Tom Brady’s mom: ‘You’re the fastest person on the field’

He didn’t really mean it when he said he had a “mole” at Gillette Stadium telling him which Patriots quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo or Jacoby Brissett, would play in Week 4.

“They have a new player back there for some reason”, he added, with a distinct roll of his eyes in referring Brady. The questioner was curious if Brady feeling less wear and tear might lead to better performance from a mobility standpoint. Buffalo won’t be facing Brissett this time around now that Tom Brady is back at the helm of Bill Belichick’s offense.

While LeGarrette Blount (566 yards and eight touchdowns) and the ground game are rolling, the passing game still has room to become more consistent and diverse, evident by the fact that 13 of Brady’s 17 completions against the Steelers went to either Julian Edelman or Rob Gronkowski.

Well they know something about systems in New England and I can assure they are not rigged, they are run to perfection.

Another Pats’ wide receiver, Chris Hogan, will be returning to the place he played the first four seasons of his career. He respects Brady about as much as any of his peers in the NFL.

Still, there’s quite a bit of tension between the two AFC East teams, beginning long before this season. Since taking over the starter’s job from Drew Bledsoe in 2001, Brady has a 25-3 record against Buffalo. They’ve outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points per game.

Rex Ryan said the pregame emotions had nothing to do with the Bills’ 16-0 win and won’t affect this week’s game. It’s about disguising pass-rush packages so that defense can pressure Brady when he’s least expecting it. While Brady has the edge in the win-loss column, he clearly appreciates what Ryan’s teams are able to do on the defensive side of the ball. The Patriots game-plan specifically for their opponent, so he has to be ready to adapt. Bills had four-game winning streak snapped in loss at Dolphins.

Football doesn’t have a ton of unwritten rules, but one is that you don’t run through the other team’s warmup drills before the game. “I kind of just grew up, so I guess you could say it was both of us”.

Yet it wasn’t enough to keep up with Brady or a Patriots offense that hummed with clinical efficiency when required. “You’re not going to let anybody push you around, you know what I’m saying?”

“It’s definitely going to be a totally different challenge with the pass, especially with the quarterback we went up against. I think there is an element of what you prepare for, you may not get many of those things”.

The Patriots have the second highest point differential in the league through seven games.