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

[Clonamery]

Crazy that there are people here who have followed football closely for decades who think anything that happens in the preseason is embarrassing.

Embarrassing 'that there are people here who have followed football closely for decades who think anything that happens in the preseason is embarrassing.'

 

[EddardSnow67]

When Vrabel quips the Pats have no depth, last night was proof.

Certainly not disputing that. I'm more going in on the repeated inability of some people to resist the use of hyperbole. Almost as if they're playing a character or something.

But it's the Internet, so what can ya do?

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

When Vrabel quips the Pats have no depth, last night was proof.

The second half of the game was guys that will not be on any team after Sunday. Who cares?

There are 11 on offense and defense plus 3 on special teams which is 25. Vrabel when commenting on limited depth was talking about player number 26 to 46. None of those guys were on the field after the first quarter. Last night proved nothing related to depth on the 53.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Well... I thought for sure we would beat the browns in the presseason...

Thats what I get for thinking.

Remember that the 0-16 Detroit Lions of 2008 went 4-0 in the preseason.

They’re not trying to win the games, although certainly they’re trying to see how players respond to game scores and situations themselves. They’re ultimately trying to evaluate players and to determine who, if any, can help the team when it does matter. Obviously a 37-13 score means many of those players didn’t respond positively….

There are certain players already identified in this thread who did appear to respond positively in the snaps they had. I was hoping to see more fight from many of the others, especially on defense, knowing their jobs are on the line. If that doesn’t motivate you, what else can? But there were too many poor angles, too much arm tackling and just poor tackling attempts in general. Having said that, if you’re playing a soft zone and the other defensive backs mess up their assignments, the results won’t look good for the guys that are playing their assignments properly too. So I’m sure some other players are getting swept up in the “bad” generalization that may not have been.

 

[n1997y]

Haskins on the 53, Larison to PS?

Or both to PS

 

[n1997y]

Charles Woods and Behren Morton played both their ways to our Practice Squad last night...maybe CFL when you really think about it.

NBD on either of those

 

[n1997y]

Morton needs to be on the PS at best. Not a good performance last night.

Doesn’t the emergency QB need to be rostered, not a PS elevation? Or am I misremembering that?