FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots offense is accustomed to breaking records under the leadership of quarterback Tom Brady, but the 2014 version is performing and sounding more like a broken record through the first three games.

Following Sunday’s 16-9 win over the Oakland Raiders (0-3) in the Patriots’ (2-1) home opener – one coach Bill Belichick described as “grind it out” while veteran cornerback Darrelle Revis said was simply “ugly” – the story was once again about a passing attack that just can’t find any consistency or traction.

“We’re going to try to keep making improvements,” Brady said shortly after stepping off the field Sunday evening. “I don’t think anything is perfect out there. There are some teams that are playing really well already. We’re not really doing that offensively yet.

“Defensively we played great but it’s a team sport. We’ve got to handle our business and do our job, whether it’s situationally, whether it’s scoring when we need to score. Not turning the ball over has been good – I think we’ve done a good job of that. We’ve just got to score more points. Especially getting down to the red area and having opportunities to score and not being able to do it.”

In the victory, Brady finished completing 24 of 37 passes for 234 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a 91.5 passer rating. He was sacked twice – hellacious hits from rookie Khalil Mack and veteran Justin Tuck – and hit six times.

Brady’s protection has been a major problem. But so, too, has his rapport with his receivers. Julian Edelman was once again the top target, catching 10 of the 13 passes thrown his way for 84 yards.

Even Edelman, who leads the team with 22 catches and has accounted for 260 of Brady’s 632 passing yards through three games, knows the passing game just isn’t where it needs to be as a collective unit.

“Not good enough; 16 points,” Edelman said of the offensive chemistry at this point. “Everyone has to get better. There were a couple plays where we weren’t on the same page, and we have to have better chemistry, so there you go.”

With a night to sleep on the seemingly somewhat unfulfilling victory over the visiting Raiders, Brady didn’t feel much better about his group, other than his slot receiver who has basically carried the load and been the team MVP.

“I think that there’s not one person on our team that has good individual statistics this year,” Brady said in his weekly Monday morning appearance on WEEI radio in Boston. “If we want to look at individual statistics for running back or receiver, tight end, quarterback – our offense hasn’t been producing, so no one’s going to have good statistics. That’s just the way it is. It’s not an individual problem. It’s a collective problem by our entire offense, the reason why we’re not producing more and producing better.

“We’ve all got to figure out how to do a better job of that. It’s not one person. It’s not singling any person out to say, ‘Wow, if this person were out, or if this person were in,’ or … I mean, if we had 11 people on the field that were producing like Julian Edelman, we’d have a pretty good offense. We’ve got one guy.”

That has been good enough to win two games through three weeks. But it’s not nearly good enough to meet the high expectations everyone in New England, including Brady, have for the Patriots passing game.

New England’s passing attack is a work in progress. But so far, that work has seemingly led to little progress.

“We just need to do a better job in a lot of areas; just keep working to improve,” Belichick said Monday. “I thought we did some things well but not consistently. We’ve just got to keep working to get to a higher level all the way across the board in all positions, all the units, coaches, players – all of us. We just have to keep working harder to improve and be more consistent.”

–WR Aaron Dobson was a healthy scratch against the Raiders. The second-round pick from a year ago had made his season debut in Week 2 in Minnesota. Dobson missed most of the offseason and training camp working back from foot surgery but has not be listed on the injury report during the regular season.

Kenbrell Thompkins, who had been a healthy scratch a week earlier, replaced Dobson on the active roster against Oakland, catching one pass for 16 yards a week after Dobson caught one pass for 13 yards.

“We just try to take everything into consideration when we go with our final 46-man active roster – the game plan, the matchups, the different roles in the kicking game and sometimes how that affects other positions,” coach Bill Belichick said Monday.

–CB Alfonzo Dennard missed his second straight game due to a shoulder injury. The third-year starter had a shoulder procedure this offseason and was limited for much of the summer on PUP. With him out of action second-year backup Logan Ryan was forced into starting action and struggled against Oakland.

–DT Sealver Siliga left the first half of the win over Oakland with a foot injury and did not return. The veteran had previously been limited in practice while dealing with a hand injury.

–C Bryan Stork, a fourth-round rookie, saw action in the fourth quarter for the second straight week as the Patriots continue to search for the right offensive line combination. Dan Connolly started at center once again, but bumped over to right guard when Stork entered the game, sending Jordan Devey to the sideline.

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PASSING OFFENSE: C-MINUS – New England not only is failing to live up to its own reputation right now, it’s failing to produce with any consistency. Tom Brady finished completing 24 of 37 passes for 234 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a 91.5 rating. He was sacked twice and hit six times by the Raiders as the pass protection continues to be a major factor in the aerial struggles. Julian Edelman was once again a one-man show, hauling in 10 passes for 84 yards. The rest of Brady’s targets totaled 14 catches. The quarterback missed a number of open receivers throughout the day as he once again struggled to get on the same page with his complementary targets. Another week and another play wiped out by an offensive pass interference call for receivers blocking before the catch. Josh McDaniels’ unit has a lot of work to do.

RUSHING OFFENSE: D – The Raiders came in having allowed 400 yards on the ground and a 5-yard average through two games. The Patriots mustered just 76 yards and a 2.4-yard average on 32 attempts. Stevan Ridley “led” the way with 19 attempts for just 54 yards and a 2.8-yard average. The offensive line isn’t protecting Brady and it isn’t opening up much room to work on the ground. First-year Patriots offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo is really starting to hear some criticism for his group, one that couldn’t get anything going on the ground against what has been the worst run defense in football to open the season.

PASS DEFENSE: B – A week after notching six sacks and four interceptions in a win over Matt Cassel and the Vikings, New England’s pass defense wasn’t nearly as efficient making plays in the hard fought win over Oakland. The Patriots didn’t sack rookie starter Derek Carr all day, and didn’t record an interception until Vince Wilfork’s deflected game-clincher in the final minutes. Carr completed 21 of his 34 throws for 174 yards with no touchdowns and the one score for a 62.6 rating. He didn’t make a lot of mistakes, but didn’t make many plays, either, as he threw to nine different targets. Running back Darren McFadden had a team-high four catches for just 6 yards, while James Jones led the way with 43 yards on his three receptions. The back end got the job done against a team with limited ability to move the ball through the air in this early point in the rookie quarterback’s progression.

RUSH DEFNSE: B – After being pushed around on opening day, New England’s rush defense has been pretty productive against limited tests in the last two weeks. The group held Oakland to just 67 yards on 22 attempts for a 3-yard average. McFadden was the lead back for the Raiders, but turned his 18 attempts into a mere 59 yards with a long run of 10 yards. Linebackers Jerod Mayo and Dont’a Hightower led the way up front with solid tackling as the Patriots more than did their job on the ground.

SPECIAL TEAMS: B – Stephen Gostkowski hit his trio of short field-goal attempts (21, 20, 36) as he remains perfect on the season. He also boomed all four of his kickoff attempts for touchbacks. Special teams ace Matthew Slater made a nice tackle on an early punt to drop T.J. Carrie where he caught the ball and the Pro Bowler then had a heady 26-yard kickoff return on a short kick later in the game. Ryan Allen put two of five punts inside the 20, with a long of 58 and a net of 40.8 on the afternoon. The Patriots didn’t get much in the return game, but otherwise did a nice all-around job in the kicking game.

COACHING: C – The Patriots used to be a team that made its hay with in-game adjustments. That hasn’t seemed to be the case in 2014. New England starts slow and then comes out of halftime slow. New England punted on its first two possessions of the game and to being the second half against Oakland. The offensive line couldn’t improve the pass rush as the game went on. McDaniels couldn’t scheme up any consistency in the passing game or create any balance. Bill Belichick and his staff can’t find the right mix on the offensive line or on the receiver rotation. That’s a big part of why New England’s offense remains an unproductive work in progress.