I mean if you want to adjust for defense we can clearly take away this year's win over the Jets as well, leaving Mac with a single win this season.
I'm trying to get away from better team makes better numbers arguments and focus on what Mac delivers in bad games.
I'm not sure I know what "focus on what Mac delivers in bad games" means. I say that with sincerity.
I wasn't adjusting for defense, but if you're going to do that, we should remove 3 of Brady's wins, no?
I mean, the Miami game the Pats won 20-10. This where their scoring "drives" started:
Miami 37 after a Miami fumble (field goal)
Pats 31 after the Pats blocked a field goal (field goal)
Miami 10 after a Samuel pick (touchdown)
Miami 24 after a Samuel pick (touchdown)
Their other 7 drives were 5 punts, end of half and end of game. This year's Pats have generated 5 turnovers total, and none in that Jets game.
In the Buffalo game that the Pats won 19-17, the game started with a strip sack of Brady for a touchdown. The Pats were down 17-7, crawled back to a 19-17 lead, and Brady threw an awful pick to the Bills, but the immortal JP Losman couldn't get it done, Richard Seymour sacked him on their last drive, and then clock killing Corey Dillon (with a bit of Maroney) ended the game.
In the Jets game, the Pats jumped out to a 24-0 lead with 9:00 minutes to go in the 3rd, and then when they cut it to 24-7, Brady threw a pick leading to a touchdown, 24-14, then Brady fumbled the next possession, leading to a 24-17 game.
The Jets were then driving down the field, after blocking a Ghost field goal that would have ended the game, and Pennington threw a pick to Bruschi at the Pats 21 to end the game.
If Tom Brady is getting the credit for these wins, so be it, but that 2006 Pats team was far better than the one we're watching this season (at least, they were defensively, especially in the first half of the season).
So when the question posed is what would Tom Brady do with this team in 2023, the answer should be "not much" because this team doesn't have the players that 2006 team did that helped Brady go 6-1.