Oh, how far the mighty have fallen.
The New England Patriots were once the creme de la creme of the NFL. There was a good two-decade stretch under Belichick and Brady, and they could seemingly do no wrong. And, even when they did wrong, it didn’t matter because they somehow got away with it anyway.
Those days are long gone, friends.
These days, the Patriots are a three-win team. Instead of booking flights for playoff games and Super Bowls, everyone involved in the organization is trying to figure out why things are so bad.
That includes the owner, Bob Kraft, and his son, Jonathan, who seemed to have much to say about the team’s terrible play-calling on Sunday.
The two were caught on camera during Sunday’s game against the Cardinals with looks of disgust on their faces. Lip readers seem to think they were critiquing the offense’s play calling.
Someone lip read this. Sure looks like Jonathan Kraft is frustrated by what’s happening down on the field. Shaking his head. Also, it appears he’s scrolling down some notes? pic.twitter.com/V0a9ZTsMNt
— John Zannis (@John_Zannis) December 15, 2024
It’s kind of hard to make out most of it without audio, but it seems pretty clear the last thing Jonathan Kraft utters there is “playcalling is terrible.”
And, yeah, it definitely does seem to be. As our Christian D’Andrea wrote, Jerod Mayo seems pretty disgusted by it, too.
Luckily for him, it’s a pretty easy problem to solve, considering he’s the head coach and can make changes moving forward. Looks like those changes may need to come soon, though, considering the sentiments shared by ownership here.