Awful game for sure, but he's been solid most of the season considering the **** he's surrounded by. And BB is defending him, so it's pretty safe to say the Pats will at least try to bring him back next season.
Here's three charts showing Cam's CPOE vs EPA:
Weeks 1-3: Cam's a bit above average. Not bad for the situation, and looking promising.
Weeks 6&7: Cam had COVID and then had one practice in a 2 week span. He was by far the worst QB in the league.
Weeks 8-11: Cam was in the top 10.
Obviously that will change, but Cam is criminally underrated due how bad the Pats actually are. He's been far from perfect, but most people are judging his season based entirely on his TD/INT ratio which is skewed due to NE's awful pass offense and personnel miscues that aren't necessarily on Cam. He's had his **** ups, particularly in weeks 6 and 7 (and then wasn't good today), but otherwise he's playing very well in spite of lack of talent and atrocious play calling.
Here's another thing to consider with the play calling:
It's basically the same issues Wilson dealt with in recent years. The team is too conservative and gets themselves in too many 2nd/3rd and longs because of bad running plays, then the QB looks awful because he's being asked to thrive in high pressure passing situations with awful surrounding support. Today, 15 of his 18 pass attempts came on 2nd and 3rd downs. The average distance to-go on those drop backs was 9.8 yards. That's absurd given what that offense has to work with.
Give Cam more deep balls and stop killing drives by running every 1st down. And more importantly, cut out the ****ing pitch plays from the playbook that almost never get more than a yard.