Jesus dude. Some of you guys with these comments I wonder what the hell you're actually watching on Sundays?
I already debunked the "pressures" nonsense earlier this season. He's nowhere close to being a league leader which you an look up in 2 seconds. Stop the gaslighting nonsense.
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But his play didn't live up to the potential that the 26-year-old possesses"
"Playing alongside Milton Williams,
he didn't fill the "robin"-type role that people expected for him. He only had two sacks, coming nearly two years after a hefty contract extension (four years, up to $92 million) he signed in 2024. That also doesn't take into the account the blood clots he was diagnosed with that forced him to the sideline for most of that season."
INDIANAPOLIS — If you take the original statements by the New England Patriots after the two legal situations surrounding Stefon Diggs and Christian Barmore at
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Since then, however, it's been all downhill for Barmore, and ESPN thinks he may be sent packing by the Patriots.
"The Patriots would definitely need to find an on-field replacement for Barmore's interior pass-rushing skills. Last season, he had 11 quarterback hits and two sacks. However, Barmore is facing an assault and battery charge, and New England might want to make a change and focus more on improving on the edge."
"As ESPN noted, Barmore had a mediocre season in 2025, recording only two sacks and 11 quarterback hits."
The New England Patriots will begin Phase II of their rebuild under Mike Vrabel, and they still have a lot of work to do. While they reached the Super Bowl, the
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"Then there’s Barmore. Even at 26,
there are reasons to believe his best football has been played, too.
Barmore has a history of knee injuries recently overshadowed by his
battle with blood clots. He failed to tally a single pressure in the Super Bowl. He had two sacks in the regular season,
when his run defense was often problematic. He genreated several quick pressures
but also failed to record as much as quarterback hit in seven of eight games during one midseason stretch; a
dry spell Wolf noted this week in an answer about whether Barmore is the type of player in whom the Patriots should be investing.
The Patriots might soon release two of their best players. Here’s why.
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No, I don't lie. He sandwiched compliments with criticism. He was being nice. Nice try though.
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Wolf on Christian Barmore: "Christian has grown up quite a bit, and we continue to help him with that. And he continues to want to make improvements in that area. So, yeah, he's continued to improve on the field. He had a little bit of a lull in the middle of the season there. He wasn't playing quite as well, but kicked it up again at the end, and continues to be a key cog in there for us."
The Patriots don’t want to use the word "rebuild," but they had a lot of work to do, especially given how the drafts went in 2022, 2023, and 2024 (with a few exceptions). That they ended up in the Super Bowl didn’t change that. The roster needs work.
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