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

[One-If-By-Sea]

It’s not the flex you think it is

It is not a bad thing either.

 

[n1997y]

At 31st on the waiver wire claims, we will have very slim pickings.

I doubt they will trade 2027 6th round picks for guys that don't make the 53. The 2027 draft is supposed to be fabulous. We need those late round picks if we want to build depth.

Crownover has looked better. Maybe they can trade Bryant for a LB? Or they plan to sign a veteran DT and LB a few days after cutdown so they can slide someone onto the PS? Do we have 10 guys worth keeping on the PS? LOL

Seriously? Trade our best backup OT at the moment, for a LB?

We could cut down to 45 and likely to be able to put them on out PS. The only position of caution is OL. They are hard to find and hard to develop. With a year of developmet, Bryant and Crownover may be our 2027 backup OT's. If that is reasonably possible, neither should be waived.

They’re our 2026 backup OTs so they’ve got a head start on being our 2027 backup OTs unless Moses comes back once again, and/or Lomu gets sidetracked.

Yup, I agree. Campbell and Lomu starting, and Bryant and Crownover backing up is a good setup for a few years to come.

I agree this seems to be the best future based on what we have at present. Lomu needs some more development to be a starter quality OL, despite his athleticism he’s still very raw. Crownover is also very raw and has lots of potential for development just because of his physical gifts. Bryant is also physically gifted and still has developmental upside. I don’t see it as a foregone conclusion that Campbell and Lomu end up as the two top OTs when it all shakes out, although they seem to have the best prospects at the moment. I figure if we have the best two of those four as starters and the others as backups we’ve got a very solid set of tackles with very respectable depth.