EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In the New England Patriots' first 14 games of the season, they averaged 71.6 offensive snaps per contest.
In Sunday’s 26-20 overtime loss to the Jets, they totaled just 56.
The offensive struggles contributed to coach Bill Belichick’s decision to kick off at the start of overtime.
“When Coach makes decisions like that, he takes everything into consideration, and everything that’s happened over the course of the afternoon,” quarterback Tom Brady said on WEEI on Monday morning. “As far as an offense goes, I said after the game that it wasn’t like we were tracking the ball up and down the field.