The Patriots Are So Bad That the Player Used to Promote Upcoming Games Is Now… Coach Bill Belichick?

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The 2023 season has been so miserable for the New England Patriots that Amazon’s producers apparently couldn’t think of a player worth showcasing to promote their next primetime game.

During the Thursday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks, the broadcast displayed a graphic for next Thursday’s game between the Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Traditionally included in this kind of graphic is a photo of each team’s top player.

For the Steelers, that player was linebacker T.J. Watt, who’s once again performing at a historic pace with 13.5 sacks through 11 games.

The Patriots, on the other hand, don’t have a player like that and Amazon chose to go with coach Bill Belichick.

After a disappointing 2022 season in which the team finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs, the Patriots have gotten off to an even worse start this season, losing nine of their first 11 games. Quarterback Mac Jones — at one point thought to be Tom Brady’s successor — has struggled so much that he was actually benched.

For a team that terrorized the entire NFL for more than a decade, the drop-off is nothing short of staggering. In fact, it’s been so noteworthy that even former president Donald Trump felt the need to call them out during a recent rally.

While the image of Belichick and Watt being counterparts is funny, it can be argued that Amazon made the right decision.