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    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    Arm talent is kind of a meaningless term that people use as a proxy for any number of things. Maye certainly isn't as talented of a thrower as Caleb Williams. Joe Milton definitely has a bigger arm, as does Penix. Maye doesn't have a "cannon." It's not Anthony Richardson. It's not Josh Allen...
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    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    I like JT O'Sullivan, Kurt Warner and Kurt Benkert the most. I particularly like Benkert because he spent time in Green Bay and was in a couple of different west coast systems. He breaks down all the passes in a game and goes through the thought process with a pretty good attention to detail.
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    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    I don't think Maye's "arm/arm talent" is nearly as special as people make it out to be (I assume when people use these terms they're talking about some sort of combination of velocity, accuracy, using different arm angles, and maybe distance--although distance doesn't really matter a whole lot...
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    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    They tried to get Ridley and made an aggressive offer. Should they have given a 30 year old WR $30m/year with $60m guaranteed when he's facing the same cliff that OBJ, Julio Jones, and pretty much every NFL WR who relies on explosion and twitch faces and falls off from right around their age 30...
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    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    Judon was a great signing, so was Gilmore. I'm not saying you should never throw a bag at FAs. I am saying that Ridley, Jonah Williams, and Tyron Smith aren't those level of players. Spending for the sake of spending is dumb.
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    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    1) They haven't signed all their own players worth keeping; Barmore and Judon still need signing and will cost against the current cap. 2) Having $50m in space doesn't mean they should spend recklessly on mid or questionable talent. Keeping the cap space open provides flexibility for trades and...
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    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    Just went back to read the 2021 thread on signing Jonnu. So many were very excited and happy with the signing, and we know how that worked out. FA is a dangerous game and it's almost always better to sign your own players and invest in outside undervalued guys. But that's not as exciting as...
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    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    If they trade #3 for Jefferson, who is throwing him the ball?
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    Calvin Ridley, you in?

    Well yeah. The air yards per attempt helps explain his low completion percentage. His expected completion percentage takes air yards into consideration and says he was more inaccurate than he should have been.
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    Calvin Ridley, you in?

    I'm just not sure what Tennessee is doing. They have a group of expensive skill position players near the edge of the cliff and a QB who very likely sucks. Levis had the 4th worst completion % versus expected in the league, and I don't have a ton of confidence he's going to get better. If he...
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    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    My wish list (in no particular order) Mike Williams on a 2-yr deal DJ Humphries (he'll be an injury redshirt--or maybe PUP--but he could be your starting LT in 2025 at a bargain price coming off the ACL and late cut...this is a Bill looking to the future type move) One of the young...
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    Calvin Ridley, you in?

    Ridley is entering his age 30 season and WRs with his physical profile typically don't age well. He wins with speed, explosion, and twitch more than size, physicality, and next-level route running. I know he has less physical wear & tear than most 30 year old WRs, but I'm not convinced that...
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    2024 Draft Binkies

    Pre-combine, which players are you higher on than the consensus? QB JJ McCarthy: I've talked about him plenty. If Williams & Daniels go 1st and 2nd, I'd take him over Maye. He reminds me a lot of Aaron Rodgers coming out of Cal and I think this Packer Way group is going to really like him. He...
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    The Don Mattingly of Foxboro

    Ben Coates, Stanley Morgan and Andre Tippett for me
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    If I had to guess right now, I'd say 4 QBs go in the first 5 picks: 1) Chicago: Williams 2) Washington: Maye or Daniels 3) NE: Maye or Daniels or McCarthy (or someone trading up for one of the three) 4) Arizona: Harrison Jr. 5) Chargers: Open for business I think the Chargers end up trading...