The Patriots are better than their playing dispite Cam and the pass catchers

No excuses, not talking about the opt-outs or the free agents lost but the 53-man on the roster and the extra guys in the practice squad. The Patriots are better than they're playing. Normally excuse of guys aren't getting open would fly but thanks to NFL analyst, who watched the coaches tape, the pass catchers don't get all the blame.

Edelman is injured but is a number 2 that's been playing in the number one role almost his entire career. Harry's injured but like I said last year he's a two or three that the Patriots reached on. The rest of the receiving unit are number three or worse.

Keane looks good in his debut for the Limited usage and Asiasi has been primarily used as a blocker. As for Izzo, with how the Patriots quarterbacks are throwing him the ball, he'd have to be 7 foot 6 inches with 5 foot long arms.

Now I'm not by any means making that an excuse for the Patriots, the Patriots pass catchers are getting open but they're also struggling to get separation. 

Add to that two average passes and a sophomore quarterback with no NFL experience, who's been thrown in during two pressure situations where the team was down but close enough for comeback.

The Patriots offense is turn the ball over 15 times, 11 of those have been through the air. The 12th ranked scoring defense, which is getting a bad rep but carrying the team, has 13 takeaways.

Yet somehow the Patriots have only converted 31 of their 77 third downs and have only reached the redzone 23 times. Of those 23 trips, the Patriots have only converted 52% for touchdowns. 

So 3 of every 5 drives the Patriots are either kicking a field goal or punting the ball. Bailey has kicked 33 punts and the Patriots are ranked 29th in offensive scoring.

All the talk right now is trade the Patriots defenders, the defense is still playing at a Super Bowl caliber level. It's mainly the secondary but still. Destroy the defense to improve the offense makes zero sense.

Most non Patriots fans will agree that the Patriots have average pass-catchers. However since week three, those same fans are ask if Cam Newton's a top quarterback, than why does he need OBJ, Julio Jones, or an elite tight end; why can't he make do with an lower tier number one.

The reason is, all he's a playmaker with his legs and has arm strength, he's still only an average passer; playing like a fourth round sophomore. Hoyer isn't any better. 

Point is the pass catchers and quarterbacks are both equally to blame for the teams record. It's correctable but it's all about execution. Until Belichick fixes that, the team is going to struggle.