FOXBOROUGH – During a Patriots practice, Mike Vrabel encouraged Drake Maye and others to run down the field and celebrate with their teammates after a touchdown.
In this video , posted by the team, Vrabel then posed a question to his starting quarterback.
“How many touchdowns did you guys score last year?” Vrabel said. “The answer is not enough. That’s it. There’s one answer. Not enough.”
As much as Vrabel hoped things would change this fall, they remained the same in the Patriots’ 20-13 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
During the 2024 season, the Patriots averaged 1.8 touchdowns per game, finishing with 30 touchdowns. Only the Cleveland Browns (29 touchdowns) were worse. That number was slightly up from 2023, when they scored 27 touchdowns.
In both cases, it wasn’t go