PostGame Thread 2025 OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD: Patriots fall 29-13 to the Seahawks

[Ring 6]

I don’t think he put any thought into what he wrote. Just lashing out like a child who is hurt emotionally.

Then he puts no thought into life because he does this every week

 

[Vindicate]

Non competitive SB.

I think next year Drake will get overtaken by Caleb Williams as best qb out of 2024 class.
Bo Nix and Daniels may already be better also

Clown ****.

I'm willing to be mad at Maye, and am being very vocal about it, but this is clown type analysis, man.

 

[NFL Mystique]

Did someone say Campbell gave up 11 pressures tonight. That cannot be true is it?

 

[festy1986]

Campbell doesn’t have arm length problems. He has strength issues. He got bull rushed all playoffs.

He's giving up the ground because he needs that extra space to make up for the fact that his arms are small.

 

[varjao]

They were the better team and that was crystal clear.

 

[upstater1]

Seattle was a very beatable team. If they get the 2023 Chiefs or even 2018 Patriots in this game, I don't think they come out on top. I give them credit for beating the Rams. But they got very lucky facing a bad offense tonight.

They may be a one off champion.

I can't believe you think that after the performance they put on. They had an excellent record, their defense was #1 all year, and they were easily the best defense the Patriots faced this year.

Seahawks D > Texans D

They had excellent players at every single position on defense.

 

[Ring 6]

defense was very good but did give up 131 to walker.

Are you welching?

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

Josh was conservative all ****ing game. Giving away possessions on third down.

You finally are moving the ball, score a TD and get close to midfield after being pinned inside the 5 and you call a hailmary with 8 mins left? And Drake throws it into triple coverage?

What was the purpose of that? You could of scored and taken your time and still got the ball back with a chance to win the game.

Just baffling play call by McDaniels and throw by Drake.

Yea McD was really predictable and blah when it really mattered. Played right into Seattle strengths

 

[scott99]

Terrible way to end the season. Hurts too much to talk about. They were NEVER in the game. Have to give credit to the Seahawks, they imposed their will on the Pats, that’s why they lost. Game wasn’t even as close as the final score.

I always say, I much rather lose the AFCCG than the Super Bowl. This one hurts too much, first blowout SB loss since SB 31. At least that one we were in it, actually had the lead at one point. This one we were never in it. Defense sucked, couldn’t stop the run, offense sucked. Maye with 3 turnovers again. I always felt he reminded of a Bledsoe who can run, well, he was too much like Bledsoe in SB 31. I wish we lost in Denver.

 

[p8ryts]

It's harder to judge Campbell. Campbell looked good during the season, then got injured, and has been bad since coming back. Hard to know how much of it is just him being young and rushing back from that injury.

I think its technique. You saw it in the college tapes and he hasn't rectified it. He drops too deep for engaging the rusher and then is not anchored well enough to absorb the contact.

 

[Jangles]

If nothing else we can thank the offense for not letting us lose a heart breaker. At least for me it stings so much less when we weren’t competitive for most of the game

 

[Vindicate]

Also, shout out to our fanbase. I attended the SB for the first time and Seahawks fans outnumbered Patriots fans probably 9:1. Great showing, guys.

The game was on the West Coast. Anyone who expected even HALF Pats fans has potentially never looked at a map.

 

[Ring 6]

Non competitive SB.

I think next year Drake will get overtaken by Caleb Williams as best qb out of 2024 class.
Bo Nix and Daniels may already be better also

Are you watching on your bet?

 

[FCB02062]

Yep. An amazing rebuild started.

Maye is resilient. He'll be fine. This is a great nucleus to build with. We now have a much better idea what we need to work on.

Does it sting? Hell yes. But that's because it was the biggest stage. They wish they made it here.

On what do you base Maye's "resiliency" ? His comeback vs Tyler huntley? His "comeback" vs Jarrett Stidham? We have no proof that Maye is resilient? He's play very poorly vs every playoff defense.

 

[VrabelJr]

Did someone say Campbell gave up 11 pressures tonight. That cannot be true is it?

It’s not. The number I saw was 14

 

[Grogan14]

I feel bad for Vrabel. First SB and his team gets embarassed.

 

[Toofy]

Ugh, what to do with Campbell? Was it a lingering injury issue and he wasn’t fully recovered? Did he slam headfirst into the rookie wall? Is he not the long term answer at LT?

This offseason will be interesting for shaping next year’s OL.

I think it's injury. He just does not have the stamina or strength to plant his food and is just getting pushed back. We need to roll in with Campbell for at least 2 more seasons.

2026 mostly is a losing season. Better to get younger this season and move away from

Henry
Diggs
Pop
Hooper
Bradberry
Moses too ( keep him as swing and allow younger rt to get game experience)

I will resign Boutte and keep in Mac hollins for continuity and veteran leadership.

I am hoping we draft an experimental prototypical LT from d2 school in later rounds.

I would want effin Chism to start playing the edelman role and maye to start working on short intermediate passes.

 

[fnordcircle]

We need offense

ive Line help.

I swear Pass Blocking has been the biggest issue for this team since like 2020.

 

[lancerman]

Here’s the deal, this was ALWAYS with house money and ahead of schedule. I’m proud of this team.
Work to do ahead, but this team will be ballin years to come.
Oline needs work.
Maye needs work.
It’ll come, some teams have NEVER been to the SB. I’ll sleep good tonight knowing the future is bright.

I hate this house money argument. There's no guarantees in this league. Every young team that loses early gets told "oh you overachieved and have a bright future". Rarely the case. Marino never went back after his sophmore year, when we beat the Panthers who came out of nowhere, it wasn't the start of something for them. Same for that Seattle team that the Steelers beat or the young Bears team the Colts beat. The Bengals looked like they were building something and then lost in the Super Bowl and now they just feel like a team that stops and starts a lot.

You have to take advantage of the opportunities given to you. Next year we have a harder schedule, no guarantee we stay as healthy, no guarantee we make big improvements. We have to start paying some guys like Gonzalez, Maye is going to start eating up cap space soon. At some point the Chiefs, Ravens, and Bills are all going to bounce back and be much harder outs in the playoffs than the Chargers/Texans/Broncos

 

[Betterthanmost]

If after this display, Campbell did not get benched, then all the tackles after him are not for NFL. He was that terrible and it shook the entire offense from the get go.