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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.I agree you clearly want a top flight QB. Obviously between FA and the draft the Pat's will be looking. But as much as everyone wants it to be about shiny, sparkly things. Football at its core is still about being tough and gritty. Playing tough defense and being able to run the ball is still a winning recipe and always will be.I think it absolutely could be the "new normal" if we don't find a legit QB. There is no wiggle room in today's NFL. You have to have THE guy to compete. We have nothing at the most critical position.
Are they wrong? Then it isn't.This almost certainly doesn't deserve its own thread but I couldn't help myself after seeing this headline.
What a spoiled, gutless, cowardly reaction.
Yes the first two words are wrong unless they started following the Patriots when Bledsoe became QB.Are they wrong? Then it isn't.
Of course they're wrong and you know it. It's an objectively false statement.Are they wrong? Then it isn't.
Nick Foles and Eli Manning (times two!) won Super Bowls. Against us. Joe Flacco as well. There’s a lot that goes into winning the SB.I think it absolutely could be the "new normal" if we don't find a legit QB. There is no wiggle room in today's NFL. You have to have THE guy to compete. We have nothing at the most critical position.
Lack of talent + our coaching (> Jesters) = Perpetual mediocrity.3.6
that’s how many penalties we average a game, best in the league. Shows the coaching and discipline are still there. Our issue is an overall talent issue. Lack of talent + poor coaching = rock bottom. See the 2020 NYJ.
We don't have even a Foles/shEli/Flaccid-caliber QB in the building right now.Nick Foles and Eli Manning (times two!) won Super Bowls. Against us. Joe Flacco as well. There’s a lot that goes into winning the SB.
This almost certainly doesn't deserve its own thread but I couldn't help myself after seeing this headline.
What a spoiled, gutless, cowardly reaction.
Sometimes i put nesn on until i see that POS Tomassee, then i move on. I'll never forgive him for what he did before the 07 super bowl. He claims to be a ''reporter'' real reporters vet their sources before printing the story. In Tomasses case he never watched the video that purported to show that the patriots had taped a rams practice, and went a head and reported it anyway. He Should Not be working as a journalist at least not in Boston.Dan Shaugnessy the curly haired b*tch. Felger too.
1000% trueTom Curran, whom I have always really respected, has become ridiculous in his negativity regarding the Patriots, in general, and BB, in particular. His head is so far up Brady's ass that his eyeballs are currently exiting Tompa Boy's navel as we speak. I understand he and his children have reportedly benefited from Alex Guerrero's regimen and that be has had a personal relationship with Brady for some time. But his ball washing of Brady, Gisele Ono and Guerrero has severely stretched credulity. On the NBC Sports Boston post-game show following the Ravens game, he was visibly pissed off that NE had won. Even the co-hosts noticed and jabbed him about it. To me, it's more sad than disappointing. He was always a stand-up guy.
They are on pace to have their worst season since 2001.Completely disagree. That headline is sensationalistic, dramatic, and completely ignorant of a lot of relevant context.
"Rock bottom"? The team is 4-6.
"Awful loss"? They lost by 7 points to a team quarterbacked by a very good player. They had a shot to send it to overtime late.
"New normal"? They won the Super Bowl in 2018. They went to the postseason in 2019. They've played 10 total games since Brady departed, are currently amidst a season without several core players due to a global pandemic, and without any salary cap space due to some lousy situations. There is nothing "normal" about this season whatsoever.
The headline is objectively wrong. Period.
They play to their base. They're feeding off the malaise and wailing of spoiled fans who have known nothing but winning, and who were whining in the midst of unprecedented success. This team back then "had no talent," the "defense was terrible" and they "only won because of Brady." These media guys are especially taking great delight in attacking Bill, as if 22 months from the last duck boat parade he has lost it.This almost certainly doesn't deserve its own thread but I couldn't help myself after seeing this headline.
What a spoiled, gutless, cowardly reaction.