Toofy
In the Starting Line-Up
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It’s March 2021, Cam Newton and what remains of his right shoulder has surprisingly been resigned and is the presumed starting QB. Patriots agree to deals with Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry, Kendrick Bourne and Nelson Agholor within the first 24 hours of the legal tampering period. It’s about the money.
Unless someone offers them an incredible offer to trade down in the first round, the Patriots are drafting a QB despite their other areas of need. There are 3 QBs in this draft with elite skill sets. When that opportunity presents itself, you can’t pass it up.
I believe Drake Maye will be the one still on the board at #3. He’s young and less experienced than you like. There’s no way he should get on the field until he’s ready and until he has an Oline that can adequately pass block and another receiver who can get open against man coverage. The same for Jayden Daniels if he should be the pick.
Bridge midge, what’s wrong with competition people? You don’t get the drafted QB ready by having a Jacoby Brissett around to show him how to make poor reads and throw interceptions. Bailey Zappe, as a rookie, totally outclassed Brissett when they started against each other in 2022. Competition is how you establish a QB not anointing one.
With reclaimed confidence, Mac Jones is better than any QB available this offseason other than Cousins or Mayfield, and neither of them is signing here in March. If Jones beats out Zappe, let him play and see what happens. Maybe, you can get a 2nd for him at the trade deadline from a team desperate for a QB because of an injury or if he plays real well then franchise him to trade like Cassel in 2009.
I’m an optimist and don’t believe we’re necessarily looking at a multi- year rebuild here. But, we’re not competing for a Lombardi in 2024. Why sell low on an asset that you might be able to reclaim its value to get a higher return especially when other short-term options available to you aren’t any better?
Great post. If we look at it rationally we would want to sell stock when it has appreciated and not when it us at its lowest.
We need to be realistic and know where we stand w. At this point of time , we still need 1 game changing wide receiver, 1 franchise qb, 1 Solid LT, 1 solid swing tackle and 1 TE and 1 backup QB.
Can we get all these in a single draft. Probably not.
Can we make the postseason this year in the hyper competitive AFC... chances are remote .
Considering these our expectation this year is to build the team to trenches and find the core pieces for 2025 something that lions did in 2022.
Kraft might say he wants to go to postseason and win another ring but reality is this is a multi year rebuild and Kraft would want fans to come and see the games for next 2 years before the team gets back to relevancy. So uts all about the dollars. So with all these permutations and combinations I see the Patriots doing the following
1. Draft a qb at 3 - its a given . They would need this to make sure they attract competent OC, Get people excited to buy tickets and possibly get one of the marquee wide receivers in free agency. But more than these the most important reason to draft qb would be the incentive to have qb on rookie contract for another 4 years. They are not picking MACs option .
2. Keep Mac as QB3 and start the season with him to see what he can do with a new coordinator and if he has the urge to excel in a do or die year for him. If Mac excels we trade him for decent comp and if he fails we get a Decent draft position in 2025. Win win either way. Only challenge is will people come to watch games. They need to sign tee higgins. I don't think he will get franchise tagged .
3. Release zappe and get a veteran qb - brissett if available for 6 million AAV. Or Russell wilson on 2 year contract 12 million guaranteed with no trade clause.