Potent Offense Remains Saving Grace for Imperfect New England Patriots

December 13, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

With the prince of pro football at quarterback, the usually sharp and efficient New England Patriots have made a habit of winning an ugly sport's games in pretty fashion. 
So it says a lot that Tom Brady and the Pats were able to beat the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night despite an uncharacteristically sloppy performance. 
The Patriots turned the ball over three times, which is something they hadn't done in two-and-a-half seasons. They'd committed two or fewer turnovers in 45 consecutive regular-season and playoff games. Last time they coughed it up that many times in a home game? Midway through the 2013 season, when they beat the Denver Broncos 34-31 in overtime. 
Two of those turnovers came on returns inside their own red zone in the second half, with both fumbles leading directly to short-field Baltimore touchdown drives. The other came on an odd Brady interception—just his second of the season—in the Baltimore end zone. 
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