Biggest disappointments this whole season?

Queue up the Disagrees but I'm going to say it. If Gronk played the Eagles game the season might not be over now.

I think most folks in the forum would agree that the loss of Dante and the poor performance as a whole of the Offensive Line was the low point for 2015 season.

A special shout to Ryan Allen. This scrub had a major impact on the loss. Awful punts which gave Broncos great field position, and put the Pats offense in huge holes. F him. Should've kept Mesko.

The O-line seemed to miss both assignments and blocks. They often seemed confused or simply unable to block. Their performance was putrid, the worst performance on the team.

zipster9 said:

I think most folks in the forum would agree that the loss of Dante and the poor performance as a whole of the Offensive Line was the low point for 2015 season.

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They shuffled them around too much. Gotta let them settle in at one spot and gel together.

One could argue that losing the last regular season game was the precursor to this result.

MrNathanDrake said:

1. The entire Offensive Line. We've invested a lot of draft picks in recent years. Sure the loss of Solder hurt, but it wasn't just that spot. Fleming, Tre Jackson, Shaq Mason... None of our recent picks have stepped up. Cannon is useless as a Tackle. Stork didnt have a great year. This unit can't run block at all, and they can't pass block. Brady was hit so many times this year it's surprising he didnt suffer a season ending injury. The coaches shifted them around a lot to begin the year but the OLine just never settled in and gelled.
2. Brandon LaFell. Last year he was a legit threat and looked like a steal of a free agent signing. Never got it together this year at all. He had 6 yards last week against KC and 0 yards against the Broncos.
3. Aaron Dobson. Just cut this guy already. Lots of talents, but he isn't built for the big leagues mentally or physically.
4. Easley being IR'd again. I thought he looked good and was getting confidence and momentum. His injury apparently wasnt serious, and then he got IR'd. Please don't be the next Ras-I Dowling.
5. Gronk's "deep bone bruise". I will get some hate for this but I thought he played it up too much after the fact when they learned nothing was torn or broken. It seemed like he was too limited since then. He even stayed out of some plays against the Broncos to hydrate. I understand being careful, but he needs to toughen up.
6. Chandler Jones… every year he starts off strong and then fades as the season goes on. It happened again this year. I want to see him put together an entire season + playoffs of being dominant but he's just not that guy. Still a good player, but I feel like he's going to ask for elite money and he isn't worth it when he fades late in every season.
7. Coaching. In BB we trust. But every loss this year was very winnable. Never running the clock out. The team seemed to fall apart and give up in some losses.
8. Not getting Home Field Advantage. We know Brady has never done well in Denver. We were in this same position in 2013 when we had to go to Mile High for the AFCCG. We had HFA all but locked up this year. All we had to do was win 1 of our last 2 games against mediocre teams and we couldn't do it. The team didnt want it enough. It seemed like they went into "just don't get injured" mode after week 15 and they paid for it by having to go into Mile High once again.
9. Scott Chandler! This signing was hyped a lot. "Here comes the 2 TE set again! Watch out NFL!". They tried hard to get him involved early in the season. He just never turned into the threat we thought he would. Basically a non-factor for most of the season. Wasn't a huge upgrade over Hoomanawanui. This was his worst season since 2010. Usually players come to New England and put up better numbers, but it was the opposite for Chandler.
10. Lack of mental toughness. Perhaps this is related to the lack of veterans on the team. The way our team just fell apart in the 4th qtr and OT vs. Denver in the regular season. The meltdown vs. Philly. The two losses at the end of the season. It just seemed there was a total lack of resiliency and ability to toughen up at critical times when things weren't going our way.

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11. Aside from Malcolm Brown (& maybe Shaq Mason, though this juror is still out), another year of receiving almost nothing whatsoever from the draft class, including every single one of Bill's projects
who were over-drafted by in some cases Multiple rounds.

I don't know why people keep ragging on Lafell. He originally sucked in the first place. He's a lousy JAG. It's amazing they were able to get even 20 career receptions out of the guy over a 2 year span--I thought he wouldn't even make the team. Lafell was a success here overall given how putrid he was from a talent standpoint. He caught a huge TD in the SB and he's good for free beers for life in Boston.

I'm preaching to the choir, but the problem starts at the top of the organization....they couldn't spend pennies to sign a stud like Emmanuel Sanders. He's a big reason why Denver is in the SB for 2 of the last 3 years.

Yeah..not gonna put Gronk as a "disappointment". He had another great season. And his performance in the playoffs was outstanding. The effort he made against Denver was borderline heroic as far as sports go. He put the offense on his back. For Christ sakes he snatched a 40 yard catch on a critical fourth down in tight double coverage. Then scored the last minute TD.

Without Gronk we'd be ****ed. No complaints about him.

MrNathanDrake said:

1. The entire Offensive Line. We've invested a lot of draft picks in recent years. Sure the loss of Solder hurt, but it wasn't just that spot. Fleming, Tre Jackson, Shaq Mason... None of our recent picks have stepped up. Cannon is useless as a Tackle. Stork didnt have a great year. This unit can't run block at all, and they can't pass block. Brady was hit so many times this year it's surprising he didnt suffer a season ending injury. The coaches shifted them around a lot to begin the year but the OLine just never settled in and gelled.
2. Brandon LaFell. Last year he was a legit threat and looked like a steal of a free agent signing. Never got it together this year at all. He had 6 yards last week against KC and 0 yards against the Broncos.
3. Aaron Dobson. Just cut this guy already. Lots of talents, but he isn't built for the big leagues mentally or physically.
4. Easley being IR'd again. I thought he looked good and was getting confidence and momentum. His injury apparently wasnt serious, and then he got IR'd. Please don't be the next Ras-I Dowling.
5. Gronk's "deep bone bruise". I will get some hate for this but I thought he played it up too much after the fact when they learned nothing was torn or broken. It seemed like he was too limited since then. He even stayed out of some plays against the Broncos to hydrate. I understand being careful, but he needs to toughen up.
6. Chandler Jones… every year he starts off strong and then fades as the season goes on. It happened again this year. I want to see him put together an entire season + playoffs of being dominant but he's just not that guy. Still a good player, but I feel like he's going to ask for elite money and he isn't worth it when he fades late in every season.
7. Coaching. In BB we trust. But every loss this year was very winnable. Never running the clock out. The team seemed to fall apart and give up in some losses.
8. Not getting Home Field Advantage. We know Brady has never done well in Denver. We were in this same position in 2013 when we had to go to Mile High for the AFCCG. We had HFA all but locked up this year. All we had to do was win 1 of our last 2 games against mediocre teams and we couldn't do it. The team didnt want it enough. It seemed like they went into "just don't get injured" mode after week 15 and they paid for it by having to go into Mile High once again.
9. Scott Chandler! This signing was hyped a lot. "Here comes the 2 TE set again! Watch out NFL!". They tried hard to get him involved early in the season. He just never turned into the threat we thought he would. Basically a non-factor for most of the season. Wasn't a huge upgrade over Hoomanawanui. This was his worst season since 2010. Usually players come to New England and put up better numbers, but it was the opposite for Chandler.
10. Lack of mental toughness. Perhaps this is related to the lack of veterans on the team. The way our team just fell apart in the 4th qtr and OT vs. Denver in the regular season. The meltdown vs. Philly. The two losses at the end of the season. It just seemed there was a total lack of resiliency and ability to toughen up at critical times when things weren't going our way.

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Can't you go troll somewhere else? These are all just terrible opinions, Scott Chandler seems worse to everyone because idiots thought he was going to be hernandez, your opinion on gronk is beyond stupid especially considering that YOU are questioning the toughness of an NFL player. I'd say what would a fan like you do without a hof coach and qb combo but you'd probably be wearing a newton jersey

My friends, winning is not a birthright. This is a very demanding sport and injuries happen to almost every participant. Other teams hire smart coaches and draft tough players too...

SammyBlueCat said:

My friends, winning is not a birthright. This is a very demanding sport and injuries happen to almost every participant.

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I don't care, I can't stand it!!!

Tuck said:

Queue up the Disagrees but I'm going to say it. If Gronk played the Eagles game the season might not be over now.

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You can't honestly be blaming Gronkowski for missing a game, can you? I mean, we all figured his season to be over when we saw what happened, and he proved to be pretty tough by only missing one game. It was obviously something that he battled through up until Sunday afternoon, so from me he gets praise, not negative vibes.

Marcus Cannon - got paid Starting tackle money and has been in the system for years. He flat out sucked this season when he needed to step up.

bostonia3333 said:

I don't know why people keep ragging on Lafell. He originally sucked in the first place. He's a lousy JAG. It's amazing they were able to get even 20 career receptions out of the guy over a 2 year span--I thought he wouldn't even make the team. Lafell was a success here overall given how putrid he was from a talent standpoint. He caught a huge TD in the SB and he's good for free beers for life in Boston.

I'm preaching to the choir, but the problem starts at the top of the organization....they couldn't spend pennies to sign a stud like Emmanuel Sanders. He's a big reason why Denver is in the SB for 2 of the last 3 years.

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I agree on the disappointment that comes from missing out on Sanders, and I pounded the table here pretty hard for him when he was still a Steeler. They didn't just undervalue the market once, they did it again with him the following offseason. The addition would've been huge, and missing out on him 2 times is a shame. That said, Belichick sticks to his "value" system, so it is what it is.

I respectfully disagree on Brandon LaFell. He was a high round (3rd) pick coming out of LSU, and he had shown improvement in each and every year while at Carolina. There was plenty of reason to believe that he could fit what we needed in replacing the "Brandon Llyod" type of role, and even improving upon it.

LaFell had an enormous year last season. 74 catches, and a huge postseason. He had big time TD grabs in both the Baltimore comeback as well as the Seattle comeback in the Super Bowl. Aside from some drops in Carolina, I don't know what he did to suggest that he was regressing and not showing progress? The fact is that they didn't agree on compensation after his 4th season when he hit FA, and he played the market and scored a nice deal with us. I don't know if he was hurt this year or what, but 2015 seemed to be the outlier to me. Just my opinion, though.

TheFlyingWedge said:

Marcus Cannon - got paid Starting tackle money and has been in the system for years. He flat out sucked this season when he needed to step up.

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Cannon has not played well, and I believe that he's actually gotten worse this year. I don't know how much of that can be attributed to his toe injury, but either way you look at it they should bring competition in for him.

Fleming doesn't even belong on an NFL team in my opinion, and totally blew his opportunity on Sunday by standing still while edge rushers beat him like a red headed step child. After that display of poor play, he never saw another snap. When a guy only sees 2 snaps and somehow manages to screw things up, it may be time to move on.

MrNathanDrake said:

1. The entire Offensive Line. We've invested a lot of draft picks in recent years. Sure the loss of Solder hurt, but it wasn't just that spot. Fleming, Tre Jackson, Shaq Mason... None of our recent picks have stepped up. Cannon is useless as a Tackle. Stork didnt have a great year. This unit can't run block at all, and they can't pass block. Brady was hit so many times this year it's surprising he didnt suffer a season ending injury. The coaches shifted them around a lot to begin the year but the OLine just never settled in and gelled.
2. Brandon LaFell. Last year he was a legit threat and looked like a steal of a free agent signing. Never got it together this year at all. He had 6 yards last week against KC and 0 yards against the Broncos.
3. Aaron Dobson. Just cut this guy already. Lots of talents, but he isn't built for the big leagues mentally or physically.
4. Easley being IR'd again. I thought he looked good and was getting confidence and momentum. His injury apparently wasnt serious, and then he got IR'd. Please don't be the next Ras-I Dowling.
5. Gronk's "deep bone bruise". I will get some hate for this but I thought he played it up too much after the fact when they learned nothing was torn or broken. It seemed like he was too limited since then. He even stayed out of some plays against the Broncos to hydrate. I understand being careful, but he needs to toughen up.
6. Chandler Jones… every year he starts off strong and then fades as the season goes on. It happened again this year. I want to see him put together an entire season + playoffs of being dominant but he's just not that guy. Still a good player, but I feel like he's going to ask for elite money and he isn't worth it when he fades late in every season.
7. Coaching. In BB we trust. But every loss this year was very winnable. Never running the clock out. The team seemed to fall apart and give up in some losses.
8. Not getting Home Field Advantage. We know Brady has never done well in Denver. We were in this same position in 2013 when we had to go to Mile High for the AFCCG. We had HFA all but locked up this year. All we had to do was win 1 of our last 2 games against mediocre teams and we couldn't do it. The team didnt want it enough. It seemed like they went into "just don't get injured" mode after week 15 and they paid for it by having to go into Mile High once again.
9. Scott Chandler! This signing was hyped a lot. "Here comes the 2 TE set again! Watch out NFL!". They tried hard to get him involved early in the season. He just never turned into the threat we thought he would. Basically a non-factor for most of the season. Wasn't a huge upgrade over Hoomanawanui. This was his worst season since 2010. Usually players come to New England and put up better numbers, but it was the opposite for Chandler.
10. Lack of mental toughness. Perhaps this is related to the lack of veterans on the team. The way our team just fell apart in the 4th qtr and OT vs. Denver in the regular season. The meltdown vs. Philly. The two losses at the end of the season. It just seemed there was a total lack of resiliency and ability to toughen up at critical times when things weren't going our way.

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Good summary of a disappointing season.

supafly said:

You can't honestly be blaming Gronkowski for missing a game, can you? I mean, we all figured his season to be over when we saw what happened, and he proved to be pretty tough by only missing one game. It was obviously something that he battled through up until Sunday afternoon, so from me he gets praise, not negative vibes.

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Thank you . You made my point for me.

Gronk looked like he was playing through something for the last 6 games, presumably it was the bone bruise he suffered in the Eagles game. If he played through the injury in the Eagles game too, even if he was limited, the outcome of the game may have been different.

Patriot fans who don't appreciate what they have been getting the past 15 years always top my list.

Brewskies said:

Good summary of a disappointing season.

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Lmao...."disappointing season." unf.ckingbelievable.