So what can be done to fix this (1-2 start)?

[reflexblue]

A trade.

The team?

 

[JarOfMayo51]

If he's making that much of a difference, then they better start clearing cap room now otherwise he'll be another free agent and 3rd round compensatory pick

 

[Uptown]

The team?

AZ, SEA, TB, SF, SD or HOU.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Hard to fix this.

They need a 2003 overhaul. What a great offseason that was.

 

[Nordberg]

A new GM

 

[TomPatriot]

PRACTICE.

 

[DaBruinz]

Swing a trade with either HOU, AZ, SEA or SF for a LB, DL or S.

I'd rather just sign Reid though Earl Thomas showed he's still got it.

It's unlikely that Houston or Seattle are going to trade what you mentioned..

 

[DaBruinz]

If he's making that much of a difference, then they better start clearing cap room now otherwise he'll be another free agent and 3rd round compensatory pick

That's what the Franchise tag is for..

 

[nabwong]

I just paypaled Goodell $5 to cook up a scandal to light Tom’s fire.

 

[Mountain_Commando]

I just paypaled Goodell $5 to cook up a scandal to light Tom’s fire.

HA! Sucker, you overpaid!

 

[Vindicate]

Don't know who you are. Don't Care. The fact that you believe Rowe being out wasn't a PLUS for this team tells me everything I need to know.

No. The game wasn't doomed from the start. It was doomed once the Pats stopped using their best RB on offense and insisted on getting Michel time instead. Not to mention the horrible play-calling by McDaniels.

Cool input, I still stand by mine. No need to be aggressive. Rowe is better than whoever underneath him. So even worse talent in his role generally makes for an already difficult game even worse. Not that hard to compute.

 

[ViperGTS]

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[IllegalContact]

 

[Bradyking12]

BB says it's an execution issue so hopefully they get it together soon.

 

[Wax Frog]

BB says it's an execution issue so hopefully they get it together soon.

Ah, so BB has issued an ultimatum?

 

[bbobbo]

when does the waiver order wire shift to current record rather than last year's record? Yes, we might need table scraps.

starting week 4.
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[BradyFTW!]

Have to start drafting well again, it really is that simple. What put the Pats over the top in 2014 and 2016 was that they were getting a ton of production from rookie contracts. At the time of SB49 they had drafted Solder, Vereen, Cannon, Chandler Jones, Hightower, Collins, Ryan, Harmon and Stork in the previous four years. That's a ton of talent of cheap contracts. By SB51 a lot of those guys had aged out of their rookie deals and either left or received a big raise, but they still had Butler, Thuney, Garoppolo, Flowers, White, Mason, Andrews, Butler, Ryan and Harmon all producing on rookie deals.

Now that the 2014 draft class has played out their rookie deals, there just isn't a real base of cheap talent to build on because the 2014-2017 drafts didn't produce a lot of hits. I'm a big fan of Mason, Flowers, Wise and even Jonathan Jones. I even think Thuney's a fairly solid pick, but that's just not enough guys. And unless the 2018 picks turn out well it's likely to get worse, since the 2015 draft class is about to become FAs, and the two best players we've drafted since 2014--Flowers and Mason--are both in the last years of their rookie deals.

 

[primetime]

Get lucky in enough games, on enough drives, on enough plays, like any other year. There are plenty of Super Bowl winners who looked bad after 2 games. We've had them before, and we've lost to them before.

 

[bbobbo]

PRACTICE.

 

[DaBruinz]

Flowers and Mason--are both in the last years of their rookie deals.

Don't know where you've been for the last 3.5 weeks, but Mason was already given a 5 year extension.

Report: Patriots Sign Shaq Mason To Five-Year Contract Extension

Flowers is the only one without one and they are likely to get it done, imho.