New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady might be the greatest player at his position in the history of the sport, but even he gets frustrated when certain things aren't going his way.
One of those things? Not being able to finish drives when the team reaches the right side of the 50-yard marker.
“(Struggle) is a good word for it. Have to finish them off. Know I’ve said that about 100 times this year,” Brady said according to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com after Sunday’s 21-13 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Patriots are an incredibly strange team this season. Despite averaging 393.5 yards of offense per game in their last four wins and having the No. 1 total offense in the NFL entering Week 8, New England's defense leaves a lot on the table in terms of quality play (or, at least, they were).
Still, somehow, despite the sometimes yucky football, Tom Brady and company enter their bye-wee with an overall record of 6-2. The bye-week is a bit of a blessing, as the team could obviously use some of that time to troubleshoot the issues they are having finishing drives.
To give some credit to the defense, one that sames to have improved from the start of the season, after giving up 32 points per game through the first month of the season, the Patriots defense has allowed only 51 points in their last four games.
On the flip side, now the offense is slipping, having gone from 32.3 points per game in the first month to averaging 21.8 points per game over their last four games.
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