PostGame Thread 2026 Official Postgame Thread: Patriots close out preseason w/37-13 loss to the Browns

[Joey007]

Considering how well he played the prior 2 games and what we’ve heard in camp, I was really disappointed with Prunty’s play tonight. He was flat out beaten a few times. Hopefully he’s able to take something from this experience.

The one thing that did confuse me was Vildor and Prunty’s major drop off tonight. They looked much better against better competition the previous two games.

I may just chalk it as an off game for the them. Coverage we were running tonight was.. very soft.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Hmmm.

I posted this elsewhere, but adding a bit more context, Zack Cox added that Vrabel said his not playing STs would be a factor in that.

 

[manxman2601]

 

[manxman2601]

Didn’t he come back later?

Yup.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

The one thing that did confuse me was Vildor and Prunty’s major drop off tonight. They looked much better against better competition the previous two games.

I may just chalk it as an off game for the them. Coverage we were running tonight was.. very soft.

Yeah, I mean clearly they weren’t doing any scheming or any aggressive play calling, and it was ultimately just fundamentals and seeing which players could handle others one on one. Just surprised that virtually all of them looked lost, especially these two guys who had shown well and I had thought played themselves onto the team to that point.

As disappointing as the effort was, it’s still preseason, and I just got reminded that they lost 45-10 to the Giants in this game last year looking similarly as bad. The staff has had past success at separating the wheat from the chaff in performances like this, so I expect they’ll do so again this time and pick the right guys to keep. And then we’ll be shocked at Thanksgiving talking about how so and so has somehow managed to be a revelation after what looked like a terrible performance in the preseason.

 

[Ian]

This is done:

TRANSCRIPT: Mike Vrabel Postgame Press Conference 8/27 | PatsFans.com

Here's the full transcript of what New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel had to say following the Patriots' 37-13 loss to the Browns Thursday night.

www.patsfans.com

 

[mgteich]

I thought the defense was playing ok until the pass interference by Vildor.

We have very different views of the patriot Defense in the first quarter.

I thought that they had a poor performance.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

We have very different views of the patriot Defense in the first quarter.

I thought that they had a poor performance.

Pssst…. The PI was the 4th play of the game, on 3rd and 9….

 

[mgteich]

Huge bright spots: Williams and Crownover.

 

[Grogan14]

Embarrassing. Yes its only pre season, but losinng 37-13 speaks to some problems with the roster make up.
No points in second half and giving up 37 points to third stringers.

Taylor Green >>>Behren Morton

Kyle Williams is a keeper

Edge and LB are huge problems and the fact that they were not dressed in free agency is on Vrabel and the Front Office. No fixes are coming in the door at this point. Pass rush is going to be a big problem m this year for the patriots.

Overall, it seems like the RB position is not going to be anything special

QB 3 Morton is a JAG. I think the Ptats could have done better than Devito and Morton. Obviously if Drake goes down, we could be looking at a 4 win team.

To improve depth Patriots are going to have to scour the waiver wire on saturday and substitute the weak links at the bottom of this roster and bring in unpolished but higher upside refuse from other teams.

Potential Big Name Cuts pats should consider picking up:

1. Evan Neal, OG Giants
2. Darren Waller, TE
3. Emmanuel Ogbah, Edge
4. Mazi Smith, DT
5. Will Levis, QB
6. Jerry Tilllery, DT
7. Dameon Pearce, RB
8. Trevor Penning IOL

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

Life just hits different during football season.