Yeah, especially considering his first two games were TENN and HOU. And though HOU is playing a lot better these days, they were abysmal with major QB issues at that time. They came into NE with that swagger and got demoralized.
They are! That was a pretty spotty performance at best and Tyrod simply missed throws, two that could have gone for TD's by my estimation. Butler was mostly more fortunate than good last week.
This is such an underrated part of Brady's game in this 'stats tell the whole story' generation. Welker may have had a few concussions here, but it was nothing like when he started playing with Manning. I remember Manning got him lit up by Devin last season and he was out the rest of the game with a bad back. Manning is known for getting receivers killed.
Decker is actually really good when he's not being asked to be a #1 or even #2 in some spots. He flourished in DEN because he was often option three or four in the game, which meant he was mostly likely always getting the other teams #3 or #4 guy or even a safety. Any NFL WR worth anything should win match-ups like that all the time.