The Patriots QB was not pleased with how his team played against the Jaguars.
Sunday’s performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars wasn’t good enough in Tom Brady’s eyes. A win is a win, but there’s something to be said about how each one is put together.
Being bailed out on a last-second interception in a 23-16 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars told Brady that there’s still work to be done.
“We played pretty terribly out there," Brady said. "It came down to the wire, our defense made some plays, but that was a bad 60 minutes of football. We got outcompeted out there, outfought. We were lucky to win."
The Patriots came out slow, Brady threw two early interceptions, and Jacksonville built a 13-3 lead before New England came back to take the lead. The result wasn’t decided until safety Patrick Chung picked off Chad Henne in the end zone on the final play of the game.
So what was the problem? Was it the injuries on both sides of the ball? Did New England take Jacksonville too lightly?
“We just didn’t play well. We just didn’t compete,” he said. “If you don’t compete in the NFL, it’s going to be close.”
Brady added: “Execution was terrible, that was easy to see. We didn’t do anything.”
Brady started the game 2 of 9 passing for 50 yards with two interceptions. Things rebounded and he finished 24 of 41 for 267 yards with two touchdowns to along with the interceptions.
That period of competence did nothing to ease his feelings, though, and Brady said he’s concerned about how the team is competing after also coming out flat last week in a loss to the 49ers.
“Sure, you get very concerned when you don’t play well,” he said. “That’s very evident by the way we performed. We better have a good week of practice or it’s going to be just as tough against Miami.”