The New England Patriots dropped another primetime matchup against the Houston Texans in Week 13. Perhaps even worse is that their struggles on offense were on full display once again.
Although the final score was 28-22, the bulk of New England's points came in garbage time with the game already well out of reach. Head coach Josh McDaniels acknowledged that they still have yet get on the same page, via Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk:
“I don’t think there is any shortcut to being on the same page in terms of anticipating what the other person is thinking, seeing and feeling,” McDaniels said. “A lot is made of somebody thinking one thing and somebody else thinking something else. I think there are a lot of factors in the passing game that would determine what being on the same page really means. But practice repetition, there is no shortcut to it. Every rep we take in practice, every pass we throw, every side session that we’re able to take part in, every conversation, every one-on-one drill that we do in practice, every film session that we’re in, it just continues to try to build off of the last one.”
The inability to come together on offense this late in the season is hardly an encouraging sign for a potential resurgence. This clearly does not bode well for their high expectations when it comes to the playoffs.
It has become prevalent that there is a serious lack of firepower surrounding quarterback Tom Brady. As a result, there is plenty of speculation regarding whether or not they will try to bring in another weapon for the postseason.
While their flurry on offense versus the Texans may have come too late, it still gives McDaniels something to build off of heading into another high-profile matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 14. They will need all the momentum they can get in order to keep up with this explosive Chiefs offense.
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