For much of the 2025 offseason, there was a strong belief that the New England Patriots' offense would be the biggest concern for the season ahead, mainly because a lot of money was spent on improving the defense in free agency. While that hasn't necessarily been the case so far, there have been defensive flaws that continue to be a problem each week and could create chaos in the games leading to the playoffs.
Although the defense has been fairly dominant, it has developed a pattern of allowing opposing offenses to march down the field on early series and scoring first, forcing the Patriots' offense to play from behind right away.