New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, is leading his banged up Brady bunch against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday and although his Patriots are 4-0, Mike Florio of NBCSports reports that Brady knows the offense will be better once a few of his favorite targets come back from injury.

Brady is having a poor year statistically.  So it is only natural that Brady wants his favorite tight end, Rob Gronkowski, back between the sidelines.  Brady, in an interview with Jim Gray, had this to say about his eccentric TE:

He’s been on the active roster for the last four weeks and I’ve seen him every day working as hard as he can to get back.  So it ends up being a medical decision and that’s not my role.  So I’m just waiting for the day that he does get back because he adds so much to our offense.  Every week that he’s been out there he’s made significant improvement.  So it’ll be great when he’s back and it’ll be great when we get Danny Amendola back and Shane Vereen back and finally we can see what our offense is really made of.   Whether that’s this week or the following week or the following week.   I mean those things are really not determined by me.

If Brady could make those decisions, no doubt he would have them all on the field at once.  Let us be honest here, I would be surprised if the Patriots could get Vereen, Gronkowski and Amendola healthy at the same time to get them all playing together.

In regards to Gronkowski, there is much back and forth as to when he will be ready to play.  Some reports have everyone from his agent to his father telling him to play or not to play.  Brady calls it a "medical decision." 

If you follow me, you know my take on it.  Gronkowski will play when Patriots head coach Bill Belichick tells him to play.  Former Pats V.P. of player personnel, Scott Pioli, echoed my sentiments, explaining during last Sunday’s edition of Football Night in America, that coach Belichick does not listen to “camps” or parents or anyone else when deciding whether a player is ready to play.  Pioli also added, "Belichick loves the uncertainty that comes from contradictory and inconsistent reports, since it forces opponents to spend time planning to face a guy who ultimately may not play."

The Patriots head into Week 5 undefeated and Brady knows his offense will get better when he gets more of his toys put back in his toy box.  Until then, it is status quo and all systems go in Foxborough, MA.


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