The New England Patriots held a Hall-of-Fame ceremony for Rob Gronkowski that brought out the stars, including Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. The man known as ‘Gronk' had a ‘GOAT' comment for Belichick as the Patriots took on the Packers at home.
The festive mood was quickly dampened by 14 first quarter points for Matt LaFleur's squad as the Patriots failed to recover, losing 45-27 to their NFC North foes in Foxborough. The 45 points was the most given up in the history of Gillette Stadium, according to FOX Sports.
Drake Maye led the Patriots' offense with 299 yards passing and three touchdowns, but was intercepted three times as Jordan Love won the duel against his talented counterpart. The Patriots' five-time Super Bowl champion, Brady, linked up with Maye for an amazing photo, and also called the game in the press box for FOX.
The Packers assaulted the Patriots' defense with 478 total yards, including 349 passing yards and 129 rushing yards. New England added insult to injury by losing a fumble on a day when they did not force a single Green Bay turnover.
Now 5-4 on the season, coach Mike Vrabel's team is trending in the wrong direction with a Sunday Night Football road game at Ford Field against the Detroit Lions up next on November 15. The Bills are 6-1 and putting distance between themselves and the Patriots. If Vrabel's team doesn't get its act together soon, they risk not only falling out of the division race, but also risk falling out of the NFL Playoffs entirely.