It felt like the game was over long before the clock ran out on Patriots’ loss to Lions

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A New England team that is battered on offense and alarmingly sluggish on defense suffered a second straight humiliating defeat.

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When quarterback Drake Maye went down with an ankle injury at the end of the first drive? When Amon-Ra St. Brown bolted 56 yards for a touchdown on the Lions’ sixth play from scrimmage? When the Patriots, coming off a humiliating loss to the Packers last Sunday, boarded their plane for Munich?

It surely was something that happened long before the game clock mercifully ran out of time.

The Lions, led by spectacular running back Jahmyr Gibbs, throttled the Patriots, 35-10. Detroit racked up 494 yards — 312 in the first half — while handing a Patriots team that is battered on offense and alarmingly sluggish on defense a second straight humiliating defeat.

The Patriots head into their bye week at 5-5. If they don’t get their act together during their hiatus — and get good news on Maye — the question about knowing when it’s over will apply to the season as a whole and not just their latest ugly game.

Players suggested in the Unconventional Preview: Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian Gonzalez, Corey Kiner.

Jahmyr Gibbs: This might be the most damning stat of the day: The Patriots managed just 151 yards of offense … or 101 fewer yards than the sensational Gibbs delivered all by himself for the Lions.

Gibbs ran 22 times for 153 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and caught 7 of 8 targets for another 99 yards. His first touchdown came on a 5-yard run late in the second quarter, which immediately followed Gibbs’s 50-yard catch and run.

Of the Lions’ seven plays on that drive, which put them up 21-3, he touched the ball on six. By halftime, he had contributed 93 yards on the ground and another 78 through the air.

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