Tom Brady Makes Groundbreaking Statement About Patriots’ Offense Strength

The Patriots’ offense has been making headlines lately, and some still forget that the team was missing key players in the 34-10 loss to the Titans.

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski did not play due to his ankle and back injuries. Right guard Shaq Mason was out due to a calf injury. New England also played without running back Rex Burkhead. Running back James White did not play the same since his knee injury in Week 9. Left tackle Trent Brown, right tackle Marcus Cannon and tight end Dwayne Allen were banged up. So, yes, the Patriots’ offense was weak.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said that the offense can come back to full strength coming out of its Week 11 bye.

“I think we’re getting as close as we’ve been in a long time. This is kind of a good time for the bye. We’ve been at it for 14 weeks including the preseason. At this point, your body becomes — in my belief — pretty calloused to the football season. You’re used to the hits. Your body and your brain knows what it’s about to do every weekend. You have some guys who are dealing with some bumps and bruises, but hopefully, we can move into this stretch healthy. I know guys are feeling better and working hard,” the quarterback told Charlie Weis and Bob Papa on SiriusXM NFL Radio.

Burkhead will not come back until Week 13, but Gronk and Mason can sure return in Week 12. That will change everything.

“I’ve been at the stadium every day and everyone’s excited about — when you lose I think there’s a — you’re disappointed you lost because you put a lot of effort into it. But I think if you learn from the losses it becomes a positive and you say, ‘Guys, OK, we really clearly identified what we are not doing well, what we need to put more emphasis on,’ and a lot of times losses do that. And this week so much has been about our improvement and I think that when you look back on the film you gain confidence knowing that, great, we’ve executed really well a lot of the times or sometimes we haven’t and moving forward these are the things we’ve got to do well to execute well so that we can go play our best and having all our players out there obviously helps the cause. I mean, when you have your guys healthy and playing and practicing that’s only a positive and I think that can be a real positive for us moving forward.”

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