How Many Above Average Starters Do We Have On Offense?

[Mike the Brit]

I think you can win with a good quarterback and everyone else being "average" or "serviceable". At present, the Patriots have two players on offense who can't meet that standard, in my opinion: Lowe and (from what I've seen on film and read on-line) Bradbury. If the line can be fixed and McDaniels hasn't lost his touch, the offense doesn't look too bad to me.

 

[UrbanCowboy]

Arguably 4, Diggs, maye (projecting), Henry, fat Mike. Thought about rham, but the damn fumbling

 

[Spiral]

Henry is one, Onwenu is probably another one-I just hate to count him b/c he's so overpaid.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Onwenu, Henry and Moses are all probably a bit better than average.

Maye obviously has upside, but in the here and now he's probably average or below.

Diggs is tricky because of the nature of the WR position. Each team starts 2-3 guys. If you evaluate Diggs as a #1, he's below average coming off injury most likely. But for the WR position as a whole he's above average.

 

[rkarp1]

better than average:
Maye, Onwenu, Henry, Moses, Diggs, Mondre.

might be better than average:
Bradbury, Dobbs

 

[MrTibbs]

Maye, Stevenson, Hunter, Onwenu & Diggs (5)

AVERAGE Starters which was the poll question. The title is above average...messy poll/title question.

 

[Give Kraft A Hand]

Diggs, Henry, Maye. Stevenson maybe.

 

[Ring 6]

The only obvious one is Henry

Diggs is dependent on whether he gets back to form after an injury, if so he will be.

A few people saying Maye, I hope he takes a big jump this year, but for posterity he was below league average in yards, TD's, TD%, Int, INT%, Y/A, AY/A, Y/C, passer rating, QBR, and every other stat besides completion percentage where he ranked 13th. Way too far away to call him above average at the moment.

Factoring in his ol, receivers, coaching and being a rookie I’m not concerned

 

[Ring 6]

They really aren't that far away with the additions this off-season. The 1998 Colts won 3 games, but won 13 games in 1999 with Manning taking a second year jump and the FA additions. Rams won 4 games in 1998 and won 13 in 1999 with good off-season additions. The 2001 Pats were viewed as the least talented team in the league going into 2001. They went from 5 wins in 2000 to 11 in 2001. 2019 Buccaneers won 7 games then won 11 in 2020. Washington Commanders won 4 games in 2023, but won 12 with their ****ty roster in 2024. The league as a whole isn't very talented, so this team has an even greater chance of improving. If Maye can't win at least 9 games and make the playoffs this upcoming season, fans and media will turn on him. The roster and coaching has actually improved. They also have high picks in each round. The excuses are starting to run out and Maye's diapers need to come off.

They have addressed every hole.
At this stage they are a team that is competitive at all positions that may need some uoffdd add es from competent to good. They no longer are an untalented team that sucks

 

[Thelonious]

Can't really say yet can we???