This is where we gather to follow things on Game Day. Obviously, emotions tend to be high so if anyone gets a little crazy, the use of the “Mute” button is encouraged on anyone who may be annoying to you to control your experience and to allow the moderators to also enjoy the game.
At the same time, please take a deep breath before over-reacting for the sake of making this a pleasant experience for everyone.
Lastly, we have never allowed promoting the use of any illegal streaming. This is illegal and will be enforced by copyright holders, which puts this site at risk. DO NOT POST ANY LINKS to those platforms.
This also means, there absolutely cannot be any mention these platforms, spaces, special characters, etc. - so do not get creative in trying to work around this request.
If you do you will have your account suspended.
I do not have the means to deal with legal issues and have already been contacted previously, so this absolutely needs to be adhered to. If you see any illegal links, please report them so a mod can remove them.
Not true both Bekichick and Brady have a Superbowl win other than in NE. Belichick has 2 with the NY Giants and 6 with the Patriots. Brady has 1 with Tampa Bay.
This team could easily be 2-1 and things would look a lot different. The D is improving slowly with the linegetting more penetration at times. The biggest concern is the O llne. It just looks bad and i'm not sure its all down to Trents absence. 4 of last years starters are playing yet they look awful.
One good player? Van Noy isn't good, Bourne? Brown? I know the tight ends haven't had great numbers so far and Juno had a disastrous game today, but I believe in the end, both him and Henry will be good. I think Goduacx will be decent as well.
Well, I think Van Noy is on the downside of his career. Bourne is Ok but nothing to brag about. At this rate Agholor will have Byrd number but we payed 10x more than Byrd for him. Brown has been consistently injured in the past and his play has been inconsistent. That’s why we got him for a 5th round pick. Godchaux has been ok but the run defense still looks horrible.
Judon has been the only bright spot from the FA class for now but I think the draft class has been good. Mac and Barmore looks good in my opinion.
With the talent that we had last year, he did an amazing job to win 7 games...you are the same poster that called Tom "noodle arm" and wanted him to retire in 2019.
I am with you but I remember quite clearly in the offseason the majority of the board saying that we had a top 5 OL, top 5 running game and an elite defense and we would be a playoff team, even a contender. That was the discussion in the offseason.
The moment Trent went down and they thought Herron or Durant were fine it was all over. Never a good sign when you start 1 scrub then switch scrubs at halftime, multiple weeks in a row. Compounded worse by an idiot oc who repeatedly calls shotgun regardless of how crappy the OLine pass protection is. We have a rookie QB with a freaking leg brace already and who just led his team in rushing because he was running for his life all day. Plus 11 QB hits. It's insane. It's totally bonkers. Team needs a new oc.
Chiefs are 1-2, lost to the Chargers at home, and to make matters worse for the Chiefs, Reid was rushed to the hospital after the game. And the Chiefs have an all world QB, all world WR and all world TE, and yet are still 1-2. Weird season, SB loser curse maybe ?
I hate foreseeing things but, at what point does it become appropriate to talk about trading McCourty / Hightower / Gilmore for something so that some young guys can get a lot of quality snaps. Maybe 2-3 more weeks....
What young guys? We don't have depth on this team because of what we spent in FA combined with the terrible drafting. We are playing our young players from last year's draft and this years.
That being said, I am on board with trading the aging vets to get draft picks for next year. The more young talent we can add next year, the better.
This team could easily be 2-1 and things would look a lot different. The D is improving slowly with the linegetting more penetration at times. The biggest concern is the O llne. It just looks bad and i'm not sure its all down to Trents absence. 4 of last years starters are playing yet they look awful.
It's not just the record. In 2 of 3 games we have had 7 turnovers, a blocked punt and a ton of penalities. We are actually losing games as opposed to our competition beating us. This is why some folks have compared it to the early 90s.
I said it like a billion times during the offseason on here and discord but we see this scenario play out with teams all the time where they add a ton of big names in Free Agency and then fail to deliver. It takes time for a team to gel, it takes time for new players to grasp the system, and all of that is without playing with a rookie QB.
Fix the OL and we actually have a shot at a wildcard, I think. Until we fix the OL this team isn't going anywhere.
All the temper tantrums and anger about this are so unnecessary. We're in the rebuilding phase - just hopefully close to the end.
The real underperforming unit is the running game. They really should be carrying the offense. Lack of production in the running game is trickling down to the line having to pass protect and jones having to throw.
It seemed to me that after the Saints scored the first TD, they abandoned the run.
The entire team is underperforming, but it’s early and there have been several seasons where the Pats have looked bad early and then jelled. This year there are a lot of new parts, including a rookie QB, which means a lot of players haven’t played together in the ultimate team game on a team in a program built on precision. So before we pass judgment on the entire season, fire JM and BB and decapitate everyone else, we should have a little patience and see if they jell as the season progresses.
I said it like a billion times during the offseason on here and discord but we see this scenario play out with teams all the time where they add a ton of big names in Free Agency and then fail to deliver. It takes time for a team to gel, it takes time for new players to grasp the system, and all of that is without playing with a rookie QB.
Fix the OL and we actually have a shot at a wildcard, I think. Until we fix the OL this team isn't going anywhere.
All the temper tantrums and anger about this are so unnecessary. We're in the rebuilding phase - just hopefully close to the end.
There seems to be an awful lot of forgetting how bad our tight ends were last year and that how much complaining there would be if Bill hadn’t signed the two top options.
It's not just the record. In 2 of 3 games we have had 7 turnovers, a blocked punt and a ton of penalities. We are actually losing games as opposed to our competition beating us. This is why some folks have compared it to the early 90s.
There seems to be an awful lot of forgetting how bad our tight ends were last year and that how much complaining there would be if Bill hadn’t signed the two top options.
I am with you but I remember quite clearly in the offseason the majority of the board saying that we had a top 5 OL, top 5 running game and an elite defense and we would be a playoff team, even a contender. That was the discussion in the offseason.
