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Three Takeaways From Patriots’ Excruciating Loss To Steelers
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The New England Patriots repeatedly shot themselves in the foot during Sunday’s atrocious loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Gillette Stadium.
The Patriots unfortunately seem to be majoring in that latter category this season, with five more examples telling the story of what should have been a blowout win but turned into an excruciating loss.
Story continues below advertisementDrake Maye tossed a red-zone interception, which came on his third consecutive passing attempt from the two-yard line.
The Steelers scored on both of their first-quarter drives, which would have been punts without those first two calls.
Story continues below advertisementThe Patriots were successful on their first six fourth-down conversion attempts this season, including a four-for-four performance to begin on Sunday.
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