My Ridiculously Early Start on a 2026 Offseason Plan

mayoclinic · Feb 16, 2026

I don't want any WR at 31.

Omar Campbell is a fine WR, but I cannot envision any scenario in which I would consider him BPA at 31.

Clonamery · Feb 16, 2026

mayoclinic said:
I don't want any WR at 31.

Omar Campbell is a fine WR, but I cannot envision any scenario in which I would consider him BPA at 31.

You trade back for a 2nd + and pick him then, feel a lot less queasy.

captain stone · Feb 16, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
Wish lists are for Asians with leather and high heels.

Ummm... say what?

captain stone · Feb 16, 2026

manxman2601 said:
How would you feel about Omar Cooper Jr at 31?

Only if we've first made significant improvements to our OL & pass rush during the free agency period; otherwise our first pick, whether at 31 or later, has to be an OLman or a front-7 defender.

manxman2601 · Feb 17, 2026

It will be interesting to see whether Vrabel's FO re-sign their guys over the next 3 weeks or whether they do the BB thing of allowing them to test the market to see what their price is and then choosing whether or not to match.

manxman2601 · Feb 17, 2026

dliverey44 · Feb 17, 2026

manxman2601 said:

My question is would you pursue him and sign Chaisson or is it one or the other, in your opinion? I think Mafe would be a bit more expensive

mayoclinic · Feb 17, 2026

Both should be affordable.

manxman2601 · Feb 17, 2026

dliverey44 said:
My question is would you pursue him and sign Chaisson or is it one or the other, in your opinion? I think Mafe would be a bit more expensive

I don't know enough about Mafe but I do think we need two edges, one of which might be Chaisson.

mayoclinic · Feb 17, 2026

I like the idea of Mafe and Chaisson at EDGE.

Mafe is 6'4" 260#, 27 years old. And very athletic. He had a 4.53 40, 1.56 10 split, 4.47 SS, and 41.5" VJ. He should be reasonably affordable.

manxman2601 · Feb 17, 2026

mayoclinic said:
I like the idea of Mafe and Chaisson at EDGE.

Mafe is 6'4" 260#, 27 years old. And very athletic. He had a 4.53 40, 1.56 10 split, 4.47 SS, and 41.5" VJ. He should be reasonably affordable.

He should qualify as "better, younger, cheaper" over Harold Landry although we might have to see on cheaper.

Those are some outstanding numbers too.

mayoclinic · Feb 23, 2026

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25399492-predicting-nfls-most-shocking-cuts-2026-offseason

If TJ Hockenson or Rashan Gary get cut, I would hope the Pats explore their market.

mayoclinic · Feb 23, 2026

This would be a pretty cool offseason:

- Re-sign Chaisson, Tonga, Hawkins
- Sign UFA IOL Alijah Vera Tucker
- Assuming they are cap casualties, sign UFA TE TJ Hockenson and EDGE Rashan Gary

Then you can add RT, WR, DB and IOL in the draft.

Huckleberry1 · Feb 23, 2026

mayoclinic said:
I don't want any WR at 31.

Omar Campbell is a fine WR, but I cannot envision any scenario in which I would consider him BPA at 31.

I can think of a couple who would be worth it, e.g..Concepcion, but in general I agree. The quality at OL and defensive front 7 is too good to go WR.

manxman2601 · Feb 23, 2026

One-If-By-Sea · Feb 23, 2026

manxman2601 said:

Tonga was sitting on his couch and we signed him for $2.7M. Now we are going to pay $7.5M for 2 years? Get out of here. Just draft a rookie DT and sign another guy off his couch.

$17M a year for Chaisson seems high too. Hawkins and Lowe at $6M are OK, although I am not a Hawkins fan and hope we draft a replacement.

PatsFans always falls in love and overrates the players we have. We released Duggar, Strange, Peppers, Wise, Bentley, Andrews, Sow, etc. and got better. When I said we should release Wooldridge one poster went NUTS on me - we released Wooldridge less than 1 week later. I hope the Pats don't start overrating their players now.

JohnJH · Feb 23, 2026

stelfans said:
The more clips and film comes out about the SB, the more i want nothing to do with Wilson next year. Im really souring on the guy, good backup but thats about it.
Go get Linderbaum or draft a new C.

I would move Wilson to Backup Center (his natural position, which is a seriously underrated need for any Team). But I do agree that we need a significant upgrade at LG.

manxman2601 · Feb 24, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
Tonga was sitting on his couch and we signed him for $2.7M. Now we are going to pay $7.5M for 2 years? Get out of here. Just draft a rookie DT and sign another guy off his couch.

$17M a year for Chaisson seems high too. Hawkins and Lowe at $6M are OK, although I am not a Hawkins fan and hope we draft a replacement.

PatsFans always falls in love and overrates the players we have. We released Duggar, Strange, Peppers, Wise, Bentley, Andrews, Sow, etc. and got better. When I said we should release Wooldridge one poster went NUTS on me - we released Wooldridge less than 1 week later. I hope the Pats don't start overrating their players now.

Tonga was excellent up until his injury. Having said that, a NT only can be probably be found for cheap, either in FA or day 3 of the draft. Durden's rise probably affects Tonga's chances of re-signing too. Tonga has gone from clear DT 3 to DT4 or even 5 if Farmer shows something next year.

I'd re-sign Chaisson largely for continuities sake. If we don't, we'd have to add two pass rushers in the off-season. I also don't think 17m is that much for a 10 sack edge rusher that plays with the effort Chaisson did, especially in the post-season.

One-If-By-Sea · Feb 24, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Tonga was excellent up until his injury. Having said that, a NT only can be probably be found for cheap, either in FA or day 3 of the draft. Durden's rise probably affects Tonga's chances of re-signing too. Tonga has gone from clear DT 3 to DT4 or even 5 if Farmer shows something next year.

I'd re-sign Chaisson largely for continuities sake. If we don't, we'd have to add two pass rushers in the off-season. I also don't think 17m is that much for a 10 sack edge rusher that plays with the effort Chaisson did, especially in the post-season.

Durden is a guy off the Giants practice squad. I don't think he ever played in a game before joining the Pats. Durden is ahead of Tonga and the Athletic thinks we should give Tonga $7.5M a year, $15M total? Farmer, with a Y2 jump, should be ahead of both Durden and Tonga. I would say Tonga was initially surprisingly good, not excellent, and then faded.

Chaisson is a former 1st round pick who elevated his play. Not even similar to Tonga or Durden. I think one year of great play by Chaisson is not worth $16 or $17M for 3 years, but Chaisson should get paid. Landry is at $14.5M, so Chaisson is a 2 year, $12 to $14M type of contract, IMO.

manxman2601 · Feb 24, 2026

So Linderbaum is likely to cost north of 18m. Still interested?

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