It looked to me that Tom Brady was not AS immobile and hobbled-appearing, as he had been in the previous couple of games.
I suspect that he got so many sacks and was all banged up in those recently past games.
I know he is mostly not mobile anyway, but I do think it appeared that the extra few days to rehab and to rest, between the last two games, had helped him, for most of last night's Monday game.
And most of the time, he got rid of the football sooner, last night, than holding on to it too long, as in previous 2, so I think that helped the overall offense and team.
The defense was on the field a LOT shorter amount of time, last night, than it had been in previous games, and it was on the field a LOT less than the offense was, last night,
so this game did not lean AS heaviliy on the defense, as the previous ones had, in my own opinion.
Except that, of course, that super defense, held the opponents back,
and caused all those fumbles, interceptions and other turnovers, and the Pats defense again stopped many 1st downs/touchdowns, and even scored points,
SO YES,
the defense is leading the way, for the Pats, this year.
It just seemed to me, that the offense did do better, in that game.
Baltimore will present a bigger challenge for the Pats, though.