We ranked 29th on the NFLPA report card this past season.

[203Pat]

Damn near at the bottom.

The New England Patriots finish the year ranked 29th in the team surveys. The results point to club management that has not been keeping up with changing times; as in most categories, the player responses highlight outdated facilities and stale services. The number one issue for the players is the weight room. It ranks last both in quality of equipment as well as size. The Patriots are the only team in the NFL with a majority of players feeling that their team’s facility is worse than places they could train offsite. In the training room, respondents feel the treatment options are not cutting edge and they lack both equipment and staffing that are offered elsewhere as standard. The players feel the facility has needed significant renovations for a while now, which explains the low grade for club owner Robert Kraft on the question about players having confidence he will invest in their facilities.

Treatment of families: F- I know on the Patriots Unfiltered podcast they talked multiple times about how pissed off players and even the media staff would get that Bill waited till the afternoon the day before to post schedules for the next day for camp and the bye week so I am sure this factored in.

Both Bill and Kraft came in at 27 out of 32 ranked.

 

[VectorPrime]

This ownership is as cheap as the Bengals but skated for two decades because of having the GOAT.

 

[holyredeemer]

I could be wrong, but haven’t we been grading poorly by players yearly for a while now? Also, pretty sure I read somewhere that they are renovating the weight room this offseason. That should help somewhat. This is the kind of **** that gives the Robert Kraft is cheap crowd serious ammo. The Krafts are gonna have to either step it up or they’re gonna have to ensure we start drafting a helluvalot better because no one’s gonna want to come to New England unless you overpay.

 

[skinnydog]

Damn near at the bottom.

The New England Patriots finish the year ranked 29th in the team surveys. The results point to club management that has not been keeping up with changing times; as in most categories, the player responses highlight outdated facilities and stale services. The number one issue for the players is the weight room. It ranks last both in quality of equipment as well as size. The Patriots are the only team in the NFL with a majority of players feeling that their team’s facility is worse than places they could train offsite. In the training room, respondents feel the treatment options are not cutting edge and they lack both equipment and staffing that are offered elsewhere as standard. The players feel the facility has needed significant renovations for a while now, which explains the low grade for club owner Robert Kraft on the question about players having confidence he will invest in their facilities.

Treatment of families: F- I know on the Patriots Unfiltered podcast they talked multiple times about how pissed off players and even the media staff would get that Bill waited till the afternoon the day before to post schedules for the next day for camp and the bye week so I am sure this factored in.

Both Bill and Kraft came in at 27 out of 32 ranked.

Wait, so the players we’re not impressed by the lighthouse enhancements?

 

[VectorPrime]

I could be wrong, but haven’t we been grading poorly by players yearly for a while now? Also, pretty sure I read somewhere that they are renovating the weight room this offseason. That should help somewhat. This is the kind of **** that gives the Robert Kraft is cheap crowd serious ammo. The Krafts are gonna have to either step it up or they’re gonna have to ensure we start drafting a helluvalot better because no one’s gonna want to come to New England unless you overpay.

Yep. Payroll is a lot more than just for players. It’s for all the staff that keeps the machine going. And Kraft cheap out on them.

 

[Guts]

New England Patriots Report Card 2023

nflpa.com

 

[slash83]

Heard they were redoing the gym and other facilities.

 

[hornetfb85]

Higher than I thought

 

[hornetfb85]

I’m sure free agents are lining the **** up after reading all of this.

 

[Ross12]

I’m sure free agents are lining the **** up after reading all of this.

It's not like they have NO equipment.

If a player is being offered the most money by NE, and they have questions about the training room, and NE says that that's being renovated this offseason to address the concerns, then the player is probably going to feel OK about it. I doubt they will run from the highest contract amount over the training room as it was constructed last year before they got there being not as good as the second-highest-paying team's training room last year.

 

[Sam Bam Cunningham]

Its not just players its also amenities for families

 

[HSanders]

how does hc get a b- and rank 27th?

 

[mike_usagisan]

I’m sure free agents are lining the **** up after reading all of this.

Wolf answered a question yesterday by saying that in his experience, free agents ask fewer questions about this kind of stuff than mostly about whether the Pats are offering more money than other teams.

 

[Ross12]

how does hc get a b- and rank 27th?

Last year the Training Staff was rated as an "A", which was ranked 9th. Meaning, 8 teams rated their staffs as "A+". Take that for what it's worth.

 

[Triumph]

The inmates are running the asylum.

What happened to Krafts great chow hall? Whatever you wanted. Lobsters piled up like all you can eat bolied shrimp.

Cheap Kraft @ 27 and of course BB was at 32.

 

[Ross12]

I compared the survey results from last year to this year and they are mostly the same, but with almost all the scores being very slightly lower. The only significant changes were "Treatment of Families" going from a C- to an F- (ouch), Strength Coaches going from a B+ to a C-, and the Weight Room going from a D to an F. The other big issue was "Ownership", which was not listed individually in 2023, but in 2024 was rated as a D+.

I looked into the Treat of Families item and it says that they are one of only four teams that do not offer daycare or a family room on team premises. However, this is the same reasoning last year, where they ranked as a C-, so the scoring is not very consistent. Nothing changed at the facility, but the scoring dropped like a rock.

 

[MahomestoKelce]

How were they graded between 2013-2019? Just curious if that info is available.

If anyone is second guessing about taking a QB at 3, well, look at what the Patriots were for 19 years. And what they have become the past four years.

Hint: It's the QB. It's always the QB.

 

[hornetfb85]

Wolf answered a question yesterday by saying that in his experience, free agents ask fewer questions about this kind of stuff than mostly about whether the Pats are offering more money than other teams.

It's not like they have NO equipment.

If a player is being offered the most money by NE, and they have questions about the training room, and NE says that that's being renovated this offseason to address the concerns, then the player is probably going to feel OK about it. I doubt they will run from the highest contract amount over the training room as it was constructed last year before they got there being not as good as the second-highest-paying team's training room last year.

Agree. But this **** sure doesn’t help. We will have to overpay to get free agents here. This kind of stuff tilts the scales when two contracts are similar.
Had this talk with one of my high schoolers that wants to be recruited to play baseball. Sure if you hit .600 everyone will look at you. But if your hitting .300 as a Junior you d@mn well better have all those other traits/intangibles teams look for.

 

[borg]

We can't ignore the fact that Booster Seat Bob did throw a pile of money at the giant glowing lighthouse shmenza.

 

[lancerman]

For years it's been known that Kraft is cheap as **** for anything that isn't football ops.