Tom Brady: How Patriots Are Better When Brady Does Less

Tom Brady is not putting up the jaw dropping numbers he did in the first two weeks of the season, but the Patriots offense is the best it has been all year. If this trend continues this offense is only going to get better.

The reason is that this offense is finding some balance. Take a look:

Brady's Numbers

Week 1: 517 yards, 4 touchdowns

Week 2: 423 yards, 3 touchdowns

Week 3: 387 yards, 4 touchdowns

Week 4: 226 yards, 2 touchdowns

Week 5: 321 yards, 1 touchdown

Now let's take a quick look at the rushing totals.

Rushing Totals

Week 1: 106 yards, 1 touchdowns

Week 2: 104 yards, 1 touchdowns

Week 3: 98 yards, 0 touchdowns

Week 4: 183 yards, 2 touchdowns

Week 5: 152 yards, 2 touchdowns

Conclusions

The Patriots run game is starting to come together. This starts with a commitment to the run game and that commitment is possible because of fantastic offensive line play.

This has turned the Patriots into one of the most balanced attacks in the NFL. While the Patriots proved last year that they could romp through the regular season on the strength of their passing game they also proved that relying on the passing game can kill you in the playoffs.

This offense is going to be nearly impossible to game plan for with the team running like this, and the more this team can move the ball without having to rely on Brady's arm the better they are going to be.