FOXBOROUGH – During Mike Vrabel’s introductory press conference, the head coach said he wanted the Patriots “to be good enough to take advantage of bad football.”

On Sunday, we discovered whether the Patriots were good enough to overcome their own poor play.

Not much went right for Vrabel’s team against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Despite hoping to start fast, the team started slowly. The Patriots lost the turnover battle by an embarrassing margin. On defense, the team had five penalties in the first two drives.

Despite being on the 2-yard line multiple times, the Patriots inexplicably came up empty twice in a row.

That’s why they entered the fourth quarter trailing 14-7.

Despite a disastrous five-turnover day for the offense, Vrabel’s team still showed fight. They also had a chanc

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