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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Right. Brissett can hold down the fort until we're ready for a better quarterback. And Zappe's worth working with.I'd rather we take care of the OL and WR rooms first before a QB. Hit on that LT or WR and you can help that QB. Right now, that QB is going to get killed and develop bad habits.... seeing ghosts, forcing balls, all the bad stuff you saw Mac do as the offense crumbled.
Looks like we have Brissett to take the hits while wr and OL develops.I'd rather we take care of the OL and WR rooms first before a QB. Hit on that LT or WR and you can help that QB. Right now, that QB is going to get killed and develop bad habits.... seeing ghosts, forcing balls, all the bad stuff you saw Mac do as the offense crumbled.
A lot of doom and gloom on this board. I had a feeling we weren’t going to be crazy active in FA after Mayo walked back his comment. Offensively this FA class frankly sucked. Especially after Higgins and Pittman were franchised.
Sports radio is trash. That said, the combination of people not wanting to play here because of taxes, weather, and team roster and the lack of urgency on the trade market is pretty alarming. Keenan Allen cost a mid round pick and money. That was a no brainer for the Pats.Do you think the team they will field on opening day is what you see + rookies?? They will continue to rebuild.
Sportstalk media drives a lot of this dissension. If the Pats had given Ridley (29 years old) 92 million sports talk radio will still be ****ting all over themselves.
Because of the dearth of quality FA's some of the FA's have been overvalued..
Not to forget:That said, the combination of people not wanting to play here because of taxes, weather, and team roster and the lack of urgency on the trade market ......
"Dad" implies there's a reason to trust the Patriots management. There isn't: they have to earn that trust. Wait and see.Too many of us are like kids whining in the back seat as Dad is driving us to the vacation spot. We have no idea whether Dad knows the way or not - though he almost certainly does or will figure it out - but we are determined to yammer and whine every mile of the way until we get there.
It's gonna be a pretty long ride, kids. Try to enjoy it, or at least the adults enjoy the experience.
There’s no serious help coming from FA for a WR1 and good LT.They need to land some serious help at WR and both T spots to help the rookie QB who I hope plays. The FA market is drying up.
We still can get one of them. In fact, both could be on the board depending on what happens between now and the draft.I remember there were many people who were happy about those useless ass wins against PIT and DEN. They would have had their choice of Maye or Daniels at #2 if they lose just 1 of those
Same here. From pretty early on last year I said that year should pretty much be about this year. I didn't want them to tank exactly, but I would have done a lot more ... "experimenting," let's call it, with down-roster players, if you catch my drift.I said that towards the end of the season and got roasted for it by other fans for just being practical.
I'd say there was a pretty long stretch there when the Pats' owners established their competence. The new coach/GM set-up must indeed prove themselves, but to expect them to have done so this early in their run is just silly."Dad" implies there's a reason to trust the Patriots management. There isn't: they have to earn that trust. Wait and see.
I have a feeling ( hopefully) that they are playing the long game, knowing if they can't get the players they want now with the money either in FA or by trade, come cut down day before the season, they will be well positioned to swoop in and sign a bunch of players. Either that or use it to tie up coming FAs before they hit the open market.... Long way from the days when teams looked at Patriots cuts as helping their team.If we don't use All our 23 cap $$$$$$ does it carry over??
Gee wiz, they're just getting started! They're looking for long term success, not a scorched cap and only 8 wins to show for it.The two teams ahead of us in the draft have loads of picks. Actually tried during free agency.
Titans could have been it, but actually tried to give their young QB weapons and added talent to the roster.
Even Carolina is going out making an effort to give their QB some weapons, and are in a weak division.
Maybe Denver? Due to their purgatory QB situation and lousy cap space as well. That’s about it.
I feel like this front office isn’t even trying. We aren’t asking them to throw out stupid money. But do something. It’s okay to overpay a little, the cap just went way up FFS. What are you saving it for?
Don't know if this is what you were referencing with "beatings must continue until morale improves" but it's in one of my favorite KMFDM songs.
Nothing quite so interesting, I was channeling the back of one my old bike run t-shirts