It's not about me. It's about Belichick, who's 70 and nearing the end of his coaching career. How does he maximize the few seasons he has left? Try to (re)build (again) around a QB with a limited ceiling? You tell me, what kind of offense are the Patriots building around Mac to maximize his strengths? Or perhaps Bill can go after a known elite QB and swing for the fences for 2-3 seasons? This seems to be NYJ's plan so we may have an interesting comparison of approaches.
I don't have answers for how the team can get back to being consistent contenders again but I know they'll give themselves a needed advantage with an elite quarterback. The conference is full of them.
Your slavish adherence to this topic is starting to become concerning. The word obsessive comes immediately to mind, but psychologists would have others. But here's the thing. You CONSTANTLY ignore any and ALL facts that tears you away from your "Johnny one note" tirade.
I'll just give you one. You CONSTANTLY ignore that Tom Brady did NOT come out of the box to be the GOAT. I think he and Joe Montana are examples of QB's that were the creation of their HC's. They were put into PERFECT systems that accentuated their specific skills and surrounded them with talent. I think Brady IS the GOAT because into his 2nd decade in the league he MADE himself into the QB who defied any system and definitions that try and determine was is good and what is great. This is one of the reasons for the impasse between Brady and Bill at the end. Bill was still trying to coach him hard, and Brady felt he was beyond that. Maybe he was. But that's another topic.
Bellichick was a MASSIVE influence in Brady's development. Christ, for the first 3 years of Brady's career, it was Bellichick who was his QB coach. I never hear you mention that nugget. You said something about trying to build another contender with a top 15 or so QB. Well for at least his first 3 superbowl wins, that's how he was viewed by many. It really wasn't until 2007 when phrase "game manager" was no longer was associated with him Until then he wasn't ever considered a "top 5 QB". Even with 3 rings he was mostly in the lower half of the top 10. But Brady was that EXTREMELY rare guy who WILLED himself to get better WELL into his long career. He worked as hard to improve himself in his 15th year as he did his 2nd. No one is saying he wasn't great.
You just need to admit to yourself that Bellichick played a legitimate LONG TERM critical role in his development and played a BIGGER long term role in building TEAM after TEAM after TEAM that was good enough to compete for titles for 20 freakin' years. No other "GM" comes even close to that kind of consistency. No one. So while there is a MYRIAD of bad picks and FA signings over the years, there were also some very good ones. NO QB, no matter how good can get into contention WITHOUT a contending roster. Contending in both talent AND depth. Yet YOU seem to contend that Bill has been a disaster of a GM, despite all the evidence that proves you wrong..
BTW- I agree with you that we would probably have a better shot at being a contender if Aaron Rodgers was brought in. But that would be going "all" in other areas and would end in a crash in 2 years and another LONGER rebuild. While I think winning is important to Bill, I believe he is trying to build a contending team the right way, which is over time. That means spending to the cap without mortgaging the future long term gains for short term success. And passing a quality roster over to his successor rather than a dumpster fire.
I believe with the draft capital they have and the FA space the team will be more talented than last years team and have more depth. They will get younger and faster too. But AGAIN, so will 31 other teams. The Conference is stacked and only getting better. EVERY win will be hard fought against good competition. There will be NO sure wins we can count on in the preseason, but there will be NO sure losses either,
That is the nature of the game TO's, good bounces, a non-call here, or a good call there can often swing games. It makes EVERY game exciting and a joy to watch. I'm afraid that your mania will rob you of this pleasure. Time to relax a bit and let the off season evolve. There will be PLENTY of occasions to rail against this hire or that pick up, and of course there is the draft. You'll get PLENTY of shots to take before they suit up for game one of the 2023 season.