Editor's note: This is the "beat writer breakdown," a weekly series where he pose five questions to a reporter who covers Detroit's opponent. This week, Patriots beat writer Kevin Duffy of the Boston Herald is our victim. Follow his work here and find him on Twitter here. Detroit (0-2) hosts the Patriots (1-1) at 8:20 p.m. Sunday on NBC.
MLive: Tom Brady is the GOAT, everyone knows that. But the Patriots haven't exactly been a finely tuned machine through two weeks either. Is Father Time finally catching up to Brady?