If this draft is the work of Eliot Wolf’s grading system then

[Ras-IR Dowling]

 

[DaBruinz]

I think this the work of the system that Vrabel and Cowden brought in. Not Wolf.

Wolf's body of work is atrocious.

 

[Uptown]

 

[PatsFan2]

We were the Slowest Offense in 24; we had no Player who could take it the Distance unless we want Maye go out on a stretcher. Love the Henderson and Williams picks.

 

[Thelonious]

It may be that Wolf works best as an underling. That is not at all necessarily a knock: many people are like that, and they are needed. It may be that that that little punkass smirk of his makes it so I can never love him, punchable as he is, but i guess I can relent a little.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Gut reaction is Wolf sets the board based on his system and what Cowden (via Vrabes) prioritizes as important

Vrabes via Cowden determine player coachability, culture fit and how the player's intangibles can help the team win.

 

[PatsFan2]

Look at this Draft did we Draft anyone Strange?? No pun Are We Not Entertained.

 

[PatsFan2]

IF you're a RB and can't Block in a McDaniels Offense; you'll be Inactive. That aspect helps a O-Line it covers up weaknesses.

 

[Thelonious]

Look at this Draft did we Draft anyone Strange?? No pun Are We Not Entertained.

What is the correct term for these little looping video things which are becoming all the rage? I mean, if I'm going to mock them, I ought at least to know what they are called.

 

[PatsFan2]

What is the correct term for these little looping video things which are becoming all the rage? I mean, if I'm going to mock them, I ought at least to know what they are called.

Meme.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Gut reaction is Wolf sets the board based on his system and what Cowden (via Vrabes) prioritizes as important

Vrabes via Cowden determine player coachability, culture fit and how the player's intangibles can help the team win.

I think Streicher plays a big role as well. Ultimately I think Wolf, Cowden, Streicher organize all if the scouting information and have their input into what to do with each pick, but Vrabel has the final call. Regardless this front office has had an outstanding offseason. They were smart enough to go defense heavy in free agency, when there was nothing worth getting on offense, and address the offense heavy in the draft. It worked perfectly. This the best draft I have seen from them in many many years. They got their starting Left tackle, a top 3 running back, a Steve Smith clone WR, and the best Center in the draft the first two days. 4 picks 4 soon to be starters. A+ Draft.

 

[rkarp1]

you cannot change a teams draft intel, analytical data, evaluations quickly like that.
last years draft fit the needs, player type, dynamics set by Bill
this years draft have Wolf's fingerprints on all the data, evaluations, etc, but Vrabel, Cowden, Streicher had final say.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Yea this is a total 180 from last years bs

 

[RobertWeathers]

I think Streicher plays a big role as well. Ultimately I think Wolf, Cowden, Streicher organize all if the scouting information and have their input into what to do with each pick, but Vrabel has the final call. Regardless this front office has had an outstanding offseason. They were smart enough to go defense heavy in free agency, when there was nothing worth getting on offense, and address the offense heavy in the draft. It worked perfectly. This the best draft I have seen from them in many many years. They got their starting Left tackle, a top 3 running back, a Steve Smith clone WR, and the best Center in the draft the first two days. 4 picks 4 soon to be starters. A+ Draft.

They have been hitting the off-season prioritized shopping list with absolute precision.

Next question is can they play. Not all of their FA or draft choices will pan out but you can't argue with the needs and their efforts to address them.

It's really all you can hope for.

 

[MrBigglesWorth]

If you can run the ball it opens up everything else. He doesn't have Derrick Henry's size but who does... This league is above strength speed and skill

 

[Thelonious]

Meme.

I thought a meme was something that spontaneously grew to be a sort of visual or verbal idiom or a customary verbal gesture or habit of thought, something that becomes "viral," then becomes jargon or linguistic fad. What I see here are just cartoons one snatches off some digital shelf, aren't they?

To me it looks like prefabricated gibberish in visual form.

"Meme," of course, is French for "same," as in,"Because we are unable to think for ourselves, we all just post the same little pictures."

I am genuinely out of my depth in this. I had assumed this would be a passing fad, but it has become a full-blown obsession, it seems, the keyboard jockey's version of graffiti.

I am going to research this.

Here are your definitions:

The original definition: "an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture."

Here is the evolved, or devolved, definition: "an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media."

I put it on a par with the old TeleTubbies obsession, or that old Valley Girl manner of speaking that worked its way through middle schools across the land a number of years ago, or that habit rampant among homely college girls and the incel boys who love them of gathering in crowds and waving around asinine placards.

Am I being too curmudgeonly? Let me try it:


Does that work?

 

[Huckleberry1]

They have been hitting the off-season prioritized shopping list with absolute precision.

Next question is can they play. Not all of their FA or draft choices will pan out but you can't argue with the needs and their efforts to address them.

It's really all you can hope for.

Agree completely. When you think about where this organization was on the last day of the season, and where they are at now it’s been nothing short of a phenomenal offseason. They had become the dregs of the NFL, a franchise no one wanted to go to, and were immediately picked to repeat their 2024 performance in 2025, with almost no hope for the future, other than a potential franchise QB in Drake Maye. 4 months later and it is a completely different story, with a new coaching staff and a roster that has already been overhauled, and will look much different than the 24’ model when all of the cuts are done. And once this draft is over I believe you are going to hear a completely different narrative about the 25’ Patriots, than the one that began the offseason, which was basically that there was no hope for them.

Even with a day left to go if the draft I believe we are looking at a team that will be competing for a playoff spot right up to the end of the season. And although I thought that was the absolute best we could have hoped for, I now think they may even be capable of getting a W in the playoffs. There is still work to be done, and another strong off season could make them a true contender, this has been the best offseason they have had since they got Belichick and Brady.

 

[Huckleberry1]

If you can run the ball it opens up everything else. He doesn't have Derrick Henry's size but who does... This league is above strength speed and skill

True, but they can use Stevenson as the power back and Henderson as the speed back.

 

[Huckleberry1]

you cannot change a teams draft intel, analytical data, evaluations quickly like that.
last years draft fit the needs, player type, dynamics set by Bill
this years draft have Wolf's fingerprints on all the data, evaluations, etc, but Vrabel, Cowden, Streicher had final say.

I have probably been Wolf’s biggest defender over the past year, but I don’t believe they would have had this kind of draft if it had been a repeat of just him running the draft. I have said all along that Vrabel is the one with final say, and I think that this draft was a result of all four of them “ collaborating” on their board, and I believe Vrabel gets final credit for putting this front office together, and the results that came with it.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Agree completely. When you think about where this organization was on the last day of the season, and where they are at now it’s been nothing short of a phenomenal offseason. They had become the dregs of the NFL, a franchise no one wanted to go to, and were immediately picked to repeat their 2024 performance in 2025, with almost no hope for the future, other than a potential franchise QB in Drake Maye. 4 months later and it is a completely different story, with a new coaching staff and a roster that has already been overhauled, and will look much different than the 24’ model when all of the cuts are done. And once this draft is over I believe you are going to hear a completely different narrative about the 25’ Patriots, than the one that began the offseason, which was basically that there was no hope for them.

Even with a day left to go if the draft I believe we are looking at a team that will be competing for a playoff spot right up to the end of the season. And although I thought that was the absolute best we could have hoped for, I now think they may even be capable of getting a W in the playoffs. There is still work to be done, and another strong off season could make them a true contender, this has been the best offseason they have had since they got Belichick and Brady.

We've heard rumors and inferences from Wolf that Mayo didn't have a vision nor knew what kind of player he wanted in his program. That left the personnel dept to it's own devices. We saw the results.

This is why i'm stopping short on the, "Wolf Sucks" narrative. A good GM/personnel guy needs input from the coach on what kind of player to target. That increases the odds of success the player will do well here.

We can speculate if they are using Wolf's "grading system" or not but there is no question each player chosen or signed in FA is a guy Vrabel has vetted (to varying levels) and has signed off on that player being part of his program.