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I feel like I'm wasting my time responding to this, as this has been said ad nauseum.
To some people here football is a team sport in which only one position/player can't have his play evaluated until the perfect conditions are placed around him. Everyone else is fair game, except for that one very special boy. It's less of a team than a collection of people that exist solely to serve the quarterback and make him look as good as possible (he unfortunately can't do anything to look good himself, that's just how it works).
Trade for adams and then I'll evaluate BOB
or a starting QB
You know something... I think we can win with Mac.. I'm not defending his play yesterday.. but he's good enough to win with IF they give him a true game breaker.
the stench of Bill the Coach, Bill the GM, his "coaching tree/family tree", his terrible drafts, his 26-29 record since he kicked Brady out the door, and questionable other personnel decisions must be fumigated front One Patriot Place.
And change their uniforms please! I can't stand those blueberry pajama's. I used to love the "Flying Elvis", but that logo hasn't aged well. Needs to be updated if they keep it. Go back to the Pat Patriot look or give me a modified 90's look with those beautiful royal blue uniforms.
If this was Rhams rookie year we would most probably think he wasn't a great RB. He is struggling behind an awful line and looks awful. Tua looked below average before had had help. Players can't do it alone. You can judge Mac but it has to have context. It's possible when Mac has a decent line and weapons he still looks average but ANY QB that comes in will need better than what we have on offense.
Rhamondre is playing poorly. He's performing significantly worse than Zeke behind the same OL. He's at the bottom of the league in rushing yards over expectations. Prime example of how you can judge performance even in non-ideal context. Of course the bad OL and the fact that boxes are loaded up due to opponents not respecting the passing game are hurting his production. He also isn't playing well. The difference is I'm way more confident in Stevenson's ability to return to form and eventually produce with better context around him because I've already seen him perform at the level of a top player at his position. His yards after contact and rushing yards over expetcations were all top of the league last year. What do I have to fall back on with Mac Jones? What do you see there? Has he even once played above his context? Because if he's as good as his context that's not good enough. It's possible he's not the main problem without being the solution either. Why would I invest in putting pieces around that guy? If any QB would need better than what they have on offense (and I agree they would), I'd rather put "better" around a guy who has the tools to elevate his surroundings.
People don't understand that it's impossible to get production this bad on offense unless you're bad at everything. If the QB were good they'd be better, if the weapons were good they'd be better, if the OL were good they'd be better. It takes ineptitude at every level to perform like this.
