The Patriots are off to the worst begin in Gillette Stadium historical past, and different ultimate ideas

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“We’ve started working more durable. We’d like extra effort,” Kendrick Bourne stated. “It looks like we have to need it extra.”

Invoice Belichick’s workforce is 1-4. Barry Chin/Globe Workers

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Gillette Stadium, which opened on Sept. 9, 2002, turned 21 years previous final month.

Now that the stadium is sufficiently old to drink, it’s time to face a little bit of an uncomfortable actuality. The Patriots are off to their worst begin because it opened all these years in the past.

The Patriots are 1-4, and winless at house. They’ve been outscored 72-3 during the last two video games. Just one New England participant, tight-end Pharaoh Brown, has scored a landing over the previous three weeks.

The final time a Patriots workforce began 1-4 was in 2000, head coach Invoice Belichick’s first 12 months on the job. The Patriots dropped their first 4 house video games in 2021, however even that workforce didn’t endure back-to-back losses of 34 or extra.

Issues are so unhealthy in Foxborough, that when Belichick was requested to pinpoint the issue, he stated the workforce wanted to “begin over.”

“All of us must do a greater job,” Belichick stated. “It’s everyone, offense, protection, particular groups, gamers, coaches. We’ve simply obtained to do a greater job than we’re doing, together with everyone.”

Mac Jones remains to be the starter, Belichick stated, regardless of going 12-for-22 with a pair of interceptions, and no touchdowns. J.C. Jackson stated he was blissful to return to Foxborough after a stint with the Chargers, regardless of the loss. Kendrick Bourne stated the Patriots must “need it” extra.

Listed here are a number of ultimate ideas within the aftermath of one other terrible loss.

A lackluster effort

Belichick was not happy with the trouble his workforce put forth Sunday.

“I stated we’ve obtained to do a greater job all throughout the board. It’s not adequate,” Belichick stated.

The trouble stage didn’t sit properly with Bourne both. He sighed when requested about a very powerful factor the offense is lacking.

“We’ve started working more durable. We’d like extra effort,” Bourne stated. “It looks like we have to need it extra.”

Offensive lineman David Andrews stated he thought the workforce’s execution was a much bigger difficulty than its effort stage.

“I feel it’s extra of execution, you already know,” Andrews stated. “We’re turning the ball over and issues like that. It simply form of snowballs from there. We’ll have a look at it, appropriate it, come again to work subsequent week, and attempt to put our greatest foot ahead.”

Belichick doesn’t appear to belief his offense very a lot

The Patriots had the ball on fourth-and-3 on the Saints’ 40-yard line early within the third quarter.

They have been already down by 24, they have been on the opponents’ facet of the sector, they usually nonetheless determined that they’d quite punt the ball away than attempt to achieve three yards.

Strikes like that counsel that Belichick doesn’t belief his offense very a lot. Going for it wasn’t even a consideration, Belichick stated.

“Till we’re higher on third and fourth down, I don’t assume so,” Belichick stated.

Mac Jones’s turnovers are costing the Patriots dearly

Three of Jones’s interceptions, together with one fumble, have been returned for touchdowns this season.

That’s 4 touchdowns the Patriots have given up as a result of the quarterback has ball safety points.

The Patriots have dug themselves into not less than a 16-point first-half deficit in 4 of their 5 video games. The offense merely hasn’t confirmed that it will probably execute at a excessive sufficient stage to return again from these early struggles.

“Yeah, positively not a great state of affairs for anyone,” Jones stated. “And as an offense, the aim is to play higher and put up factors. So all of us have to do this and obtained to follow that manner and do issues in a different way and work out how one can put up factors.”

J.C. Jackson solutions “bizarre query” about Tom Brady

After Christian Gonzalez went down with a season-ending damage, the Patriots swung a commerce with the Chargers to deliver Jackson again to New England.

Jackson performed with the Patriots from 2018-2021 and made a Professional Bowl look earlier than leaving to signal with the Chargers in free company.

Jackson paused for a second earlier than answering when requested if Foxborough feels the identical with out Tom Brady.

“Yeah, it just about feels the identical. However, having Tom not right here is, I don’t know man, that’s a bizarre query.”

Jackson stated he’s blissful to be again with the Patriots, regardless of the loss.

Looks as if New England misses Nick People

Rookie kicker Chad Ryland missed his solely field-goal try of the sport. New England didn’t rating, so he didn’t have an opportunity at an extra-point try.

The miss makes the 2023 fourth-round choose 4 for 7 on field-goal makes an attempt this season.

In the meantime, in Nashville, former Patriots kicker Nick People is an ideal 13 for 13 on field-goal makes an attempt this 12 months with the Titans. He’s additionally made all seven of his extra-point makes an attempt. The Patriots traded People for a seventh-round choose after drafting Ryland.