The drama continues. Should they lose to enhance draft status? How about naming a starting quarterback?

Hey Bill Belichick, we’ll take your advice and be ready to go.

Belichick’s refusal to let anyone know who his starting QB is for Sunday’s game against the Giants is just the latest twist in what has been a colossal collapse of a season. We can probably only hope it’s not Will Grier.

They always say when you are having a hard time coming up with a starter, having to choose between two (or three) quarterbacks, it means you have no quarterbacks. The Patriots are full of holes, but to be honest, better, competent QB play would propel them from bad to at least mediocre.

This is different than choosing between Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe as Belichick had to do for the Super Bowl against the Rams in February of 20002, nearly 22 years ago. The late Raymond Berry had the Doug Flutie-Tony Eason and Eason-Steve Grogan choices to ponder. Eason, well, stunk.

The Patriots are in a bad place at the position, but you already knew that. It’s the worst they’ve been, we think, since Bill Parcells had to start Scott Secules in 1993 before Drew Bledsoe was ready. At least Cam Newton could score with his legs.

Right now, we still wonder what the heck is in the best interest of the football team? Well, as Belichick basically told us, we’ll find out Sunday.

PATRIOTS 10, GIANTS 9

Hold the chicken parm celebration, Tommy DeVito. Mom may need to give you simple comfort food after Belichick’s defensive schemes keeps you out of the end zone, miraculously. But this is what we’ve come to: Even when the Patriots win, they lose, right?

DOLPHINS 24, JETS 3

The only thing that might keep this from being a complete blowout is the fact the Jets defense will likely be angry and fired up.

The Tim Boyle Era begins with a thud. Of couse, if it doesn’t, Jet fans will wonder why the heck it hadn’t started weeks earlier.

But we doubt it.

BRONCOS 23, BROWNS 13

Suddenly this game has appeal with both also rans suddenly playing pretty well.Who is that guy quarterbacking the Broncos and where did he come from? And really, we have no idea who that Browns QB is after Deshaun Watson went down. We’ll take the Denver guy.

VIKINGS 27, BEARS 10

Man, the Bears just can’t become a good football team, can they? They get Justin Fields back, and they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Let’s face it, Bears coach Matt Eberflus is a goner. And Josh Dobbs is an up and comer.

RAMS 20, CARDINALS 10

Remember when this was a battle for the division? Two years ago the Cardinals were soaring. The Rams were Super Bowl champs. Now both have a combined 6-15 record. Bad drafts. Just ask the Patriots.

EAGLES 24, BILLS 20

Buffalo can’t beat anybody good, and the Eagles right now look like the best team in the NFL. They just win. We’ll put our chips in the mddle of the table for a Baltimore-Philly Super Bowl.

TITANS 17, PANTHERS 10

Sorry, not many interconference games to choose from. Plus this has a Patriots interest anyway with Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel. But he’s not coming here next year. The GM goes one year, the coach the next?

LAST WEEK: 4-3.

SEASON: 50-27

Tom King may be reached at tking@nashuatelegraph.com. Also, follow King on Twitter (@Telegraph_TomK).

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