Last night was a disaster, but many Thursday night games are. Having the Thursday night game so early in the season is also a detriment to a team like the Patriots that has a whole new coaching staff, a new system, a lot of new players, and an o-line that hasn't found its footing. Last night was a major concern about how the rest of the season may go, but it could also be an abnormality.
One thing that points to it being a bit of an abnormality were all the missed and broken tackles by the Pats' defense. Towards the end of the broadcast, they said it was up to 14. That is extremely high especially for a defense that was pretty disciplined about tackling the first two weeks.
No point going into the individual players because last night was an absolute dumpster fire. Let's just hope it was a case of a young team with a new coaching staff that couldn't get prepared for a game on a really short week early in the season.