{"id":142506,"date":"2024-12-28T20:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T01:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=142506"},"modified":"2024-12-28T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T01:44:42","slug":"patriots-take-another-huge-step-back-in-40-7-blowout-to-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=142506","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Take Another Huge Step Back in 40-7 Blowout to Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six days after going toe-to-toe with the Bills, the Patriots suffered their second blowout loss in three weeks in a 40-7 beatdown to the Chargers. <\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he few fans who braved the elements in Foxboro were rewarded with the team’s worst performance this season. It wasn’t head coach Jerod Mayo’s first double-digit defeat, but it was the first that never felt within reach.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is what I told the players, there\u2019s really nothing good to take out of that game today,” the head coach said to open his postgame presser. “Just the lack of execution. Look, that’s a good football team, and they’re a well-coached football team. We just didn’t play well enough in any phase of the game. No complementary football, and that’s what you get.”<\/p>\n

Losing Christian Gonzalez (concussion) in the second quarter was a tough blow, as was Drake Maye missing a series due to a suspected concussion. The team also had an odd schedule due to Christmas and a Saturday game. Still, neither hurdle justifies this afternoon’s embarrassing effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

LA possessed the ball for a whopping 40:34 minutes and didn’t commit a turnover. New England only turned the ball over once but did so in brutal fashion.<\/p>\n

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Derius Davis lays out for the Herbert pass for the @Chargers<\/a> TD!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa: #LACvsNE<\/a> on NFL Network
\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on #NFLPlus<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FGmg2fLRbb<\/a><\/p>\n

— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n