Tom Brady’s Preseason Struggles Not a Major Concern Without Key Offensive Pieces

August 29, 2015   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

It's preseason, the New England Patriots are missing many of their key players, and Tom Brady looks mortal. 
That can mean only one thing: It must be time to push the panic button.
Brady threw a pair of interceptions in the first half of the Patriots' 17-16 preseason win vs. the Carolina Panthers, which elicited the usual "sky is falling" reaction from football writers and fans across the Internet:
Of course Brady is distracted. Of course it's a good thing he won't play until after he serves a four-game suspension. 
His struggles this preseason couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that he was throwing to Chris Harper (an undrafted rookie free agent) and Reggie Wayne (who just signed with the team days before this game). It couldn't at all have to do with the protection issues in the middle, where the Patriots currently have three rookies; two of them could be starting in Week 1, but undrafted center David Andrews is not one of them.
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