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Firstly, I think the answer has to be no for the Pats. I think the offense has too many non-QB problems to become good next year even if all the high draft capital and free agency windfall are primarily applied to the offense. There are too many problems with both the OL and skill positions to...

The Football Outsiders site has been down for a few days now: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/ Aaron Schatz, their founder and the inventor of DVOA (etc) left in July: He's now at FTNNetwork as Chief Analytics officer...

These are wonderful, and show both a TV view and an all-22 view of every play. But I don't see any way to turn on the game clock. Anybody know how? I'd also kill for a coaches projector view, i.e. a back and forth continuous replay mode of the play. That's what coaches have always relied on...

Apparently PFF rated the Pats defense last year #1 and this gu0y attributes that success to Steve Belichick. https://musketfire.com/posts/the-new-england-patriots-have-the-best-defensive-coordinator-in-the-nfl

As a Mac fan, I think it is still important to acknowledge and understand the criticisms of his game. This article pretty well summarizes the hate: https://musketfire.com/posts/new-england-patriots-qb-mac-jones-was-and-is-a-mistake-01h3qe5hdjt1

Looks like Big Mike's recovery from ankle surgery is still ongoing. Perhaps not surprising at his weight. Team's concern about the length and degree of his recovery may have been a reason for prioritizing adding G help in the draft...

https://www.patriots.com/video/2023-new-england-patriots-schedule-release-devin-mccourty-enters-the-patriots-re The ending actually made me cry.

This kid was enormously productive at Louisville as Lamar Jackson's successor. Had a great 2021 but a down 2022 so he slipped to become a UDFA. The Pats signed him to a record breaking UDFA contract, I assume as a QB. Because of his unique dual-threat skill set, he has a real shot to make the...

Both the anti-BB and pro-Zappe camps here are going to hate this, but I think this guy's video is a good presentation of reasons for optimism about Mac for next year: https://www.youtube.com/live/EiadW5wkP9Y?feature=share

A little OT perhaps but I love this Korean a cappella group (MayTree)so much:

Balanced coverage of what they're trying to do.

MOD EDIT: Posts moved to allow the discussion to continue after the original thread was essentially hijacked by each of our discussions. - Ian

DB coach on why he thinks Terrance Mitchell will start for us. Interesting that as he says, Mitchell is slow AF but has elite agility: https://ras.football/ras-information/?PlayerID=11586

Your extraordinary efforts makes the draft a lot more enjoyable for those of us who don't pay much attention to college ball, let alone watch film. I know there are several other similarly directly knowledgeable contributors, but you stand out for both the quantity and quality of your...

Career year with 55 catches for 800 yards and 5 TDs, plus 12 rushes for 125 yards. Shockingly, he was the #1 WR in DVOA for the season at +30.1%, i.e. Mac throwing to Bourne was the most efficient completion combination in the league. He was also #1 in WR rushing DVOA at +140.2%...

Lots of folks here have been criticizing Hightower's play this year. Interesting that his coaches completely disagree. And take a look at this article: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/film-room/2021/how-donta-hightower-keyed-patriots-defensive-turnaround

Shannon Sharpe just claimed Mac is on the injury report and doubtful with an ankle injury. True? [False, apparently an attempt at humor by Shannon Sharpe]

The toxicity here is now unbearable for me at least: half true fan doom and gloom, half false fan schadenfreude. I don't see that stopping unless and until the team starts winning playoff games again. For now, Brady's departure is a license to kill for the home grown trolls who will gleefully...

He's an aging veteran. A work in progress. I do get it. I'm not done with the guy forever. But Tom Brady had a terrible game Sunday and made a big error that lost us 7 points, and I'm sure Bill doesn't take that sort of thing lightly, even in a victory. I don't think he needs to be benched...

I love Brady, but... Belichick. Year after year, his teams are always super-competitive. Game after game, his teams are always super-prepared. Why did Green Bay lose last week? Coaching. Why did Seattle lose this evening. Coaching. Tonight, his substitution of Butler for Arrington took...