There was a time, not long ago, when it would have been piling on to suggest the 2024 New England Patriots seemed headed for a 1-16 season. But now? After Sunday’s 32-16 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London, and after Pats coach Jerod Mayo walked into the interview room and made the stunning acknowledgment that “we’re a soft football team across the board,” the question now is: How could they not finish 1-16?
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Both the Patriots and Jaguars came into Sunday with bookend 1-5 records. That made this a so-called “winnable” game for both teams, except only the Jaguars seemed to grasp the meaning of that
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