Great/average/bad all time Pats players who the fan base loved or hated

[Patsfan1645]

Talib (divided/average)

I did not care for him and his play could be great at points and bad at others.

 

[Triumph]

Lawrence "Koolaid" Maroney.

Chad Jackson could not spell cat already having the c and t.

Ocho Sinco knew where to line up at Dunkin, but not in a Super Bowl.

 

[maust]

Talib (divided/average)

I did not care for him and his play could be great at points and bad at others.

'Qib man, you couldn't understand a word the guy said but it was fun to hear him talk

 

[BennyBledsoe]

Max Lane (average/divided). I don’t fault him as much for SB 31 he was set up to fail.

It was embarrassing. Not having Gash in there to chip him or Coates or....just at least have given Drew a half second more to make a better throw.

 

[Real fan 02]

I’ve seen this done for other teams on Twitter, but not the Patriots so throwing this out there. These aren’t the only names for each category but I’ll start.


Loved by fans:
Brady (great)
Law Firm (average)
Cam in 2020 (bad).

Fans were divided on these guys:
Bledsoe (great)
Myles Bryant (average)
Canty (bad).

Hated by fans:
***ante (great)
Juju (average)
Cassius Marsh (bad).

Some Honorable mentions.. aqib talib, chandler Jones, Brandon merriwether, Brandon spikes, Lee bodden, Andre Carter, Mark Anderson... where would you slot those guys?

 

[Real fan 02]

'Qib man, you couldn't understand a word the guy said it was fun to hear him talk

Aqib "whodini " talib... disappeared in big games

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

How about John Hannah? How would you like to see this coming toward you on a sweep?

 

[Water Boy]

Interesting topic.

So many beloved lunch pail guys.

Bru - forever walks on water in the eyes of Patriots Nation
Mosi - he had freakishly small feet and never fumbled, except in the playoffs against Denver.
BJGE (aka the Law Firm) - a no frills bell cow.
Steve Nelson - #57 heart and soul of the defense for years
Ben Coates - Mr. reliable on 3rd and long with defenders draped all over him
Kevin Faulk - another 3rd down stud - took some big hits in his career

 

[condon84]

Rodney - Loved/great
Mac - HATED/WOAT

 

[sb1]

OT but for the Sox:

Papi, Pedey, Koji, Vaughn (loved/great)
Manny (divided/great). Had Manny in the loved category but maybe he fits better here. Manny being Manny wasn't for everyone.
Bellhorn, Trot (loved/average)
Schilling, Pap, Price (divided/great). Schill was loved playing in Boston, not so much in recent years
Everett, Clemens (hated/great)
Damon (hated after he left, great-ish)
Panda, Cordero (hated/bad)
Bobby Valentine - not a player but an easy hated/bad. Lol

 

[sb1]

Some Honorable mentions.. aqib talib, chandler Jones, Brandon merriwether, Brandon spikes, Lee bodden, Andre Carter, Mark Anderson... where would you slot those guys?

Talib - good-ish/divided. Knack for getting KO'ed out of games where he's needed badly
Chandler - great/loved
Merri, Spikes - average/divided
Bodden - good/divided? Best of a subpar group in the secondary at least.
Carter, Anderson - good/loved I guess? Wish we found a way to keep them.

 

[Pape]

Blount isn’t hated by the fan base?

by me... i hated the way he ran

 

[sb1]

Rodney - Loved/great
Mac - HATED/WOAT

Agreed 100% on Rodney. Hope he gets into the HOF soon.
Mac's rookie season was a totally different category than afterwards - definitely way less likeable.

 

[Real fan 02]

Talib - good-ish/divided. Knack for getting KO'ed out of games where he's needed badly
Chandler - great/loved
Merri, Spikes - average/divided
Bodden - good/divided? Best of a subpar group in the secondary at least.
Carter, Anderson - good/loved I guess? Wish we found a way to keep them.

Good categories. I think Anderson was a flash in the pan and Carter was an older player is why it wasn't a long term thing.. definitely on talib... that's why we didn't extend him becuase he wasn't durable and tapped out of big games.. suddenly he became an all pro In Denver. Spikes that knee injury hampered his career.. merriweheather.. never seen a SS celebrate so much after a 25 yards gain.. bodden was good while here.. knee injuries derailed him as well chandler was awesome.. If not for a shirtless and shoeless visit to Foxboro PD.. he probably would have stayed here...

 

[Patriot Missile]

for me? adding some other names...

loved:
Larry Whigham - Loved/Average
Harold Jackson - Loved/Great (compare his Pats numbers to Stanley Morgan - prepare to be shocked)
Ben Coates - Loved/Great
Jim Colclough - Loved/Great

average/divided
Russ Hochstein - Average/Loved

hated
Legarrette Blount - Hated/Good
Duane Starks - Hated/Bad
Monty Biesel - see Duane Starks
Scott Sisson - bad/hated

Puzzling
Adam Seward - ???

Didn’t Whigham receive 2 AFC first team all pro nods as special teams ace? Also voted Patriots all 1990’s team. Surely that’s not average?

 

[Pape]

Didn’t Whigham receive 2 AFC first team all pro nods as special teams ace? Also voted Patriots all 1990’s team. Surely that’s not average?

Whig is my favorite player... when i rate guys its more on a "starter/not starter" level... yes he was a stand out special teams player, but was a slightly above average DB...

 

[maust]

Whig is my favorite player... when i rate guys its more on a "starter/not starter" level... yes he was a stand out special teams player, but was a slightly above average DB...

If Larry Whigham ever took a bad angle on a play, I never saw it.

 

[Steve102]

for me? adding some other names...

loved:
Larry Whigham - Loved/Average
Harold Jackson - Loved/Great (compare his Pats numbers to Stanley Morgan - prepare to be shocked)
Ben Coates - Loved/Great
Jim Colclough - Loved/Great

average/divided
Russ Hochstein - Average/Loved

hated
Legarrette Blount - Hated/Good
Duane Starks - Hated/Bad
Monty Biesel - see Duane Starks
Scott Sisson - bad/hated

Puzzling
Adam Seward - ???

Loved:
Slate as ST all-pro and future red jacket wearer.

Hated:
Slate as a WR.

I didn't hate many. Assante, the smurf that gave up the TD to Plexiglass in the SB. Shawn Springs and Adalius Thomas in that 2009 team. There were very few that made me yell at the TV to STFU like Springs and Thomas.

 

[Real fan 02]

Didn’t Whigham receive 2 AFC first team all pro nods as special teams ace? Also voted Patriots all 1990’s team. Surely that’s not average?

You guys are talking about an un-relatable time in patriots history.. where I was more concerned with trying to get her bra off then what the team was doing in early 90s.. LOL..

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Ventrone (loved, bad)

I don't see how a player that they literally designed a new KO coverage formation around was "bad."