Reading through bits of this thread, I get the sense that a lot of people are knee-jerk reacting to how poorly the offense looked yesterday after Edelman went down. It was ugly, not gonna discount that. But in-game injuries play havoc to game plans/game prep. Of course Edelman is a huge loss, coupled with Lewis being out Brady lost his go-to quick-strike options and that has a cascading effect which we saw last night: Brady can't get rid of the ball as quickly as in the past, revealing some O-line weaknesses and ultimately Brady's pressured/hit/flushed from the pocket.
All that said, my thought on this injury is it makes the O-line health that much more important. One way or another they've gotta find a split second more time because he doesn't have those reliable binkies who're open right off their opening break. And I think the O-line is more of a 'patience' type thing, where the injured players are expected back in the short term. With it, I think Brady get a little more pocket time, Gronk isn't asked to stay in and block as much and Amendola/Lafell/Gronk plus Dobson/Blount/White/Bolden are enough for this to remain an elite offense. Maybe not a near-historic offense, but still one of the best in the NFL.
