He's just trying to explain that Randy wasn't the problem Sunday, it was the entire team. The O-line, Brady, and other receivers are far more to blame than Randy. How in the world is he supposed to have a huge game when they have 3 people on him deep, keeping him in front of them and Brady has no time to throw? He had no chance to succeed.
Randy is never the problem is what his most ardent supporters contend. Far more likely that Brady clown is, after all look at the history...
Moss is the root of the problem, although that wasn't necessarily of his doing. This team isn't built at the LOS to allow for Moss to be what he always was by design and at this stage in his career can really only be, a deep threat. Would another deep threat opposite him help? Possibly, if they locate and/or develop one who functions at a higher than average level. Easier said than done. Although even that that leaves Brady either taking blind shots downfield or checking down to avoid getting killed. This OL can't pass block long enough or consistently enough particularly when facing pressure up the middle which is far more difficult to compensate by merely tying up TE's and RB's as extra blockers.
This offense has no rhythm because it spends all day trying to involve Moss in the offense and then has to settle on one of two Mr. Reliables. Everyone else plays like what they have become, afterthoughts.
They need to upgrade the OL at either rate. Teams now know what works. The upgrades can be more gradual if the scheme changes and Brady has more short and intermediate weapons that are routinely accessible. I don't think they can rebuild an OL that can block for Brady to Moss consistently, let alone this version of Moss. That it worked out of the gate in 2007 was the true anomoly. Yes, he will still get his yards and his TD's, but it's through sheer force of will, and not necessarily his will. And it drains the will out of the rest of the team to be part of a team effort with the team has become two dimentional, Welker and Moss.
One of the biggest differences I noticed between Brady and the guys playing Sunday evening was those guys each had multiple weapons who could go deep or across the middle and for all appearances didn't seem to be facing defenses who could stop them as a result. Brady had the shell of Randy Moss, some kid who played QB in college subbing for the best slot receiver in the league and two ST'ers. All the other team had was an aging but motivated defense and a running back, but that was all it took.
Some want to blame the playcaller. That won't fly because he is limited by personnel and scheme. You can't change either on the fly. They started the year believing they were one thing, and it turned out they were same team that slouched off the field as the confetti rained down in SB 42, only minus a few veteran weapons on offense and defense that the coordinator's that day couldn't compensate for either. There were indications that would be the case dating back to 2008, but those were discounted because of what happened to the QB position in week 1.
At the end of the day the buck stops with Belichick. Maybe Moss deserves to be held accountable for his performance too, as does the OL and to a lesser extent the QB who is dependent on them to do his best work. None of that criticism is born of hate. It just is what it is. Bill had a great idea and it worked for a time until the league and maybe history caught up a lot faster and easier than he likely ever anticipated. If he had a better equipped OL maybe they don't perfect the blueprint. If Asante or Richard makes a play or two, maybe teams give up even trying...
This offense and defense used to be predicated on rewarding guys who did their job. Lately it is predicated on the seemingly endless effort to get them to cover for the reality that too many of them aren't either sufficiently equipped or driven to. The season we just entered, the off season, is the time to deal with that and hopefully rectify it.