Injuries, weather, opponents, etc.
Pats' first 5 games opponent's *current* defense passer rating against
Pit: 83.7 (#6)
Mia: 105.6 (#30)
NYJ: 94.5 (#20)
Buf: 80.0 (#4)
Was: 102.8 (#27)
AVG: 93.3 (#17.4)
Pats' last 5 games opponent's *current* defense passer rating against
NYG: 103.5 (#28)
NYJ: 94.5 (#20)
Cle: 91.0 (#19)
Bal: 79.5 (#3)
Phi: 89.6 (#15)
AVG: 91.6 (#17.0)
Brady's first 5 games: 118-187 (63.1%), 1,409 yds, 7.5 y/a, 10 td, 2 int, 99.4 rating
Brady's last 5 games: 138-215 (64.2%), 1,343 yds, 6.3 y/a, 4 td, 3 int, 82.0 rating