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Patriots Turnover Woes Mount After Close Loss to Bears
New England sits at 4-3 but must address its minus-7 differential to build on last season's plus-3 mark.
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Turnover Differential
The Patriots have not won the turnover battle in any game this season and finished minus-1 in their 30-24 road loss to the Bears. The team has posted a minus-7 differential overall, with 14 giveaways that rank second in the NFL. Defensively, they have generated just seven takeaways despite aiming for three per contest. When forcing at least one turnover, they stand at 4-1, but without any they are 0-2. Last season ended with a plus-3 margin on 19 takeaways and 16 giveaways.
Other Roster Notes
Receiver A.J. Brown has logged 101 of 122 offensive snaps since returning from injury and posted six receptions for 75 yards. Guard Alijah Vera-Tucker, on a three-year, 42 million dollar deal that includes 250,000 dollars per game on the 46-man roster, stands to lose at least one million dollars after landing on injured reserve. Running back TreVeyon Henderson has seen his snaps drop from an average of 28 per game early in the year to 14.5 in recent outings, with Rhamondre Stevenson at 64 percent of backfield snaps, Henderson at 27 percent and Corey Kiner at 12 percent.
Cap Situation
The Patriots finished the week with roughly 1.5 million dollars in salary cap space, the lowest figure in the league after starting the year near 52 million.
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