NE decided to punt to BUF from the NE 45 on 4th & 6 with 8:33 remaining in the 4th while losing 14 to 24. With a Surrender Index of 9.08, this punt ranks at the 95th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2024 season, and the 91st percentile of all punts since 1999.

36 comments

1. Coward is a great word to describe Mayo

2. 3 win team and we play like we have everything to lose. Most frustrating Pats team in a long time

3. A 3 win team….afraid to win.

   HOW can Mayo deserve another year….how

4. I get they aren’t going to win, and if anything winning would hurt them, but showing your team you’re just quitting with 8 minutes left is sad.

5. This was insane to me. You’re fucking 3-11 and you went for a fake punt earlier. Show some balls

6. Are we rooting for Vegas to beat Jax and get the 2nd overall pick?

7. Coaching is continually the biggest issue for this team

8. Can’t wait to hear who he blames

9. Either Mayo is stupid or he’s coaching to keep the score “respectable” so he can keep his job.

10. Draft pick baby

11. It’s pathetic.

12. Jerod is a coward

13. Any fan base vying for Mike Vrabel should be banned from criticizing their current HC for cowardly punts.

14. Tampon Mayo. Pussy ass.

15. Mayo is a certified bitch.

16. Completely erratic coaching from Mayo. Go for it on 4th and short from deep in your own zone in the first, punt it on 4th and short from mid field in the 4th… Zero consistency.

17. We started the game playing to win. We looked fantastic.

    Then, Mayo.

18. Should have tried a fake spike. Worked an exceptional 0/100 times in madden 04 for me

19. Kraft is going to love this game unfortunately. “We made some progress today, Jerod and his staff were creative….”

    Yeah you finally let Maye run the ball after everybody from idiots like me to national sportscasters have said for 3 weeks why don’t you let him run the ball?

20. This sub is fucking pathetic. Will y’all shut the fuck up and just support the team. We almost beat one of the best teams in the league with multiple mistakes from the PLAYERS. Fucking get over yourselves.

21. We are clearly tanking.

22. Do y’all really not understand what “tanking” is?

23. Hey if you aren’t going to be good, you may as well be cowardly.

24. Didn’t seem that crazy to me with 8:33 left and only down by 10.

25. We suck

26. I didn’t mind this as much. I would have like to see then put trust the offense to get 1 yard in the end of the second quarter. They did stop Buffalo but I thought going for it would be a bit better.

27. I didn’t hate this. Eight-and-a-half minutes is plenty of time to overcome a 10-point deficit. Didn’t happen, but if Allen scores after that guaranteed 4th and 6 miss, the game’s over.

28. Fire mayo

29. Pick preservation. I don’t hate it.

    I think Mayo has been given assurances that he’ll be back, and is coaching to lose. I’m also only at the bargaining stage of grief about the team, so take it for what it’s worth.

30. Punting for the future bro

31. I don’t get this post, do we wanna tank or not? There’s no point in winning the game, the Raiders screwed themselves over by winning and possibly messed themselves up of getting a QB. What I want to see is our team showing progress while also preserving a top pick. Which is what we did today. Our defense looked good against Josh Allen.

32. Pretty simple: defense was better than offense today, punting gives them a shot to make the winning play. Offense was just going to get 3 yards and turn it over

33. Legitimately This may have lost Mayo his job.

34. So we got that going for us

35. My theory is the first quarter they played ballsy to show free agents what we can do, then upstairs called to tell them to keep tanking for a better pick

36. Surrender level has been raised to ‘French”.