The New England Patriots defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, avenging their Super Bowl 52 loss and improving to 9-1 on the season.
However, Tom Brady is not happy.
Brady completed just 26 of his 47 throws for 216 yards as the Patriots mustered just 289 yards of total offense en route to scoring 17 points in a seven-point win over an Eagles team that was missing its top two wide receivers.
Not only that, but Philadelphia's pass defense has been maligned all season long, and yet, New England was not able to get anything going throughout the majority of the game.
“It's just frustration with the offense; we're trying to grind them out,” Brady said on WEEI's The Greg Hill Show on Monday morning. “I'm happy we won on the road, but at the same time, I just wish we'd score more points. We have to figure out how we can fix our problems as best we can.”
Brady acknowledged that there is somewhat of a learning curve offensively, as the Pats just acquired wide receiver Mohamed Sanu ahead of the Week 8 trade deadline, and rookie wide out N'Keal Harry made his debut on Sunday after spending the first 10 weeks on injured reserve.
Still, the six-time Super Bowl champion thinks the Patriots simply need to go out and get things done:
“I just wish we would play better offensively,” Brady said. “We have to go do it. I don't think it's about talking about it. It's about doing it and trying to get the best we can out of our offense, and seeing if we can be more productive and score more points.”
New England is well on its way to locking down yet another first-round bye, but if the Pats don't get their offense straightened out, reaching a fourth straight Super Bowl might be a tougher task than initially expected.
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