RIpats88
Experienced Starter w/First Big Contract
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alot of people want to look at just this year, but reality is that Bill has not drafted a pro-bowl player in the first round in a decade. thats crazy to think about. we look at this year being 2-9 and it didn't happen in a bubble. reality is the bad drafting started a WHILE ago and is why we are here.
the second dynasty was essentially built on great drafting. Edelman, Gronk, mccourty, hightower, trey flowers, chandler jones, shane vereen, james white etc....the list goes on and on. as guys left or needed to be replaced bill had their replacement ready. woodhead to vereen to james white. welker to edelman/amendola. and in a large part is what kept the patriots always competitive. Bill's inability to replace these players as they retired via the draft is why we are here.
people think having tons of cap space in 2020 and 2024 is a good thing. all it means is none of your drafted players are worth re-signing. so you need to overpay for other teams players they deem not worthy of re-signing.
has Bill just lost his evaluation of offensive talent? has his failure to adjust to brady not being here in Free agency/paying players played a role? (i.e. Bill offering guys like deandre hopkins below market deals as if brady is on the team and he'll take less to compete for a superbowl.) is it a complete disregard for offense taking for granted how Brady/mcDaniels held it together?
i'm not really even sure his strategy of what type of offense he wants to build. a GM thinking having your top receivers be parker/juju/bourne in 2023. what is the actual ceiling of that offense to compete with even with a good QB.
the second dynasty was essentially built on great drafting. Edelman, Gronk, mccourty, hightower, trey flowers, chandler jones, shane vereen, james white etc....the list goes on and on. as guys left or needed to be replaced bill had their replacement ready. woodhead to vereen to james white. welker to edelman/amendola. and in a large part is what kept the patriots always competitive. Bill's inability to replace these players as they retired via the draft is why we are here.
people think having tons of cap space in 2020 and 2024 is a good thing. all it means is none of your drafted players are worth re-signing. so you need to overpay for other teams players they deem not worthy of re-signing.
has Bill just lost his evaluation of offensive talent? has his failure to adjust to brady not being here in Free agency/paying players played a role? (i.e. Bill offering guys like deandre hopkins below market deals as if brady is on the team and he'll take less to compete for a superbowl.) is it a complete disregard for offense taking for granted how Brady/mcDaniels held it together?
i'm not really even sure his strategy of what type of offense he wants to build. a GM thinking having your top receivers be parker/juju/bourne in 2023. what is the actual ceiling of that offense to compete with even with a good QB.