lowest passer rating in a season by a patriot minimum 2000 yards

Jim Plunkett has the lowest passer rating for the Patriots in a season when passing for 2,000+ yards, with a 45.7 rating in 1972.

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	NAME	RTG	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	45.7	2,196	1972	NE	14	169	355	47.6	6.2	156.9	8	25	2.3	7.0	39	385
2	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	50.0	2,597	1965	BOS	14	173	426	40.6	6.1	185.5	18	26	4.2	6.1
3	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	52.1	2,345	1963	BOS	14	153	337	45.4	7.0	167.5	13	24	3.9	7.1
4	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	58.5	2,317	1967	BOS	14	161	344	46.8	6.7	165.5	19	24	5.5	7.0
5	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	63.6	2,824	1978	NE	16	181	362	50.0	7.8	176.5	15	23	4.1	6.4	21	184
6	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	63.7	3,507	1995	NE	15	323	636	50.8	5.5	233.8	13	16	2.0	2.5	23	170
7	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	64.1	2,457	1974	NE	14	173	352	49.1	7.0	175.5	19	22	5.4	6.3	21	174
8	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	65.0	2,494	1993	NE	13	214	429	49.9	5.8	191.8	15	15	3.5	3.5	16	99
9	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	65.2	2,162	1977	NE	14	160	305	52.5	7.1	154.4	17	21	5.6	6.9	14	155
10	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	65.8	2,550	1973	NE	14	193	376	51.3	6.8	182.1	13	17	3.5	4.5	37	350
11	Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	66.0	2,160	1969	BOS	14	160	331	48.3	6.5	154.3	19	18	5.7	5.4	24	261
12	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	66.9	2,721	1966	BOS	14	181	382	47.4	7.1	194.4	20	20	5.2	5.2
13	Tony Eason T. Eason	67.5	2,156	1985	NE	16	168	299	56.2	7.2	134.8	11	17	3.7	5.7	28	229
14	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	68.6	2,158	1971	NE	14	158	328	48.2	6.6	154.1	19	16	5.8	4.9	36	319
15	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	70.8	3,465	1964	BOS	14	228	473	48.2	7.3	247.5	31	27	6.6	5.7
16	Butch Songin B. Songin	70.9	2,476	1960	BOS	14	187	392	47.7	6.3	176.9	22	15	5.6	3.8
17	Hugh Millen H. Millen	72.5	3,073	1991	NE	13	246	409	60.1	7.5	236.4	9	18	2.2	4.4	54	379
18	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	73.1	2,475	1980	NE	12	175	306	57.2	8.1	206.3	18	22	5.9	7.2	17	138
19	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	73.6	4,555	1994	NE	16	400	691	57.9	6.6	284.7	25	27	3.6	3.9	22	139
20	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	75.6	3,985	1999	NE	16	305	539	56.6	7.4	249.1	19	21	3.5	3.9	55	342
21	Mac Jones M. Jones	77.0	2,120	2023	NE	11	224	345	64.9	6.1	192.7	10	12	2.9	3.5	22	127
22	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	77.3	3,291	2000	NE	16	312	531	58.8	6.2	205.7	17	13	3.2	2.4	45	264
23	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	77.4	3,286	1979	NE	16	206	423	48.7	7.8	205.4	28	20	6.6	4.7	45	341
24	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	80.9	3,633	1998	NE	14	263	481	54.7	7.6	259.5	20	14	4.2	2.9	36	295
25	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	81.4	2,411	1983	NE	12	168	303	55.4	8.0	200.9	15	12	5.0	4.0	29	195

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