2023 was supposed to be a year of redemption, grit and success for the New England Patriots. Instead, it has been a complete disaster, most recently displayed with Sunday’s 10-6 loss against the Indianapolis Colts in Germany that dropped the Patriots to 2-8 on the season.
It is easy to place some of the blame onto New England’s players, who have had horrendous execution on certain plays, but most of the backlash should be directed towards the coaches, who have failed on what should be their primary objective: putting players in positions to succeed.
This past week, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was utterly awful in both off-field and on-field decision making, making it unnecessarily hard for his team to win.
Wednesday, it was announced by NFL’s Ian Rapoport that Belichick would not be allowing top cornerback J.C. Jackson to travel with the team for Sunday’s game because of a missed curfew.
It was also revealed by ESPN’s Mike Reiss that teammate Jack Jones — also an important piece for the defense — was allowed to travel with the team, but saw severely limited playing time for the same reason as Jackson.
