The Morning (afternoon) after a blowout loss on national tv at home is not always fun. The New England Patriots looked frankly outmatched and outcoached against an inferior team in the Chicago Bears. But then again, that is the beauty of football.
Anyone can win.
The Patriots fell to 3-4 and have yet to have any consistency on the season in either direction. Mac Jones was benched early after a rough start returning from his four-week absence. Bailey Zappe looked good at first, but then things started to quickly unravel.
And one of the league’s worst rushing defenses beat one of the league’s best rushing offenses, allowing just 71 rushing yards, with 24 of those yards coming from Jones before he left the game.