Like pretty much everybody else in America, the New England Patriots took Saturday off. And that’s perfectly understandable, considering how hard it must be to play football when you’re playing out the string.

If the usual NFL information peddlers are correct and Robert and Jonathan Kraft are indeed intent on keeping overmatched rookie head coach Jerod Mayo on the job beyond this season, the Patriots’ 40-7 loss to the Chargers Saturday in front of an exclusive national television audience was the kind of debacle that had best make them reconsider.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass - There weren't many highlight plays during the New England Patriots embarrassing loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.  However, the only