Season Report Card

sb1 · Feb 9, 2026

Overall, including postseason.

QB: A-
OL: C
RB: B-
WR: B
TE: B-

DL: B+
LB: B
Secondary: A-

ST: B+
Coaching: A-

Quite the step forward from this same post last year. And they can get even better. With that said - these are the grades of a 14-3 team that won the conference and not a 10-7 wild card team. Make of that how you will.

dannydyn · Feb 9, 2026

I'll play...

QB: B+ (gotta factor in Maye's sub par performance in the playoffs)
OL: C
RB: B
WR: B-
TE: B

DL: A-
LB: B+
Secondary: A-

ST: B+
Coaching: B+

sb1 · Feb 9, 2026

I just changed my coaching grade from A to A-... had to penalize them a bit for last night.

PatsFan2 · Feb 9, 2026

sb1 said:
Overall, including postseason.

QB: A-
OL: C
RB: B-
WR: B
TE: B-

DL: B+
LB: B
Secondary: A-

ST: B+
Coaching: A-

Quite the step forward from this same post last year. And they can get even better.

Can we Grade OC Josh McDaniels?? A "Z" might be a stratech right now.

TheRainMaker · Feb 9, 2026

QB: A-
RB: B-
WR: B-
OL: C-
DL: A-
LB: B
DB: B+
S: C+
ST: A

Coaching: A+. Vrabel took a 4-13 last place team, flips a 180 on the record and goes to the Super Bowl.

Steve102 · Feb 9, 2026

PatsFan2 said:
Can we Grade OC Josh McDaniels?? A "Z" might be a stratech right now.

You are such a fickle *****.

Dude is the best OC in the NFL. Players play. The QB has a bum shoulder. The LT is playing on one leg. JMcD won Assistant Coach of the Year. You go right a ahead a give him a Z grade. You're smarter than everyone else.

PatsFan2 · Feb 9, 2026

Steve102 said:
You are such a fickle *****.

Dude is the best OC in the NFL. Players play. The QB has a bum shoulder. The LT is playing on one leg. JMcD won Assistant Coach of the Year. You go right a ahead a give him a Z grade. You're smarter than everyone else.

Steve102 · Feb 9, 2026

PatsFan2 said:

I have no idea what that fekkin' means.

PatsFan2 · Feb 9, 2026

Steve102 said:
I have no idea what that fekkin' means.

Next time it will be this.

NFL Mystique · Feb 9, 2026

TheRainMaker said:
QB: A-
RB: B-
WR: B-
OL: C-
DL: A-
LB: B
DB: B+
S: C+
ST: A

Coaching: A+. Vrabel took a 4-13 last place team, flips a 180 on the record and goes to the Super Bowl.

He passed the tests. But did not study everything required for finals.

Steve102 · Feb 9, 2026

PatsFan2 said:
Next time it will be this.

Which also makes no fekkin' sense.

gobesmug · Feb 9, 2026

Steve102 said:
You are such a fickle *****.

Dude is the best OC in the NFL. Players play. The QB has a bum shoulder. The LT is playing on one leg. JMcD won Assistant Coach of the Year. You go right a ahead a give him a Z grade. You're smarter than everyone else.

Josh had a great season and no doubt had a big part in Maye near MVP season.

But that gameplan for the superbowl was trash. Too many long slow developing routes with an Oline that couldn't get the job done.

I was expecting to see a change in the second half but it didnt happen.

The few times they set up flats to the RBs they got mid yards. Seattle was giving room for the flat to the RB the whole game and McDaniels failed to capitalize on that.

1960Pats · Feb 11, 2026

I prefer to give them a team grade and give them an A.

I expected them to gain a few more games in the standings but I never expected a ten game improvement and a trip to the SB.

Toofy · Feb 11, 2026

I think all of us would be happy had it been a fight and we lost but the fact that they mailed us in and we had 60 yards of offense over 3 quarters , makes us question who are the real patriots - preseason juggernauts or post season also rans . Was the super bowl performance an aberration or does it portend the future. I hope it's the former. But none of us have answers right now outside of hoping for the best.

h0c2000 · Feb 11, 2026

Maye Regular season A+
Post Season C-

Betterthanmost · Feb 11, 2026

A for all categories. I was entertained this year beyond my wildest imagination. We have the core components and there is hope. I could not say this last year at this time. We just need some dogs at LB/TE and perhaps interior OL.
Get Campbell on an improvement program. Keep chipping away at the fundamentals with Maye. He needs a solid D-coordinator to work with him this offseason. Yes a D-coordinator. I can expatiate on that if it is coming across as counterintuitive.

p8ryts · Feb 11, 2026

I consider myself the all-time great rationalist of poor Patriot football. I used to leave the stadium in an awful mood, but by the time I arrived home (1 hour later), I was able to rationalize the poor play and be positive about next week. With all that, this was a GREAT year, tainted by the offensive SB performance. My personal rationalization is that Drake and the offense just ran out of steam facing great defenses in the playoff. It was a long season; they were going into their 18th straight game entering the playoffs. It was a grind and I think it got to them. The defense improved dramatically and were very good at the end of the year. Receivers were open, RBs were good when they had a little room, there were plays to be made. Hopefully next year we make them. No wait. Next year I know they will make them.

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