The Patriots’ 25-14 loss at the hands of the Carolina Panthers in Week Three of the preseason left plenty to feel blah about. The offense sputtered for most of the night. The defense looked far more like the pressureless bend-don’t-break that Patriots fans hoped went with Matt Patricia to Detroit rather than the attacking new defense producing constant pressure that they thought they had after last week under Brian Flores.
Overall, there just wasn’t a whole lot to get excited about but if you’re watching a preseason game to get you excited about the regular season you have been asleep for most of the Augusts of the last two decades. There were encouraging signs though there’s no question this team still has a long way to go, as they always do, even when they look dominant in the preseason.
As much as Week Three as billed as the “dress rehearsal” it’s still preseason and there’s no reason to overreact. Let’s blast off a bunch of Posits before I jump into taking a second look at the game.
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