New England Patriots

As if watching the New England Patriots this year wasn't punishment enough, if you want to see the Pats take on the Steelers tonight in the Steel City, it's going to cost ya. As you well know, Thursday Night Football has been on Amazon Prime since the beginning of last season, meaning that if you don't have a Prime subscription, the game hangs out behind a paywall with a price of $14...

The over-under for New England's Thursday night tilt in Pittsburgh has been set at 30.5 - the lowest mark in the NFL since Cincinnati met Cleveland in December 2008.

Not that it really matters at this point, but after seeing four quarters worth of Zappe time, who would you put under center for the next must-lose Pats game on Thursday night?

Cameron Dicker made a pair of 38-yard field goals, and punter JK Scott pinned the Patriots inside their 20 yard-line seven times in a cold and drenching rain on Sunday to give the Chargers a 6-0 victory over the New England Patriots and their latest hapless quarterback, Bailey Zappe.

Though '23 has proved to be the least successful season of Belichick's coaching career, there will still be many teams lining up to acquire the G.O.A.T., with the Chargers, Panthers, Commanders, Bears and Raiders already being linked.

With nothing to lose - except draft positioning by messing around and accidentally winning a game or two - what's the harm in turning to the rookie for, if nothing else, some excitement which has eluded this team for much of the year?

Xavier McKinney set up Randy Bullock's go-ahead 42-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter with New York's third interception of New England's woeful pair of quarterbacks, and the Giants won consecutive games for the first time this season, beating the Patriots 10-7 on Sunday.

ESPN gives Chicago a 56.4% chance of claiming the top pick, followed by Arizona at 18.9%, the Giants at 13.1% and then New England at just 5.2% odds.

Mac remaining as the team's starting QB, either for the remainder of this season or into the future, appears untenable at this point. Whose feet do you put the blame at?

Is the Mac Jones Era Over? Benched in the 2nd Half, the Patriots Have a Bye Week and Who Knows Who Will Start at Quarterback in 2 weeks?