Patriots Pursued Higgins, but then Paid Milton Williams

[Vindicate]

Yeah, Higgins is a big part of their offense, but they have already shown you cannot have an all world passing game and a historically bad defense and win anything.

They could have easily gotten several high draft picks including one or two first rounders for Higgins when they franchised him. It could have turned around their defense quickly (granted they probably would have blown the picks like they did with this year's #1 pick).

I will say this. If you hire the right coach, that team really only needs to field a defense that keeps games under ~24/27. And the Bengals can do that, I really think it's just piss poor coaching. Since their SB run, their have so much trouble fielding a complete team on gameday. It's either score 45 but lose to 47. Or it's keep the score under 25 but fail to score 17 lol.

That's where the cheapness of the Brown family comes in. Rarely paying for high quality staff.

Also their first round draft pick might be on the road to bust but it's hard to tell. The holdout kept him from practice, then he has been routinely injured, and is described as still "onboarding the defense."

 

[Real fan 02]

I had ST’s for 30 years that would have sucked
Gave them to a family member recently because I moved to SC

That's awesome.. when did you purchase the tickets?

 

[Ring 6]

If you didn’t intend on saying Kraft is cheap, I will. He’s always been cheap and was carried by Parcells, Bledsoe, BB and Tom Brady. He was never going to Hartford and it was only a negotiation ploy to make Massachusetts cave and give them a better deal. Fans sure thought Bobby was a hero. He’s always been about optics.

I think “cheap” needs to be defined. He certainly isn’t cheap in investing his money to make profits. He build the stadium and patriot place not to be magnanimous but to make money.
He has always expected the team to work on a low end cash budget and figure out how to make it work around the cap. Less cash spending but hitting the cap means less up front bonus, less top end players signed, lower payroll expense. He was either smart or lucky that the nature of free agency is that crazy spending on top end guys rarely works out and smart signings and roster depth is ultimately much more important IF DONE RIGHT. The biggest thing that has been overlooked in the dynasty is that the budget for groceries was skinny compared to rest of the teams, but the shopping overcame that. We got more out if less than any team ever has.

Cheap or smart enough to know intelligence in roster building is more important than being the highest bidder is the real debate.

 

[Ring 6]

I will say this. If you hire the right coach, that team really only needs to field a defense that keeps games under ~24/27. And the Bengals can do that, I really think it's just piss poor coaching. Since their SB run, their have so much trouble fielding a complete team on gameday. It's either score 45 but lose to 47. Or it's keep the score under 25 but fail to score 17 lol.

That's where the cheapness of the Brown family comes in. Rarely paying for high quality staff.

Also their first round draft pick might be on the road to bust but it's hard to tell. The holdout kept him from practice, then he has been routinely injured, and is described as still "onboarding the defense."

The pick was a stretch to begin with. IIRC he had a total of 3 sacks in his entire college career

 

[Vindicate]

The pick was a stretch to begin with. IIRC he had a total of 3 sacks in his entire college career

Very much an experiment solely because of his RAS score.

 

[Boomer B]

Why are you?

Cause I’m not spamming the board trying to start **** with everyone

 

[Clonamery]

Cause I’m not spamming the board trying to start **** with everyone

That's never been a prerequisite. Neither has coherence or politeness.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

That's awesome.. when did you purchase the tickets?

The day Kraft took over the team

 

[Zoomnbyu]

 

[VrabelJr]

Elite DT over Elite WR all day, every day. And Higgins isn’t even elite.

 

[JoeSixPat]

It's funny how much the Diggs signing seemed like an afterthought and that wouldn't pay off until late in the season, if at all. And now it's one of the most important signings.

Both the Pats and Diggs were snubbed by the NFL

No one wanted to play for a team as bad as the Pats and the Bills and others doubted Digg's health and resolve.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Both the Pats and Diggs were snubbed by the NFL

No one wanted to play for a team as bad as the Pats and the Bills and others doubted Digg's health and resolve.

Necessity makes strange bedfellows.

 

[Sect140]

The day Kraft took over the team

1988 here, as soon as I got out of the Air Force.

 

[Sect140]

I’m glad we went with Williams.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Good try: I would loved if we had the 6'4 220 lbs Tee Higgins: Maye's occasional High Off target passes wouldn't get by him. I'll take that catch radius.

Hollins is 6'4" 220 lbs and no passes get by him. But you posted 100 times that Hollins sucks and you want Chism.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Roughly half of NFL stadiums are within their team's city limits, about a half dozen or so are >10 miles out

You are the Mr. NFL stadium's geography trivia person?

WTF! Your wife let you use ChatGPT?

 

[maust]

You are the Mr. NFL stadium's geography trivia person?

WTF! Your wife let you use ChatGPT?

ChartGPT my ass



My sons and I used to make trips to at least one different NFL or MLB stadium (often both) annually. Some are gone but we still group text back and forth about the details whenever one gets replaced or undergoes a major renovation. Just a ties that bind, father and sons thing.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

1988 here, as soon as I got out of the Air Force.

AP took my picture and interviewed me as. I was at the window buying tickets
Was on the front page of the Globe Sunday sports section the next day