For all of the success has had identifying stars on the defensive side of the ball, the coach has struggled mightily in recent seasons to equip an offense with elite skill-position players.
The Patriots' struggles have gotten so bad in that regard that one executive categorized them as the worst group in the .
"It's the worst group of skill players in the NFL, and you should probably put skill players in quotes," the executive told Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports. "That has to be the slowest offense in the league."
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