New England Patriots: 3 Lesson learned vs. Steelers in Week 1 Win

1. The Patriots offense is scary good, with more help on the way

The final lesson that was learned for the Patriots after they cruised past the Steelers at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough in Week 1 was just how scary good this offense is and can be. What’s even scarier is that they have more help — that being Pro Bowl-type help — still on the way.

Led by Tom Brady behind center, the wide receiving duo of Julian Edelman, Josh Gordon and company, as well as the running back group anchored by James White and Sony Michel, New England has a nice balance within its offense that already made it one of the more feared offenses in the entire league.

But they are about to get even better in the coming weeks.

After news broke that Pro Bowler and former Pittsburgh Steelers (I guess you could also consider him a former Oakland Raider as well) wide receiver Antonio Brown was on the market as a free agent, rumblings began shortly after that Brown would be heading to Foxborough to join Brady and the gang in New England.

After that addition was made official a day before the Patriots would take on Brown’s former team in the Steelers in the season opener, Brown will add yet another dynamic playmaker to the New England offense that will help it continue to be one of the best teams in the NFL.

Brown, who signed a one-year, $15 million contract with the Patriots on Saturday evening, will now jump right into an offense that consists of Brady, Edelman, Gordon, White and Michel, among others.

The star wideout joins New England after spending nine years with the Steelers and like three drama-filled weeks with the Raiders. At 31 years old, Brown is still very much in the prime of his career. A season ago, Brown finished the campaign with 104 receptions, 1,297 total receiving yards and 15 touchdowns with Pittsburgh, playing in 15 of the 16 regular season contests.

Now, the dynamic wide receiver will join an offense anchored by one of the best quarterbacks the league has ever seen and will add to an already scary good offense in New England. That is as long as Brown will be able to keep his off-the-field drama in check.