On to 2016: Next Year's New England Patriots

[fair catch fryar]

We should use our first rd pick on the best OL available. Oh wait......

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Matt Forte would flourish here. He is a total Patriot back and has a few good years left. Him with Dion would be so lethal.

assuming the oline gets fixed...yes

 

[zipster9]

assuming the oline gets fixed...yes

Look, we can have Adrian Peterson in the backfield. Won't help if the OL cannot even make a crease of an opening for a RB to get thru.

 

[dannydyn]

Obviously Forte would be an incredible pickup, if we could pull it off.

Imagine a backfield of Forte, Lewis, White and whomever. That would be an amazing group.

For wideouts, I think we should target Mohamed Sanu. Bill liked him pre-draft and I think he could fit in here.

Sanu operates from the slot, we don't need another slot squirrel. We need a tall outside threat.

 

[CISGS]

Sanu operates from the slot, we don't need another slot squirrel. We need a tall outside threat.

I think Sanu is a little misused in Cinci personally.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

any receiver we target has to have the brains to understand this offense, first and foremost.

 

[manxman2601]

Brady's potential decline has to be taken into account for the future.

The list of QBs to play at an elite level at age 39 or older in the history of the NFL:

Favre
Moon

The team is and will be absolutely loaded going into next season. As long as Brady doesn't decline we should be favorites to win it all again.

Passive aggressive Jimmy G post

 

[ivanvamp]

Look, we can have Adrian Peterson in the backfield. Won't help if the OL cannot even make a crease of an opening for a RB to get thru.

This. A thousand times this. They have proved that even with average running backs, they can run if the OL performs well. On precisely zero handoffs yesterday would Adrian Peterson have ripped the Broncos apart, because there was just no room to run.

I'd love to add Marshawn Lynch on a one-year deal to replace Blount and be the hammer. I think he has enough in the tank for one more go-for-broke shot at a championship. But I'd like to add a younger RB to get into the mix.

But really, fixing the offensive line is the key to everything. A quality OL opens up running lanes for whomever, and it protects Brady, who, with time, will shred any defense. The key is TIME.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Passive aggressive Jimmy G post

Lol, I still remember my prediction after Jimmy G was drafted. Brady would decline to the point that moving on to Garoppolo in his third season in 2016 would be realistic. Oops.

Brady's fight against father time and the history of the NFL has been something to watch. It should continue through at least next year and probably until the end of his deal at 40 years old.

I still have doubts that Brady will be able to defy the entire history of the league and play at a high level into his 40s but showing no signs of decline at age 38 is a great sign.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Lol, I still remember my prediction after Jimmy G was drafted. Brady would decline to the point that moving on to Garoppolo in his third season in 2016 would be realistic. Oops.

Brady's fight against father time and the history of the NFL has been something to watch. It should continue through at least next year and probably until the end of his deal at 40 years old.

I still have doubts that Brady will be able to defy the entire history of the league and play at a high level into his 40s but showing no signs of decline at age 38 is a great sign.

If he gets hit with the same regularity next year as he was during the last 9 games of this year he wont be here in 2017. He'll be in an ICU.

 

[KoolAid]

What ever happened to that Brian Tyms character? Is he on the reserve list?

 

[danmateus]

"deep threat" is just a weird fascination this forum has. The offense doesn't require one and unless you have a stellar OL then you don't want a 39 year old standing there waiting for a receiver to get 30 yards down field.

Any receiver that can get open and any OL that can sustain a block will do for me.

But why make it harder for Brady? And if anyone can do it then why were they throwing deep to a RB in a AFC title game? Brady is going to be 39. It's time to give him a "classic" offense to run. Imagine how good they could be with Edelman, Gronk, Lewis and a REAL outside WR this time. If anyone of them gets hurt you have more margin for error.

 

[MuscleCarLover]

Per Ian Rapoport, Offensive Line Coach Dave DeGuglielmo and Patriots are parting ways.

 

[MuscleCarLover]

Don't need a deep threat, just a guy that can beat press consistently. A guy like, well Brandon Marshall.

 

[Bradyking12]

Lol, I still remember my prediction after Jimmy G was drafted. Brady would decline to the point that moving on to Garoppolo in his third season in 2016 would be realistic. Oops.

Brady's fight against father time and the history of the NFL has been something to watch. It should continue through at least next year and probably until the end of his deal at 40 years old.

I still have doubts that Brady will be able to defy the entire history of the league and play at a high level into his 40s but showing no signs of decline at age 38 is a great sign.

It kills me to say this but after 2017 we have to let brady walk and start Jimmy G in 2018, at that point you have to start thinking about the future of.this franchise and brady will be 40 and jimmy will be 26 and jimmys contract ends in 2017 also if we keep brady and let jimmy walk what are we going to do a few years after when brady retires and its not as simple as tanking a season and signing some random qb, franchise qbs dont grow on trees and i think garoppollo can keep.this team competitive post brady i mean was the best qb drafted in 2014 and considering our track record its crazy that we drafted a qb like that they usually wind up on the bum teams

 

[CISGS]

It kills me to say this but after 2017 we have to let brady walk and start Jimmy G in 2018, at that point you have to start thinking about the future of.this franchise and brady will be 40 and jimmy will be 26 and jimmys contract ends in 2017 also if we keep brady and let jimmy walk what are we going to do a few years after when brady retires and its not as simple as tanking a season and signing some random qb, franchise qbs dont grow on trees and i think garoppollo can keep.this team competitive post brady i mean was the best qb drafted in 2014 and considering our track record its crazy that we drafted a qb like that they usually wind up on the bum teams

I think that will be addressed after next season. If Brady plays how he did this season, next year with better protection, we would be dumb to let our best player in franchise history leave.

Brady has earned the "play until I can't play anymore" treatment from us.

 

[mgteich]

Solder and Lewis would not have helped that much today. Even if we had won it would be tough against this carolina team. the interior O-line is terrible.

We came within 3 points. Both Solder and Lewis would have helped a lot, perhaps even one field goal's worth.

 

[Bradyking12]

I think that will be addressed after next season. If Brady plays how he did this season, next year with better protection, we would be dumb to let our best player in franchise history left.

Brady has earned the "play until I can't play anymore" treatment from us.

I understand that but what about post brady? I think speak for everyone when i say i dont want this team to go back to the way it was pre bledsoe and brady and the best chance we have at avoiding that is resigning garoppollo after 2017 season and having him start for the 2018 season hes gonna be 26 by then theres no way hes gonna resign if he remains a backup like i said hes our only hope to having a competitive team post brady

 

[SHOWTIME15]

We came within 3 points. Both Solder and Lewis would have helped a lot, perhaps even one field goal's worth.

like the two field goals they passed up on?

if the broncos knew the pats snap count (which it appears they did) demarcus ware would have ran right around solder.

 

[VectorPrime]

fu.ck the post Brady era, we ride with Brady until the end