Devin McCourty: Patriots need sense of urgency to improve right away

FOXBORO — The Patriots kicked off the 2020 season excited about entering a new era.

At this rate, it will be a new era for all the wrong reasons.

After their loss to the Broncos, the Pats have a losing record in mid-October for the first time since 2002. That year, the team finished 9-7 and out of the postseason, one of three times the Patriots have failed to make the playoffs under Bill Belichick. While there are hardly anymore parallels to draw between the two seasons thus far, players weren’t treating the new state of their team as much less than an emergency.

“We have a losing record right now. We have to find ways to win games. So sense of urgency, it definitely has to be there,” said Pats coach Devin McCourty. “It’ll be great to get back to work and prepare and try to get going and get back on the field as soon as possible. But we definitely need that sense of urgency to get better and get better right away.”

Patriots running back James White, who led the team with eight catches, agreed with McCourty’s assessment.

“I mean, the urgency’s been up and it has to keep going up. Obviously we have to find a way to get in a rhythm, offensively especially, and just get it going. We’ve got to help our defense out.”

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/2IJYS3F