Assuming you can get a good enough offer to move down and assuming Wolf nails a lot of the picks (which is highly questionable)
Brady gets them 17 points minimum today. Brady wins against Seattle. No doubt they’d be 3-2 right now.
I don't disagree. But Tom Brady is the best QB in NFL history. You rarely end up with players like that.
This is right. They aren’t only bad they are boring. Best case scenario for exciting football with Brissett under center is they break out the wild cat in a game.
I agree with you that there are hypothetical scenarios where prime Brady can get this roster to 3-2, but they they are FAR from certain because, again, this team fucking sucks.
As fans, we were the laughing stock of the league basically from the mid 1960's through 2000, we had flashes in 1976, 1985, 1996, then 2001 changed all of that.
Obviously. Last year Tom Brady wasn’t the GOAT at that point though. We wouldn’t need peak TB12. Last year of his career TB12 would have them 3-2. The roster isn’t great but a good QB has them with a winning record right now.
Well a poster named "toe nash" should probably have the final say on this topic.
I thought today was kind of embarrassing despite it being close and competitive. Miami without Tua is awful, and the Patriots looked totally inept.
I actually regret this name choice because of how the actual Toe Nash turned out, but good point.
Yea but I look at it as the defense did what you would hope, same for special teams outside the miss. The offense being bad was what everyone predicted. I saw the starters on the OL and am not even sure I recognized more than 2 of them. Every guy on the OL outside of Onwenu is at or near the bottom of the league
RB are free, which is why the Rham extension is my least favorite move of the offseason.
Lot of discussion on this topic. I’d love to add more but you all said it well. It’s the rule and I am disappointed he couldn’t make a nice catch. Good receivers make hard catches. Polk might be putting up decent separation numbers but he’s 9 of 19 for 74 yards and 1 TD. He was 1 of 6 today and not on the same page with JB. It’s not all his fault and he has had some nice moments but he’s not a game changer or show up like a game changer so far in his very young career.
It's just irrelevant. He's a fine player but yea it makes no sense. But whoever is the RB the next time this team is competitive is probably not on the current roster.
They are EPA, DVOA, raw stats wise all about 26th worst on offense and defense and just lost 15-10 to an awful Fins team with a backup QB who hasn’t had a lead in 4 games. You should and they should want to win. The fact that they are averaging 12.4 PPG, worse than last year, and the defense has taken a step back is alarming. They won the turnover margin 2-0 and lost. Something like 84-89% of teams who win the turnover margin by 2+ win the game. We failed to. You want them to play with more discipline too. It’s hard to see how culture is being built early on. Way too many bad penalties and shitty situation football. Not to mention the awful end of half management.
Yeah there is no rule or recipe that teams can follow to guarantee instant rebuilds except drafting a stud rookie QB. People saying that this team should be competing right now feel like they were expecting the exception. Typically NFL limbo lasts a while...
Yeah, the Patriots made the playoffs in 2021... that's not even Limbo by NFL standards.
As soon as the tap hits, it should be a touchdown. It doesn’t make sense.
I'm agreeing with you, the Patriots being bad for 3,4, 5 years is to be expected in the NFL, they've been bad for 2 seasons tops coming into this one. People who expected the team to just never be bad, or only for 1 year weren't being reasonable, probably because the Patriots had a 20 year streak that is basically unrivaled in NFL history.
Apologies.
This is where I am. The narrative that BB is nothing without TB12 is common, but Rk without BB is not off to a stunning start.
Don't buy that at all. It's a trash roster but a QB can elevate players. Brissett has zero ability to do that. He's cooked. It's time to play Maye and if I am Mayo I'm telling to Van Pelt to get Maye ready for next week or find another job elsewhere.
I applaud your proper usage here. We need a Q who can throw T passes.
SO the key really is before he even catches it, it's hard, but a lot of WRs what they would do is not take the big step backwards but instead go up with the legs closer together then straighten out so the feet hit first. Would have to be a really good catch though, throw was just too high.
They're building a culture just fine: a losing culture. Losing is contagious and everyone on this team is catching it.
This was a bad guess, just 2 runs killed by penalties, but in total, there were 7 penalties accepted that screwed up drives, including the two cited on run plays. Grouped together by drives:
The throw was awful and it's lucky that Polk came as close to catching it as he did. I'm usually hard on WR's, but that one was entirely on the QB.
So looking through the PBP it isn't all that indefensible even without knowing when Brissett checked to pass:
Yes. And it's a stupid rule. I'm not sure why you are so confused about this. I'm equally unsure why you're hellbent on being an asshole about it.
They know they’re all getting canned if Maye doesn’t play well. It’s job preservation at this point. Ownership has to demand it for it to happen. Enough of this shit.
