by Rivers McCown
It's not actually news that the New England Patriots don't have a great offense anymore. It feels more urgent than it did at this time last year because those Patriots teams had Rob Gronkowski, arguably the best receiving tight end to ever play, banged up for much of the season. There was the expectation that the Patriots would fall back into that cushion in the playoffs, and they did. Gronkowski caught 12 of 18 balls in the AFC title game and the Super Bowl for 166 yards. (That does not mean the Patriots looked good in the Super Bowl on offense -- in fact, many of the problems that belied them in that Super Bowl have lingered.