With Bailey Zappe starting at quarterback, the New England Patriots fell in defeat to the Los Angeles Chargers by a 6-0 margin on Sunday. It didn’t appear to matter who was under center because the Patriots offense couldn’t get anything going.
One of the problems was the running game stalling after Rhamondre Stevenson went down with an ankle injury. Before exiting in the first quarter, he had rushed the ball nine times for 39 yards.
With this loss, the Patriots are the first team in the Super Bowl era to lose three straight games, despite allowing 10 or fewer points in all three of the games. It was another case of wasting a good defensive effort as New England dropped to 2-10 on the season.
Twitter had many strong opinions on New England’s loss, and here are some of the best reactions: