[2] The Patriots were looking to improve on their 6–10 record from the year before but instead regressed back to a 2–14 record, being affected by serious knee damage to mainstay offensive tackle Bruce Armstrong that caused him to miss the second half of the season.

[3] They finished last in the AFC East and their record tied the Seattle Seahawks for the worst mark in the entire league.

However, the Patriots finished dead last in the NFL because of their Week 3 loss to the Seahawks.

MacPherson and his staff were fired[4] and Bill Parcells, who had last coached the New York Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV, was brought in as his replacement.

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