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Last week the Patriots likely could have had an easy win if McDaniels committed to the run early in the red zone. He didn't and the Patriots ended up leaving 10 points on the board. Assuming the Patriots have possessions inside the red zone, the task of getting into the end zone against the Panthers has proven to be pretty easy for their competition thus far. Eight games into the season the Panthers have given up touchdowns on 73.8% of trips inside the 20.
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Looking at both teams statistics through the 2021 NFL season, the Patriots and Chargers look to be pretty evenly matched in most categories. There are however a few places where one team does appear to have an advantage heading into this week 8 matchup.
Instead of calling this a must win game, I'm going to refer to it as a must not lose game. We've already had one bad loss this season, we certainly can not afford two. Had we actually won one of those moral victory games that we couldn't finish, then this game wouldn't be quite as important. Yet, week 7 here we are looking for our first home win.
There was a time when the Patriots were unbeatable at home. This season, the team is 0-3 at home with both victories occuring on the road. Is a 4:25 home game against the Cowboys what the Patriots need to get back to 500 and their first win at Gillette, I think so.
Not wanting to go to 1-4, the Patriots have a must win game down in Houston. Although they are without 80% of their offensive line, they are still favored to win as Houston has their own set of troubles.
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