FOXBORO — The Patriots defense is woefully bad at the moment.
It’s hard to think about repeating as Super Bowl champions when you’re last in the league in points allowed, yards surrendered and passing defense.
Tom Brady is a miracle maker and can cover up plenty of warts, but let’s be real. If this unit doesn’t improve, it’s hard to see the Patriots making much noise in the postseason.
“The problem with us now, we have too many things to fix,” defensive captain/safety Devin McCourty said yesterday. “It’s a week by week thing where we need to keep getting better.