Bill Belichick is not a man who suffers fools. So imagine his shock when the New England Patriots not only lost to former assistant Josh McDaniels and his then 5-8 Las Vegas Raiders, but did so in the dumbest way possible.
New England came back from a 17-3 halftime deficit and threatened to make this another one of McDaniels’ fabled blown leads when it took a 24-17 lead with 3:43 to play. But the Patriots’ defense couldn’t hold steady and some questionable officiating made this a 24-24 game with under a minute to play.
