Game Day Thread 2023 OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: Week 5 - New England Patriots vs New Orleans Saints

[TheRainMaker]

I think Dugger is going to get far more than he is worth in free agency.

I think he gets the Hightower treatment which is not much attention and signs a mid level deal. He doesn’t do anything that jumps out on the screen.

 

[Thelonious]

Let’s see how arrogant BB is at the presser.

Has anyone ever snorted themselves to death? Might want to have a nurse standing by.

 

[Uptown]

I remember he threw a fluke pick-6 against the Eagles at the goal line in 2015. Such a weird game. Can't remember the other 2.

The were actually 5 in total; against BUF in ‘09, TEN in ‘19, CLE in ‘02, BUF ‘18 & MIA in either ‘17 or ‘18 I believe.

 

[Ross12]

Was it the OL's fault that time that Mac couldn't pitch the ball 5 feet?

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

 

[State]

Yeah, Barmore is Mr. Invisible. Very overrated by many on this board.

Ken Sims, part deux.

 

[chasa]

what a ****ing dumpster fire of a team. top to bottom.

keep bourn and Douglas, and andrews.

Throw out literally everything else on offense.

 

[Brick27]

Can we swap rookies at punter and kicker?

 

[Patsfan1958]

 

[raduray]

We wore the all-blues last week too if I remember....trying to put that game out of my mind....maybe we can get the Pat's out of these gawdawful unis.

Eureka! That's it. The all-blues.

 

[JR52]

Was it the OL's fault that time that Mac couldn't pitch the ball 5 feet?

I think that falls into the 'Bill Belichick' excuse column but IDK.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

Mac Jones has given the other team 24 points in the last game and a half and scored 3 for the Patriots.

He's literally blowing himself out 24-3.

 

[Vindicate]

To be honest - the defense still has the bones to be good next year and they had a good rookie class. They can be sellers before the deadline and collect assets, end the year with a top 5 pick and draft their QB of the future. Invest in offense in the draft and also use your huge cash reserves the next few years to ink some playmakers while still having a good defense to buoy your rookie QB. But tough to say if Kraft will be on board with that plan while keeping Bill or if he would need to clean house. If he did, the next staff would be set up for set up pretty nicely to shape the roster how they'd like.

This is why staffing changes need to be made, imo. You have a defense that, when healthy, could make the case for the best. Using that as a springboard for a new front office that can cobble together a decent offense with a spoil of resources is possible. That's the part that hurts the most: we don't need a world-beater offense (though I hope you try to always build one), this defense - when healthy - requires an offense that only needs to consistently score 24. And with a good offense, that defense will only be better. Force teams to have to take chances with passing into our secondary? That'd play right into their hands, literally.

 

[Ian]

Was it the OL's fault that time that Mac couldn't pitch the ball 5 feet?

Horrible. Jones didn't even seem mad or frustrated with himself after it, either.

 

[Rob0729]

I think he gets the Hightower treatment which is not much attention and signs a mid level deal. He doesn’t do anything that jumps out on the screen.

He makes highlight reel plays, but he is inconsistent. That usually gets at least one team to over pay.

 

[mikey m]

and their rookie kicker drills a 54 yarder lol

 

[VectorPrime]

This roster is so rotten

 

[TheRainMaker]

Ken Sims, part deux.

He was before my time, but he’s a spitting image of Dominique Easley.

Even Malcolm Brown made more of an impact and actually stayed on the field.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Let’s see how arrogant BB is at the presser.

I can already tell you what he's gonna say, "We're on to the Raiders."

 

[Brady6]

If not for Aaron Rodgers injury there is a real possibility we’d be looking at 0-5.