What We Learned in Week 7 of the N.F.L. Season

After the Patriots lost their sixth in a row, first-year coach Jerod Mayo called his team soft.

After the boos rained down on Saquon Barkley in his return to MetLife Stadium — one sign even read “TRAITOR” — the Eagles’ star running back torched his old team.

And after another tumultuous week in the unending soap opera that is the New York Jets, the end result — a 37-15 loss to the Steelers on Sunday night — looked and felt familiar. At 2-5, this team can’t get out of its own way, and the season feels lost before the calendar flips to November.

In a rematch of February’s Super Bowl, the champs

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