I’m not mad, but they look like a bottom three team again with no real way out. They have way more bad than good and no real great. That’s a failure at the top.
I might say the same thing every week.
If wins aren’t the goal for the head coach he shouldn’t be a head coach. As fans, the best outcome is to lose and restock via the draft. But Mayo isn’t a fan.
“Years of empty drafts” is a huge stretch
They converted the 4th and 3, then ran 3 plays: a -1 yard rush, an incomplete pass, and a 4 yard pass to set up a 4th and 7 from the 17 with 9 seconds left. I don’t think it is crazy to let the clock run out then in a 41-21 game.
This was what I figured happened, the TV crew wasn’t any good so unsurprisingly they didn’t pick up on that either.
They're going to have to draft their way out, and if Polk, Robinson, Wallace and Baker are the first draft, then there's concern about evaluation. Anyone know if Wolf kept BB's college draft evaluators (since that work was in the can)? And are they still on staff, or is Wolf brining in his group?
It clearly mattered to them to pick up the 1st on 4th down, but then they just didn't try after that.
I think it is a bit early to be writing off 4 players drafted in rounds 2 through 5 who have a total of 11 games played.
Refs had a horrible day, arguably a legit goat. This game should have been much closer despite the talent disparity.
Well, that's a problem, isn't it? Call a time out. Get another opportunity to score a TD.
He's also an employee and his bosses are fans.
If they did what you ask for, and Maye suffered a season ending injury, you wiukd be the first guy robbed ripping into them for taking a stupid risk.
This is reasonable, but what's so concerning is that there has been seemingly zero incremental improvement. They're so much worse than even last year. And Mayo is being trusted to oversee a massive rebuild when he's never even called plays before.
If they were concerned about a possible injury then they shouldn't have gone for it on 4th down.
The first sentence isn't true though. Just today, we saw improvement from Drake Maye from the first snap to the last. Pop Douglas looked better today than he has all year. Boutte finally flashed a bit. I haven't dissected any tape, but every snap gives them more information on what this offensive line can do and not do. Defensively, they faced a great RB, really good QB, two very good receivers including an absolute burner. I'm sure they saw some guys make plays both near and away from the ball that we won't notice in real time.
What did you think they should have done on 4th down? Take a knee? Kick a meaningless FG? Punt?
Ok, good to know. Refs said nothing, crew said nothing, and the NFL’s own app said it was incomplete.
I think BB really missed Ernie Adams on game day after Ernie retired. The Pats have not been a smooth operation since Ernie retired. Evan Rothstein is purportedly Mayo’s consigliere. He may need someone else.
I 100% agree with your last paragraph. But it sounds like your earlier post was the opposite of that. Should Kraft want to see that too? He can’t enjoy watching his multi-billion dollar baby lose value week after week.
Are they?
Signing Eluemunor (who has allowed 0 sacks this year) instead of wasting money on Okorafor could have helped
So there’s no possible way that the OL could be any better? No trades or free agent signings that could have been done? Just this is what is?
Seems you’d want a you bc coach to have a veteran consigliere, like someone who was once a HC
Injuries are a part of the game though. You need depth at the critical positions. They played most of last season without their #1 CB and edge rusher and still were solid enough.
Whichever one works out of course. Can't pick one right now because they've all been bad
They aren't losing value, and may never do so in our lifetimes. Reports had the Pats valued at 6.7bil in 2023. After a shit show of a season, they are now valued at almost 8billion. Of the revenue they do, roughly 1/7th is from ticket sales, and those tickets are sold out whether or not anyone shows up at the stadium.
OL take time to develop usually (isn’t that the reasoning people are using to justify Wallace and Robinson?). I’d bet that at least one, if not multiple, of those tackles end up being solid NFL players.
It’s not a rebuild when your roster doesn’t actually improve year over year.
