We’re #31!

[upstater1]

I'm watching the Game 6 win over Buffalo Bills this morning. The defense is just tremendous at all 3 levels.

All the linemen, Dugger, the LBs, playing a great game.

Cole Strange's first game back and he's dominating the Bills' linemen.

I was a big Jack Jones fan but he looks super rusty this game. Has difficulty doing anything other than track downfield. He doesn't seem to have the ability to track over the middle.

I also recall he was an excellent tackler but 2x now he's been juked out of his shoes, once by Harty.

The ingredients are here to be much much better than a 4-13 team or the #31 team.

Just need that dang QB and a WR.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

I'm watching the Game 6 win over Buffalo Bills this morning. The defense is just tremendous at all 3 levels.

All the linemen, Dugger, the LBs, playing a great game.

Cole Strange's first game back and he's dominating the Bills' linemen.

I was a big Jack Jones fan but he looks super rusty this game. Has difficulty doing anything other than track downfield. He doesn't seem to have the ability to track over the middle.

I also recall he was an excellent tackler but 2x now he's been juked out of his shoes, once by Harty.

The ingredients are here to be much much better than a 4-13 team or the #31 team.

Just need that dang QB and a WR.

The left side of the offensive line has to get fixed!!!

 

[Ivan]

Hey, I just got a call from early-90's oldrover...

j/k... a little...

WTF ever happened to old rover anyways? Haven’t seen him in forever. I hope he didn’t die. After all he is old.

 

[Ivan]

I'm watching the Game 6 win over Buffalo Bills this morning. The defense is just tremendous at all 3 levels.

All the linemen, Dugger, the LBs, playing a great game.

Cole Strange's first game back and he's dominating the Bills' linemen.

I was a big Jack Jones fan but he looks super rusty this game. Has difficulty doing anything other than track downfield. He doesn't seem to have the ability to track over the middle.

I also recall he was an excellent tackler but 2x now he's been juked out of his shoes, once by Harty.

The ingredients are here to be much much better than a 4-13 team or the #31 team.

Just need that dang QB and a WR.

Agree completely. Almost all of the work they need to do is on offense. Fortunately this draft, and their draft position are A perfect fit for their needs.

 

[Ivan]

From ESPN we are #31 out of 32 teams!

Carolina, how does our ass taste?

This certainly takes the pressure off…

Updated 2024 NFL Power Rankings: Who improved in free agency, plus 32 under-the-radar moves

In our second all-32 NFL team ranking of the year, multiple squads got a boost from free agency while a few others dropped as a result of subtractions.

www.espn.com

Lmao. Carolina be icing up. As much as I want to see progress on the field, I’m fine with them taking the QB at 3 and keeping them on the bench for most all of the season, if they do that I’m also fine with them picking fairly high again next year. They could either get a franchise tackle or a #1WR with a top 10 pick. Then, in 25’, I want to see them get into the playoffs, and truly contend by 26’.

 

[Wax Frog]

WTF ever happened to old rover anyways? Haven’t seen him in forever. I hope he didn’t die. After all he is old.

I recently summoned him via seance!

 

[Ivan]

He (or his ghost) enjoyed one of my posts as recently as Saturday!

No f*cking way?

 

[Ivan]

You could look at it this way, we have only one team to beat to the top pick in the draft.

 

[Wax Frog]

No f*cking way?

Took me a while to get the screen cap above - edited post - but there he is!

Then again I'm half asleep so I need to pay more attention to the names of posters before I jump in

 

[BritPat]

Just to add to this, there's a new article up on The Athletic about Free Agency winners and losers; I'm always interested to read the snippets from the unnamed NFL Execs, think they nailed it for us:

NFL execs unfiltered on free agency: The best and worst from all 32 teams

NFL executives weighed in on Kirk Cousins, Saquon Barkley, the Jets' desperation, big questions facing the Cowboys and 49ers, and much more.

theathletic.com

New England Patriots​

APY added: $31.5M (22nd) | APY lost: $24.7M (27th) | APY differential: $6.8M (16th)

The Patriots did not add or lose much in their first offseason in a quarter century without Bill Belichick at the controls.

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“It just seemed like they missed out on everyone,” one exec said.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft indicated the team tried and failed to land Calvin Ridley. He suggested the Patriots’ unsettled quarterback situation might have played a role, which was interesting, given that Ridley signed with a team featuring Will Levis, Mason Rudolph and Malik Willis behind center.

“Kraft mentions the (state income) taxes, the quarterback, the player’s girlfriend and then he mentioned the money,” an exec said. “The reality is, if the dollar net taxes was higher in New England than in Tennessee, they would have gotten the player. It’s like Kraft can’t live in a world where he is looked at as the problem.”

Journeyman quarterback Jacoby Brissett was the highest-priced free agent ($8 million) the Patriots added.

“The head coach came out early in the offseason and said, ‘We have a lot of money to spend, and we are going to spend it,'” another exec said. “Then he had to walk the comment back. Then they lose out on the receiver after their GM says they have no speed on offense. So you have the two highest appointed people in the organization saying they are going to spend and they are going to prioritize speed, and then they do neither. What the hell?”

 

[1960Pats]

Just to add to this, there's a new article up on The Athletic about Free Agency winners and losers; I'm always interested to read the snippets from the unnamed NFL Execs, think they nailed it for us:

NFL execs unfiltered on free agency: The best and worst from all 32 teams

NFL executives weighed in on Kirk Cousins, Saquon Barkley, the Jets' desperation, big questions facing the Cowboys and 49ers, and much more.

theathletic.com

New England Patriots​

APY added: $31.5M (22nd) | APY lost: $24.7M (27th) | APY differential: $6.8M (16th)

The Patriots did not add or lose much in their first offseason in a quarter century without Bill Belichick at the controls.

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“It just seemed like they missed out on everyone,” one exec said.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft indicated the team tried and failed to land Calvin Ridley. He suggested the Patriots’ unsettled quarterback situation might have played a role, which was interesting, given that Ridley signed with a team featuring Will Levis, Mason Rudolph and Malik Willis behind center.

“Kraft mentions the (state income) taxes, the quarterback, the player’s girlfriend and then he mentioned the money,” an exec said. “The reality is, if the dollar net taxes was higher in New England than in Tennessee, they would have gotten the player. It’s like Kraft can’t live in a world where he is looked at as the problem.”

Journeyman quarterback Jacoby Brissett was the highest-priced free agent ($8 million) the Patriots added.

“The head coach came out early in the offseason and said, ‘We have a lot of money to spend, and we are going to spend it,'” another exec said. “Then he had to walk the comment back. Then they lose out on the receiver after their GM says they have no speed on offense. So you have the two highest appointed people in the organization saying they are going to spend and they are going to prioritize speed, and then they do neither. What the hell?”

They have plenty of ways to spend their money. Give them some time.

I don't believe anything that Goondell or the 32 say about anything. They lost that respect after dumping Brady over a trumped up charge.

 

[Stu Pidassle]

They have plenty of ways to spend their money. Give them some time.

I don't believe anything that Goondell or the 32 say about anything. They lost that respect after dumping Brady over a trumped up charge.

If this is supposed to be a strategic rebuild, squandering all the resources on a few shiny toys is not a good way to get started. Any leftover money can be used to extend players with less impact to future years.

 

[Wozzy]

Power rankings before free agency finish and the draft... meaningless.

 

[Biffins]

That's a great question. They had a 20 year stretch of not being the dog very often and they've been pretty much losing since.

We were like default 1st or 2nd on every Power Ranking every year for 20 years, and default top pick for SB win on betting sites every year for 20 years, and we smashed it.

Since when have we played better as an underdog. I don't get it.

 

[captain stone]

I'm watching the Game 6 win over Buffalo Bills this morning. The defense is just tremendous at all 3 levels.

All the linemen, Dugger, the LBs, playing a great game.

Cole Strange's first game back and he's dominating the Bills' linemen.

I was a big Jack Jones fan but he looks super rusty this game. Has difficulty doing anything other than track downfield. He doesn't seem to have the ability to track over the middle.

I also recall he was an excellent tackler but 2x now he's been juked out of his shoes, once by Harty.

The ingredients are here to be much much better than a 4-13 team or the #31 team.

Just need that dang QB and a WR.

The left side of the offensive line has to get fixed!!!

Yep, and we still need a 3rd-down RB… and another WR…and that’s just to get us to league average.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

To me, the fortunes of the 2024 Patriots rest mostly on Jerod Mayo.

There is potential there. In this particular case, I don't see Kraft as delusional.

Coaching matters.

 

[Ivan]

These “ NFL EXECS” seem to be more focused on the Patriots than they are their own team’s.