There’s no questioning the fact that the New England Patriots’ road trip to Santa Clara was a disaster. The offense threw up over themselves on pivotal drives, and the defense looked more vulnerable than it had all season.
Everyone knew the San Francisco 49ers were the better football team on paper, especially if they somehow managed to come into the game healthy. Unfortunately for the Patriots, that’s exactly what happened.
George Kittle, Deebo Samuel and Trent Williams were all on the field to contribute to the nightmare road trip. There were still several bright spots for the Patriots in the 30-13 blowout loss.
Here are five players worthy of game balls in Week 4: