You are making a determination based on a two game sample. Within that two game sample the Patriots had one game where they scored well and kept Brady from having to throw an above average amount/ran the ball well (surest way to keep brady safe). Ultimately you may be right or you may be wrong but their is insufficient data to know with any certainty.
Personally I was looking forward to seeing December/January football where we had a well practiced power (or I should say more powerful) game. Would that be a good thing versus 2011's offesne is the unanswered question....
I think that you make a valid point reminding everyone of the small sample size, but it did certainly appear that the offense has some lack of consistency based on what we've seen so far.
To this current point Llyod has not done anything to really stretch the field as many had hoped, and only seems to be a slight upgrade from Branch's position last year, although one would assume that he and Brady will get on the same page with time.
That, and the injury to Hernandez kind of puts things in a bit of a more negative light. There are also those who seem to think that Gronk has not fully regaining his speed/footwork/separation quite yet, and is still a 1/2 step behind.
The desperation attempts to get Edelman involved with his limited WR skill set/route running capability also seem to be something of a concern.
It seemed as though the ARZ defense was still taking away the short/intermediate routes a lot, and that has led for many to believe that our offense has not made many strides as we had hoped before the season started.
Hopefully Llyod can continue to make progress and open up some of the more intermediate routes more, allowing us an upgrade over Branch's production and reliability from last year. Gronk regaining his 100% would also help, Winslow may be able to take over 50% of Hernandez, and Welker going back to the WWW that we know and love would be great too--not to mention needed.
