Interesting breakdown from PatsFans’ Ian Logue.
Taking a deeper look, the first quarter hasn’t exactly been their strong point anyway over the past six seasons. As a matter of fact, it’s actually been one of their lower production quarters in terms of total points dating back to 2006.
They’ve scored fewer points than any other quarter in three of those years, including this season, 2010 and 2008 (where Brady was sidelined for the season with his knee injury). It was their 2nd lowest scoring quarter in ’07 (134 total points – their highest number of points in that quarter from ’05-’11), and their 2nd lowest quarter in ’06 (74 total points).
But it hasn’t taken them long to get started, because the second quarter has been a completely different story. The Patriots have seen their most offensive production come in the 2nd quarter in recent years, having scored more points that quarter than any other in every season dating all the way back to 2006.