When!! I don’t believe this has happened. Give me a year! Last year we played their backups in week 17 was 2005 and we won. This has to be from 2000-2004, it never happened.
top of my head
We beat them in 2000 to clinch the afc east in week 17.
They beat us in a hard fought game in 01 but that was week 16 and their starters
They knocked us out of the playoffs in 2002 but that was their starters.
We didn’t play them in week 17 2003 they beat us in that snow game In Foxboro but it was starters.
In 04 we didn’t play in week 17 and our crappy team actually beat the NE starters in a late season game.
I don’t think BB ever crushed us with his backups ever in history.