By: Rhianna Dozier
Don’t you just love it when your once unstoppable team starts dreading downhill at full speed? Yea, I really love to see it. I saw the fate of my team this past Sunday when the Patriots lost to the Bills. I won’t sugar coat it. The Patriots are not very good this year. However, they still had a chance up until this game.
The Bills have just shut the curtain on a 19-year run that included 17 playoff appearances, nine Super Bowls, and six Lombardi Trophies. Before Sunday, the Patriots were still on a path to the playoffs. A win against the Bills would have allowed the Patriots to be 3-4 with an easy win against the Jets in the following week making them 4-4. However, that was not the case.
Why? Because the Patriots have forgotten how to play.
The Bills have given the Patriots a 2-5 record and four straight losses for the first time since Belichick arrived to the franchise at the beginning of the first year of the 21st century. We were 19 yards away. 19 yards from victory. 19 yards from keeping the franchise’s name intact. But, no. Winning that game was too much to ask for Cam Newton.
Newton ran. He ran down the field about to score a touchdown. Victory was in our hands. He could see the light at the end. Until some no name player on the Bills, Justin Zimmer, punched the ball out of Newton’s hands. He fell with the ball as it was released from his grasps. That was it. Game over, season over, and dynasty over.
Once Newton fumbled, Belichick knew there was no coming back this season. The NFL trade deadline is November 3rd. Maybe the Patriots could trade for a better quarterback or a better offensive line. 2020 is over, and now they are on to 2021. Maybe they are tanking for Trever Lawrence. Whatever the case, Belichick has some serious reimaging to do for the team.
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