 The Patriots entered the season without their two starting wide receivers from 2005; David Givens left in free agency while Deion Branch held out for a new contract before being traded in early September.Eventually replacing them with Reche Caldwell and Jabar Gaffney, who was signed as a street free agent in October.Back-to-back losses in November ended the team's streak of 57 games without consecutive losses, three games shy of the NFL record.