One Patriots Captain ‘Absolutely’ Believes Pats Can Turn Season Around

Some NFL fans have given up hope on the 2020 Patriots season. The New England Patriots don’t look good right now. They won two games and then lost the game to the Houston Texans. Their 4-6 record is more than terrifying and the Patriots don’t even fit the playoff picture. But, team captain Matthew Slater believes that the Patriots will turn the season around. The longtime special teams captain may be right about this.

“I think if there ever comes a point in time where you lose faith in that, then the season’s over,” Slater said in his video conference following the 27-20 loss to the Houston Texans. “If at any point — leadership, coaches, players, staff — if you lose belief, then you might as well throw in the towel, and I don’t think we’re anywhere near that right now. I think there is still a great deal of belief in who we are and what we’re capable of moving forward. But at some point in time, we have to turn that belief into action and results.”

Four of the six losses New England had this season came by seven points or less. Four losses ended with bad drives that stalled inside the rivals’ 25-yard line in the final moments of the game.

To make the playoffs, New England will have to win each of the next six games. Only five 4-6 teams out of 203 have done that since 1978.

“We’re going to remain confident in who we are and what we’ve done,” Slater said. “We’ve got some decent football players around here that have done alright over the years. We’ll see at the end of the day whether that’s good enough or not, but right now, we’re just going to focus on taking things one day at a time and trying to go out and get better.”

Tom Brady and Stephen Gostkowski left the team this past season. Slater is the team’s longest-tenured player and he sure knows a thing or two about the game. He has never been on a team that won less than 10 games. Slater hasn’t missed the playoffs since his rookie campaign.