It wasn't a great night for [New England Patriots](https://nesn.com/new-england-patriots) wide receiver Romeo Doubs, who finished with zero catches on three targets. Doubs, who the Patriots signed to a lucrative contract during the offseason, was expected to be the clear WR2, part of the reason why the Patriots moved on from Kayshon Boutte.
With A.J. Brown going down on Wednesday night during the Seattle Seahawks game, there was hope within Patriots fan circles that Doubs would step up in a major way. Instead of that being the case, he was just as bad as anybody could have imagined, and it was part of the reason why New England lost.
Instead of sugarcoating things after the game, it was positive to at least hear Doubs have some accountability for his play.
"No. Like I said, I just wasn’t locked in enough on the football," Doubs [said](https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2026/09/10/patriots-seahawks-romeo-doubs-drop-comments-wasnt-locked-in/91691308007/), per USA Today. "The results speak for themselves. I’ll be better moving forward."
Things like this happen in the NFL, and there really isn't much of a reason to be too worried about it.
Had Doubs not been a guy who has proven throughout his career that he can be very good at any given moment, that would be a different scenario.
However, he's coming off a 724-yard and six-touchdown campaign with the Green Bay Packers, so it's only safe to say that New England will be more than fine.
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