Jacobys comments, needs to be released immediately.

[Ring 6]

All their ot they picked up are fecking horrible and all their draft picks for o line are horrible too , they simply can not evaluate o line or wr Talent in the last years

With $100,000,000 of cap space.
And the acquisitions on defense stink too.

We have literally been reduced to a team that takes players cut by other teams, claims them and in many cases makes them starters.

 

[patsfanfromoversea]

With $100,000,000 of cap space.
And the acquisitions on defense stink too.

We have literally been reduced to a team that takes players cut by other teams, claims them and in many cases makes them starters.

That pretty much sums up wolf‘s Strategy this year despite drafting a young qb at 3 which you want and need to develop by surrounding him with talent and good coaching

 

[patriotsdynasty12189]

This team is a disaster

 

[NormZauchin]

Belichick put players in a position to succeed. Mayo puts players in a position to fail.

 

[Pape]

This man has the nerve to speak the truth in the most polite way possible. He probably was stoned.

ftfy

hard to believe he is the fourth highest player on this team...

as for what he said. eh, i kinda actually like it... holding some feet to the fire, as it were

 

[IcyPatriot]

It is a very ugly combination of players and coaching. Players who looked serviceable at the start of the season have regressed. Lowe's game yesterday is a good example of that.

As for Lowe .... has he been getting coaching from Max Lane?

 

[Stu Pidassle]

As for Lowe .... has he been getting coaching from Max Lane?

LOL, I definitely should have picked a better example. @Ross12 did a much better job. Even Lowe has hit new lows compared to his performance earlier in the year, or even last year. To your point, Scott Peters has not delivered on his early promise with his hand fighting techniques. Sadly, even the coaches are regressing.

 

[Vindicate]

Also, while we make constant reference to how this roster sucks, I think we should remember that - these are some of the best players from college who made it to the NFL draft, and it truly looks like they've forgotten how to play out there. Everything, to me, points back to coaching. I'm not arguing that this roster is super talented or even average, but we're trotting out a HS football program that's underfunded.

 

[Ring 6]

LOL, I definitely should have picked a better example. @Ross12 did a much better job. Even Lowe has hit new lows compared to his performance earlier in the year, or even last year. To your point, Scott Peters has not delivered on his early promise with his hand fighting techniques. Sadly, even the coaches are regressing.

If you watch the OL play their technique sucks too. Lots of reaching and grabbing, very tentative. All the holding penalties have as much to do with technique being bad as with covering for getting beat.

 

[Ring 6]

Also, while we make constant reference to how this roster sucks, I think we should remember that - these are some of the best players from college who made it to the NFL draft, and it truly looks like they've forgotten how to play out there. Everything, to me, points back to coaching. I'm not arguing that this roster is super talented or even average, but we're trotting out a HS football program that's underfunded.

Depending upon the day the story they tell us about Polk usually includes mental issues and confidence.
We threw about 500 screen passes in the first half yesterday and everything else was a quick out that is high probability of success with little chance for gaining a hell of a lot.
So if you invested a 2nd round pick in a WR who has the worst WR #s in the history of the league and you blame his confidence and you roll out a lame ass game plan to complete 90% of your passes for no yards, why not let him get the ball? He got zero.
Even when they do stupid things they compound the stupidity.

 

[n1997y]

Sadly, even the coaches are regressing.

Excellence is a habit.

So is mediocrity.

 

[Stu Pidassle]

If you watch the OL play their technique sucks too. Lots of reaching and grabbing, very tentative. All the holding penalties have as much to do with technique being bad as with covering for getting beat.

Zo was going crazy when Lowe got beat on those back to back plays because it was obvious that he was unable to time the snap correctly. It seems as if the coaching to stop jumping offsides did not translate.

 

[PancakeBlockPaul]

This man has the nerve to speak the truth in the most polite way possible. He should probably be stoned.

Hell if we are gonna stone the man for speaking the truth, as ugly as it is, others should be burned at the stake, pressed, put on the rack, and drawn and quartered. Talking Mel Gibson William Wallace style minus the freedom bs. Maybe they could yell “Losiiiiiing” when being disemboweled? I think he just had the balls to finally come out and say what everyone else was thinking and wanting to say. Good look or bad, it took stones to do it and for that I give the man even more respect for what he’s done for us ie being a tackling dummy for the opposing teams. Knowing it’s a lost season, you know there’s going to be discontent in the locker room. This is going to be where Mayo shows whether or not he really is HC material. A coach of a team this bad at the end of the season has to go into the locker room and take ALL the blame for this all the while trying to get these guys motivated to try and play spoiler in some sort of way. Not knocking someone out of the race but ****ing up someone’s standing in the playoffs. Getting someone out of the first seed comes to mind but that would be monumental AND a good test for him. Not saying they can do it but dropping the bildos a spot or even 2 would mean the world. Players that go out and do this for their coach ie buy in even though the odds are ridiculously against them have a chance when the coach gives them that chance which is motivation. I would love to see how Mayo acts in the locker room. We may be seeing that sometime soon with hard knocks…

 

[Stu Pidassle]

Excellence is a habit.

So is mediocrity.

In their efforts to set expectations Wolf and Mayo told the players, in no uncertain words, that W-L were not important and that they would use the second half of the season as a glorified try out session. Keeping Brissett in too long only reinforced that mindset.

 

[Ross12]

Zo was going crazy when Lowe got beat on those back to back plays because it was obvious that he was unable to time the snap correctly. It seems as if the coaching to stop jumping offsides did not translate.

Mayo: “Stop committing false start penalties dummy”

Lowe: “What do you advise I do differently Coach Jerod?”

Mayo: “I dunno, like, just wait longer. Wait til the other guys are moving and then you move. Then you’ll never false start. Genius right?”

 

[mgteich]

Mayo: “Stop committing false start penalties dummy”

Lowe: “What do you advise I do differently Coach Jerod?”

Mayo: “I dunno, like, just wait longer. Wait til the other guys are moving and then you move. Then you’ll never false start. Genius right?”

I think that we will be very unhappy next year if Lowe is at best the #4 emergency OT we can get. The good news is that Lowe is signed and is camp insurance against injury and against the possibility that the other 4 OT's are truly unacceptable.

I expect us to sign 2 free agent OT's (a top starting LT and a swing OT), and to draft one LT. That would give us Wallace and 3 new arrivals.
Obviously, we would also need a couple of OT's on the Practice Squad, perhaps including Lowe, Jacobs and someone we claim before Game 1.
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LOWE EVALUATION (what this season is for)
The team has had a stable OL for most of the season. Lowe has been given the chance to show that he has a future in the NFL. At best, he is a bottom of the roster player or a Practice Squad player.

JACOBS EVALUATION (what this season is for)
He isn't ready for anything but a possible #4 OT position, which is fine. Let him compete in camp, and if he doesn't quite make it, he is an OK Practice Squad option, IMO better than Lowe.

 

[Ray Ray 717]

Belichick put players in a position to succeed. Mayo puts players in a position to fail.

Belichick the GM puts the patriots in position to fail

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Belichick the GM puts the patriots in position to fail

Wolf and Groh better do much better next draft, or they will be gone for sure, if they're not before the draft.

 

[mgteich]

Wolf and Groh better do much better next draft, or they will be gone for sure, if they're not before the draft.

The important stuff will be done LONG before the draft. We need to make decisions on Wise and Jones, and we need to sign a DOZEN contributors at

OFFENSE
Backup QB
# 2 TE (hopefully Hooper)
Top WR
2nd veteran WR (at least Bourne level)
starting LT
2nd OT (probably a swing OT)

DEFENSE (one of each)
DT
DE
EDGE
ILB
CB
FS

We also have decisions on relatively minor players like RFA Austin, RFA Brown, RFA Ellis, UFA Ximenez, UFA Hasty, UFA Slye, UFA Ngakoue and UFA Hawkins. Other than a 2nd round tender to Ellis and Austin (or a 3-year extension), I'm indifferent on the rest.
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Of course, Wolf won't get quality players for all of these positions. No GM would.
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AND THEN THE BPA DRAFT
As we look from our 2024 perspective, we shouldn't EXPECT any particular positions (except perhaps an OT somewhere in the top 3 rounds. All depends on who is signed in free agency. For example, my HOPE is that all the above positions will be filled in free agency and that we can draft focusing on the future (of course expecting some help from the draftees in 2025). Hopefully, at least one pick is moved into the better 2026 Draft.

 

[Triumph]

Weird

Jacoby is on TV doing Progressive Insurance commercials.