Patriots (2004) Stats 
 Team Offense 
  |---------- PASSING -----------||----- RUSHING -----| TOTAL 
  CMP ATT YD YPA TD INT ATT YD YPA TD YD 
  293 485 3750 7.73 29 14 524 2134 4.07 15 5884 
 NFL rank ---> 20 22 13 8 7 11 5 7 18 10 7   
 Team Defense 
  |---------- PASSING -----------||----- RUSHING -----| TOTAL 
  CMP ATT YD YPA TD INT ATT YD YPA TD YD 
  315 538 3400 6.32 18 20 405 1572 3.88 9 4972 
 NFL rank ---> 22 26 17 11 10 7 5 6 11 8 9   
 Colts (2004) stats 
 Team Offense 
  |---------- PASSING -----------||----- RUSHING -----| TOTAL 
  CMP ATT YD YPA TD INT ATT YD YPA TD YD 
  354 526 4732 9.00 51 10 427 1852 4.34 10 6584 
 NFL rank ---> 6 15 2 1 1 2 20 15 11 20 2   
 Team Defense 
  |---------- PASSING -----------||----- RUSHING -----| TOTAL 
  CMP ATT YD YPA TD INT ATT YD YPA TD YD 
  365 557 3892 6.99 26 19 440 2037 4.63 12 5929 
 NFL rank ---> 31 30 29 24 22 10 15 24 30 15 29       
 Hi Ax bro, in 2004 New England Defense was better than Colts. You can check the stats. 
 But the Colts Offense was much better than Patriots but still they could not win a single game with Patriots. So, this year Colts have good defence as well as good offense but the Patriots had none of their defensive playmakers which was the main reason for the patriots downfall. But now most of the players are back except Tyrone Poole "who's gonna be missed a lot" but the return of two good players and running back will definitely make the difference in how they play in their upcoming games.