The Patriots’ humiliating loss at Las Vegas lays bare how far they’ve fallen

If there were ever a moment that made it undeniably clear the Patriots Dynasty was ancient history, New England's jaw-dropping loss to the Raiders on Sunday may have been it

Sometimes when watching sports, one witnesses a play so ridiculous and inexplicable that one's brain cannot even properly process what exactly has just happened. Case in point: the bizarre final sequence of the New England Patriots' backbreaking 30-24 road loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. If there ever were a moment that laid bare how the Patriots Dynasty was officially in the rear-view mirror, we may have just witnessed it.

Officially, the game ended with Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones picking off a lateral thrown by Patriots receiver Jakobi Meyers and rumbling into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown. In the official game stats, it went down as a fumble recovery. But none of this quite captures the chaos that rapidly unfolded in the game's final seconds.