The Patriots’ have thrown an NFL-high 96 passes, a tempo that, if it lasted 17 video games, would end in Mac Jones shattering the NFL file for makes an attempt in a season. But Bill Belichick says that doesn’t say something particularly in regards to the Patriots’ offensive identification.

Asked in the present day in regards to the offense, Belichick mentioned he doesn’t care whether or not they run or go so long as they rating.

“Look, that’ll fluctuate a little bit from game to game. Do what we think is best each game. Try to score as many points as we can,” Belichick mentioned.

Belichick famous that working the ball a excessive variety of instances solely issues if the crew additionally wins the sport.

“I’d like to score as many points as possible. More than the other team,” Belichick mentioned. “What do you want to do? Run the ball 50 times? Is that a goal? All right, if you win, great. If you don’t then, so? We’ve won games throwing three passes and we’ve won games throwing 50 passes. So do what you need to do to win.”

Belichick can’t be completely satisfied that beginning working again Rhamondre Stevenson is averaging simply 2.8 yards per carry, whereas newly arrived backup Ezekiel Elliott is averaging 3.5. But the most important problem for the Patriots is that they’ve been enjoying from behind for many of this season, which suggests they’ve been passing the ball rather a lot. They’re not 0-2 as a result of they’ve been passing the ball a lot, they’ve been passing the ball a lot as a result of they’ve been dropping.