Not to play coy, but they just started playing better. Here are my All-22 reviews of the offense and defense.
I don’t know why the Chiefs game is all that different than some of the other ugly early season losses we’ve seen almost every year. 2012 at home to the Cardinals (their only road win of the season), 2011 to a 6-10 Bills team, the list goes on and on.
Each year Patriots fans have collective amnesia, they’re never that dominant or awesome in September. They’re experimenting, trying random guys in random spots, trying to find who can do what. Throw in the new lack of tackling rules in training camp and things look even sloppier.
But every year, they find their stride about 4-6 games into the season and then they often don’t lose again.