Patriots Pregame Thread Patriots @ Seahawks pre-game discussion

[PatsFan2]

Lots of ifs and shoulds.

McDaniels hasn't show his regular season playcalling hands. The Offense played Handicapped in the SB: even Maye was waaaay off.

 

[PatsFan2]

I can't wait to see the game. I want to see how they look. Sucks that preseason's such a farce now.

Joint practices are way better...they should just do those instead of those reched preseason games.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Just my opinion but I think the key to victory will be stopping Seattle's running game and forcing their offense to be one dimensional. (and if Gonzales can do to JSN what he did in the Super Bowl 4 catches on 10 targets for 27 yards). Kenneth Walker is gone, Charbonnet is injured and his replacement is a rookie.
Darnold was 19/38 for 202 yards in the Super Bowl. Let's see how he does if his running game gets shut down when they aren't getting 5.0 ypc

 

[Uptown]

 

[TheRainMaker]

Just my opinion but I think the key to victory will be stopping Seattle's running game and forcing their offense to be one dimensional. (and if Gonzales can do to JSN what he did in the Super Bowl 4 catches on 10 targets for 27 yards). Kenneth Walker is gone, Charbonnet is injured and his replacement is a rookie.
Darnold was 19/38 for 202 yards in the Super Bowl. Let's see how he does if his running game gets shut down when they aren't getting 5.0 ypc

The reason why the Seahawks resorted to the run after struggling threw the air was because they knew the Pats offense wasn't going to move the ball on their defense. The key is for the Pats to score early and often making Seattle put the ball in Darnold's hands.

 

[BennyBledsoe]

Personally, I want to see how the Seahawks perform after losing practically their whole offensive coaching staff.

The Patriots, meanwhile, have to show that the reworked offensive line is going to hold up. The line improved tremendously from 2024 to 2025. Too bad that just meant going from despicable to below average. This year, I would settle for an 'average' group. Don't forget just how long it takes for linemen to fully mature into NFL linemen. Don't expect Campbell, Wilson, or Lomu to be a finished product yet. It's unfair to Campbell and Wilson and unreasonable for Lomu.

Don't be surprised if everything looks VERY vanilla Wednesday night. Vanilla used to be the flavor du jour of the preseason. Now that the starters don't even play a snap together in the preseason, September is going to be very vanilla.

 

[slash83]

First catch Gonzo gives up all team Kraft fan boys are gonna be like see he sucks not worth extending.

 

[Family]

Barmore is currently in overrated territory now. I was hoping for a poor man's Chris Jones; very disappointing returns with his current contract.

He’s been overrated for quite some time which many Pats fans are still in denial over. They frequently point to obscure PFF stats, but he is irrelevant to media, coaches, execs, scouts and players.

Looks like he retuned to practice today. If he has another 2 sack season, he will be showing the door in 2027.

Barmore signed a huge contract before a life threatening event.

He's really not the same player since.

They only have to get through one more year, but at least Barmore was not a complete write off.

This is the danger of guaranteeing a ton of money.