FOXBOROUGH — You know things are bad in Patriots Land when Tom Brady faces the media for 11 minutes and doesn’t get asked one single question about an opponent that’s undefeated with a defense that’s giving up a league-low 11 points per game.
Instead, as the fallout continued from Monday night’s 41-14 loss at Kansas City that dropped the Patriots to 2-2, Brady was peppered with queries about whether he’s past his prime, why he and the offense are struggling, and whether there is enough talent around him for the team to be successful.
“We’ll see,” said Brady before practice. “I mean, we’ll see here in a couple months where we’re at. We’ve got a lot of football to play, and we’re trying to find the things that we do well, and we’re trying to find the things we don’t do well.
“We’ve got to find ways to do a better job.”
Brady took more than a dozen questions, all having to do with the issues currently facing the Patriots, including the quarterback’s play. Through four games, the Patriots are 30th in the NFL in passing offense, 29th in total offense, and 24th in points, with Brady near the bottom of almost every meaningful passing statistic.
As criticism of the Patriots cascades from around the country, including from a number of former Patriots who are now television analysts, Brady appeared to expect his share of hits. Asked if the problems on offense are correctable or if there is a talent issue, Brady didn’t hesitate.
“I hope they’re correctable,” he said. “That’s what we’re trying to do. It’s why we go out and practice. There’s always going to be mistakes in football.
“Every team is competitive. They have very good players, they draft high, they have the same money they can spend on their team as we can spend on ours. It’s a tough league.
“When you don’t play well, certainly [when] you don’t on the road — we got off to a slow start, got behind — those are things that we’ve got to try to correct.
“We’ve got to try to certainly do a better job playing from ahead and try to get ahead and stay ahead. It’s a great opportunity for us this week to do that.”
The only time Brady mentioned the Cincinnati Bengals — who come into Sunday night’s game 3-0, and fresh off their bye week — was when he brought them up himself.
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