PostGame Thread 2026 OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD: Patriots Beat Eagles 24-21

[captain stone]

There's gonna be some sore bodies tomorrow, his among them.

 

[captain stone]

What was the story with the drunk lady that Burton interviewed who was promoting flag football?

Yeah I had to change the channel it was that bad. Embarr-ass-ing, really. And I mean the whole thing.

 

[mgteich]

We have to keep Williams and Chism somehow. If not for this year, then next.

I think that you know the answer.

 

[mgteich]

Watching Williams makes me wonder what we could get if we traded him, not Boutte. A 2027 3rd rounder?

sigh

 

[mgteich]

I think that Chism and Williams have done enough to show that they have a future in New England.

I didn't agree with Chism on the roster last year as the 6th WR, but this year I think another team could poach him.

If we want him for the future, Chism is just the kind of developmental player to have on the 53.

OFFENSE (25)
3 QB
3 RB
1 FB
6 WR
9 OL
3 TE

 

[n1997y]

I think that Chism and Williams have done enough to show that they have a future in New England.

I didn't agree with Chism on the roster last year as the 6th WR, but this year I think another team could poach him.

If we want him for the future, Chism is just the kind of developmental player to have on the 53.

OFFENSE (25)
3 QB
3 RB
1 FB
6 WR
9 OL
3 TE

Here we go round the mulberry again…

6 WR

Brown
Doubs
Douglas
Boutte
Hollins
Williams
Chism

But that’s 7, so who’s out?

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Chism is much more consistent than K. Williams.

Wiliams hasn’t shown any ability as a WR except his release on a go ball but the guy can’t run a route to save his life.

 

[n1997y]

Chism is much more consistent than K. Williams.

Wiliams hasn’t shown any ability as a WR except his release on a go ball but the guy can’t run a route to save his life.

Williams has shown a few flashes this year. Problem is that with so many WRs it’s hard for any of them to get a lot of focus to show their growth.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Williams has shown a few flashes this year. Problem is that with so many WRs it’s hard for any of them to get a lot of focus to show their growth.

It’s Tyquan all over again sort of. Speed is blinding people.

Speed doesn’t do you good if the only thing you can do is running straight.

I don’t know how Williams will see the field in the regular season. A.J Brown, Doubs, Boutte and Hollins are all in front of him. Douglas is a pure slot so Williams won’t take his spot.

if it was me, I would keep Chism over Williams because he is the only backup slot. I don’t think Williams will matter with how little he will see the field.

The original plan IMO was to draft Williams and hope that he was gonna be good enough to replace Boutte this year. But he clearly isn’t.

 

[manxman2601]

 

[manxman2601]

The original plan IMO was to draft Williams and hope that he was gonna be good enough to replace Boutte this year. But he clearly isn’t.

I don't know how you can say this. Boutte didn't match Kyle Williams' number of NFL catches until week 8 of his second season. He didn't match Kyle Williams' number of TDs until the last game of his second season. If people can be patient with Boutte, why can't they be patient with Williams?

 

[manxman2601]

I've been doing some research on Amari Gainer because he's stood out to me the last couple of games and it's quite interesting.

He spent 4 years at Florida State and two years at UNC (at the same time as Maye).

Interestingly he was largely an off ball linebacker there, predominently playing WILL but also MIKE on Occasion. In his last year at FSU, he had almost 3 times as many snaps as a linebacker than he did an EDGE rusher. In his last year at UNC those numbers were reversed and he became much more of an edge rusher.

He had an outstanding forty at his pro day of 4.52. The rest of his numbers while not elite, are NFL worthy.




He played LB for the Raiders in pre-season and did very well in '24 although not well enough to make the team aside from one game. It's interesting because during the draft, there was reports that we tried to trade up for Trey Moore from Texas who was a LB/EDGE hybrid so maybe Gainer is that guy.

I don't know if he'll make the final roster - he was playing with the threes after all, but I hope he's a PS keeper. Played very well yesterday.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Our backup skill position players looked good.

Vildor looked good as well.

Our interior backups on O and D looked terrible. Got pushed around, missed assignments and poor technique. FO really did a poor job assembling these backups.

Two of our top backup interior OL went injured last game. You can only be so deep before a couple of injuries really starts hurting.