper the send in opposition to a common face in Era 6 once they head to Las Vegas to stand former offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and the Raiders.