I think you're getting a little too fired up over this, but it's not exactly something many people aren't wondering about. It's been an odd turn of events this season and it's not even over yet. But Allen and Tua have obviously moved their respective teams ahead of New England. If the Jets end up doing the same, it will be a little frustrating.
The hardest part is the fact we do head into next year with a big question mark here and as
@mgteich mentioned, it's a risk because for every year the guy you sign ends up proving you wrong, it's a lost season. When you draft a player, it's sort of even worse because it's hard to just give up on him, so you keep him on the roster vs someone like Newton, who you can cut at the end of the year.
I started thinking about this and it's such a gamble and a risk because it potentially undoes everything you did on both sides of the football. You can have a defense that is 6th best in the NFL at points allowed and be losing games because your QB can't put the ball in the end zone. That's beyond frustrating.
That's going to make this whole process hard to take because there's so little margin for error. Will the Patriots get it right in a year or two? Or will we walk away from 4-5 years worth of football before they potentially find the next "one"? And will that guy be another Tony Romo or Jeff Garcia vs a Patrick Mahomes or obviously a Brady? The first two will see you go 7-9 or 10-6 and maybe occasionally get you to the playoffs, the latter two can win the big one.
We've seen teams churn through players and it's easy to sit here and believe they'll figure it out. The scary part is just the simple fact it's harder than it looks, and we truly don't know how long it will take them to figure it out.