PATRIOTS NEWS Official: Eliot Wolf named EVP of Player Personnel

[Triumph]

You remember the what-ifs forever. Just missing out on murderer Ray Lewis. This is rather epic. Don’t think the lesson will be lost on Eliot.

BB secured an additional 1st round pick for the Browns who became the Ravens.

I believe that BB knew that Lewis was a HOF LB and was going to take him if the Browns stayed in Cleveland.

 

[signbabybrady]

By resources you mean drafting a LT next year, don’t you?

Ideally Wallace or Okorafor work at LT but if not I'm not sure I'd want to go draft route and hope for quick development. This would seem like free agent priority this way.

I think next year first round should probably be on defense. Second round right now I think Center would make sense. Obviously a lot will change until then though.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Brett Veach is GM of the Chiefs
Howie Roseman is GM of the Eagles
Brandon Beane is GM of the Bills
Omar Kahn is GM of the Steelers
John Lynch is GM of the 49ers

There is nothing wrong with accountability

Jerry Jones is GM of the Cowboys
Bob Kraft is GM of the Patriots.

Kraft is not going to be the Gm ...
People who think that don't get it.

 

[Brewskies]

Kraft breaks NFL rule could be costly or just a white wash.

 

[Real fan 02]

The NEP also made clear that Mayo's parking space is next to Wolfie's and not behind it.

Where was bills parking spot? Lol

 

[Triumph]

Kraft is not.to be the Gm ...
People who think that don't get it.

You don't get the whole GM thing.

Kraft hired the Head Coach. That is a fact.

GMs hire coaches also a fact.

 

[Kdo5]

He resigned a lot of important players in free agency. He made the clear and obvious choice with the #3 pick, he double dipped on receivers in the draft. I like all of that. I could quibble with the OL picks but that’s the only real criticism I have right now.

 

[IcyPatriot]

You don't get the whole GM thing.

Kraft hired the Head Coach. That is a fact.

GMs hire coaches also a fact.

You are stuck in the past ... time to upgrade your CRT television.
For your anger ... a gentle laxative will do the trick reducing your bloat.

 

[Triumph]

You are stuck in the past ... time to upgrade your CRT television.
For your anger ... a gentle laxative will do the trick reducing your bloat.

You're clueless if you believe that Kraft handed over his team to Wolfe after BB controlled his team for 20 plus years.

Kraft is the GM.

 

[IcyPatriot]

You're clueless if you believe that Kraft handed over his team to Wolfe after BB controlled his team for 20 plus years.

Kraft is the GM.

 

[Fubby]

How absolutely degrading must it have been for the minority candidates that were “interviewed” for this position to go through it knowing the decision had already been made. Rooney rule is a joke and when are the minority groups going to speak up and call this stupid rule out for what it is.

 

[Triumph]

CrackpipePatriot

 

[Brewskies]

Weird he has control of the 53, isn’t that usually the HC?

No the GM or in this case The EVP selects and negotiates the contracts of the players. The HC coaches those 53 + players.

 

[Brewskies]

How many draft picks will the Patriots lose as they skirt around the GM recruiting rule? Will the black potential GMs bring a lawsuit?

 

[Clonamery]

I like Elliot Wolf ... he values and listens to his coaches ...
The scouts ... out there working hard and they also have his attention.

This is a way above Belichick listening to 1 college coach and drafting Harry.
The revamp will take a few years ... many on the staff hired quickly some to be replaced.
How this goes ... time will tell ... more coaches ... revamped front office ...

Why would it take a few years? Explain that to me.

 

[Clonamery]

Problem is that a coach is more focused on winning this year, the front office is more focused on the long term condition of the roster. A coach may prioritize a veteran with one good year left over a very young player who hasn’t had much opportunity to prove himself yet but has flashed and there’s reason to believe he will develop. For this year, yes the veteran will be better, but long-term your roster will be shorthanded after that. So it makes sense to leave these decisions with 1 person and then have the coach focus on doing his best to win with who he has - and I’m sure he gets lots of opportunity to give input in their “collaborative environment”.

If the team struggles and it’s clearly due to a talent deficiency, that will be blame laid more on Wolf than Mayo. If you let one guy make the initial decisions but then let the other guy cut it down to 53 then you end up with a lot of finger pointing. “He didn’t get me good players”, “I did but he cut them before they developed” etc.

Word salad.

 

[Clonamery]

Agreed, I have been saying the same for a while now. The rest of the division is going to head toward tougher times after this year, although Buffalo accelerated that to some extent by moving Diggs early. NE has held much of its cash in reserves, and next year’s free agent class will be stronger than this year’s. Year 2 of a QB is when you want to start throwing some resources behind him. If all goes according to plan they may be able to take the division in 2025 or at least have a healthy chance of a playoff berth, and their overall roster strength will continue to improve throughout Maye’s rookie deal.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Love The Drake]

How many draft picks will the Patriots lose as they skirt around the GM recruiting rule? Will the black potential GMs bring a lawsuit?

NFL already cleared us, plus what kind of lawsuit can they have when our hand picked successor HC is Black.

 

[Triumph]

How many draft picks will the Patriots lose as they skirt around the GM recruiting rule? Will the black potential GMs bring a lawsuit?

Its Patriots GM by committee.

Nobody gets promoted and more money and nobody gets fired.

You know those "equal" stickers that you see on cars ?

 

[Brotherblues]

The way the whole office is being structured with specialists and "right hand" people everywhere, starting to wonder about the evolution of the HC role in the franchise. One of BB's downfalls was surrounding himself with "good soldiers" who weren't good for much else, while he was the undisputed General calling all the shots. There's been an apparent effort to dismantle that and emphasize construction of a machine in which the HC is just another (albeit important) part.