Looking At The Patriots 2022

Players are wearing masks in the locker room. A bug is going around
 
The NFC fans are everywhere. Every city town, and county. Ugggvhhh…..

Masks stop bacteria, not viruses. I hope they are wearing M95s, and goggles. Many viruses enter through the eyes.
 

my first thought. i have 0 idea why he was canned and why now. i'm thinking, "did he walk into strunk's office and whip it out and slap it on her desk?????" i mean what the actual...?? no one in the media i heard yesterday understood it either though they were all "told it was a football only decision". well you just gave the guy a big fat extension in the offseason. wtf has he done since that's 2/3 of the way through the season fireable????
 
my first thought. i have 0 idea why he was canned and why now. i'm thinking, "did he walk into strunk's office and whip it out and slap it on her desk?????" i mean what the actual...?? no one in the media i heard yesterday understood it either though they were all "told it was a football only decision". well you just gave the guy a big fat extension in the offseason. wtf has he done since that's 2/3 of the way through the season fireable????
He never kept her in the loop...that and apparently Vrabel wants more say and power.
 
my first thought. i have 0 idea why he was canned and why now. i'm thinking, "did he walk into strunk's office and whip it out and slap it on her desk?????" i mean what the actual...?? no one in the media i heard yesterday understood it either though they were all "told it was a football only decision". well you just gave the guy a big fat extension in the offseason. wtf has he done since that's 2/3 of the way through the season fireable????
Why would we want this guy? So we can pair him with Bill O’Brien? I hope not.

He got fired because he traded away AJ brown, who just plastered them for 100 and 2, and replaced him with Robert Woods and Burks who’ve done nothing. Burks can hardly get on the field. Their secondary can’t stop anyone. Vrable has had that team dramatically outperforming their talent.
 
Will BB draft a high end WR though? Not another Bourne or Agholor, I mean, a 1st round pick on a burner WR...he actually should...as long as he's not a bust.

Sure that's a possibility, but I can see us looking to invest heavily in OTs.

I have to believe that Wynn is mercifully gone and Trent Brown has been absolutely bi-polar. Cajuste isn't the answer, nor is Cannon. I think we will absolutely draft one or two solid prospects and add some veteran depth in FA. Bill never overreacts to an injury-depleted position, but I think he's likely had enough of trying to run an offense in which the edges are so vulnerable that it impacts the whole flow of what we're trying to do.

I know Trent was playing with an illness last week, but there were times when he appeared to be going through the motions. I thought it was a terrible performance. He worked hard to shed weight since we reacquired him from the Raiders and yet has been banged up and penalized for holds and pre-snaps and has had a number of sub-par games sandwiching a couple of games where he looked, I thought, very solid.

I can't take much more of this issue and think it should be the focus of a major overhaul in the offseason, but we're still in the middle of getting ship-wrecked and we've got
to make it to shore alive before we start thinking about getting rescued.
 
Why would we want this guy? So we can pair him with Bill O’Brien? I hope not.

He got fired because he traded away AJ brown, who just plastered them for 100 and 2, and replaced him with Robert Woods and Burks who’ve done nothing. Burks can hardly get on the field. Their secondary can’t stop anyone. Vrable has had that team dramatically outperforming their talent.
firing him for 1 wr trade when they've never had a losing season under his watch is dumb. he predates vrabel by 2 years.
 
The O line is problem #1. I don't know if it is nagging injuries, effort or coaching. There are 5 offensive lineman out there each play. What I mean is there is not an offensive line. It is individuals. Matty P is responsible for the O line and it should be his 1st priority, nothing else. If that means god forbid Judge has to take over play calling so be it. I mean really, how much worse can it get. At least if we can keep Mac upright for 3 seconds we can see if Mac is having a sophomore slump. Mac himself needs to be more willing to make it happen. It really struck me and I posted in some thread about Brock Purdy saying he took one on chin because he needed to show the team he was all in. He completed that pass and got crushed. Mac is getting sacked a lot while falling backwards. I am not blaming Mac alone, but he needs to be part of the solution.
 
Sure that's a possibility, but I can see us looking to invest heavily in OTs.

I have to believe that Wynn is mercifully gone and Trent Brown has been absolutely bi-polar. Cajuste isn't the answer, nor is Cannon. I think we will absolutely draft one or two solid prospects and add some veteran depth in FA. Bill never overreacts to an injury-depleted position, but I think he's likely had enough of trying to run an offense in which the edges are so vulnerable that it impacts the whole flow of what we're trying to do.

I know Trent was playing with an illness last week, but there were times when he appeared to be going through the motions. I thought it was a terrible performance. He worked hard to shed weight since we reacquired him from the Raiders and yet has been banged up and penalized for holds and pre-snaps and has had a number of sub-par games sandwiching a couple of games where he looked, I thought, very solid.

I can't take much more of this issue and think it should be the focus of a major overhaul in the offseason, but we're still in the middle of getting ship-wrecked and we've got
to make it to shore alive before we start thinking about getting rescued.
Yeah, and note that Cannon, Cajuste, McDermott, and Wynn are all FAs. That leaves...just Trent Brown, who will be a 7.75MM cap hit, only 1.25MM of it dead money. Plus Steuber, the late 2022 pick (but my understanding is that the staff didn't think he had a future). I smell a positional reboot! I could maybe see re-signing Cajuste for short money.

FAs on the OL are pretty spotty this year. I don't see us spending $20MM+/year on Orlando Brown, but I wouldn't be totally floored if they picked up Conklin from Cleveland, Fant from the Jets, or shorter money for Dillard from Philly if his health checks out. McGlinchey is available, and if they want to continue to move towards majoring in zone blocking that may be an investment that makes sense...it would certainly be a clear signal. I'll wait until the offseason to go into the FA OTs more deeply.

Draft? Always in flux, but there are a bunch of guys who are probably in the mid-1st through 3rd round that could fit. My favorites ATM are Wright from Tennessee and Cohen from Alabama, both currently generally slated as ~3rd rounders, along with Paris Johnson from Oohi, but he's currently slated mid-first, and I don't think he's worth that high a pick. Probably. Maybe.
 
Yeah, and note that Cannon, Cajuste, McDermott, and Wynn are all FAs. That leaves...just Trent Brown, who will be a 7.75MM cap hit, only 1.25MM of it dead money. Plus Steuber, the late 2022 pick (but my understanding is that the staff didn't think he had a future). I smell a positional reboot! I could maybe see re-signing Cajuste for short money.

FAs on the OL are pretty spotty this year. I don't see us spending $20MM+/year on Orlando Brown, but I wouldn't be totally floored if they picked up Conklin from Cleveland, Fant from the Jets, or shorter money for Dillard from Philly if his health checks out. McGlinchey is available, and if they want to continue to move towards majoring in zone blocking that may be an investment that makes sense...it would certainly be a clear signal. I'll wait until the offseason to go into the FA OTs more deeply.

Draft? Always in flux, but there are a bunch of guys who are probably in the mid-1st through 3rd round that could fit. My favorites ATM are Wright from Tennessee and Cohen from Alabama, both currently generally slated as ~3rd rounders, along with Paris Johnson from Oohi, but he's currently slated mid-first, and I don't think he's worth that high a pick. Probably. Maybe.

Plus Jonnu Smith’s cap hit will be $17.4M in 2023. A $9M increase from 2022. There would be a $19.1M in dead cap by cutting him. Cutting Hunter Henry would save $10.5M in cap space.
We'd like both more involved with the offense but until the OL is rebuilt they're stuck blocking.
 
Yeah, and note that Cannon, Cajuste, McDermott, and Wynn are all FAs. That leaves...just Trent Brown, who will be a 7.75MM cap hit, only 1.25MM of it dead money. Plus Steuber, the late 2022 pick (but my understanding is that the staff didn't think he had a future). I smell a positional reboot! I could maybe see re-signing Cajuste for short money.

FAs on the OL are pretty spotty this year. I don't see us spending $20MM+/year on Orlando Brown, but I wouldn't be totally floored if they picked up Conklin from Cleveland, Fant from the Jets, or shorter money for Dillard from Philly if his health checks out. McGlinchey is available, and if they want to continue to move towards majoring in zone blocking that may be an investment that makes sense...it would certainly be a clear signal. I'll wait until the offseason to go into the FA OTs more deeply.

Draft? Always in flux, but there are a bunch of guys who are probably in the mid-1st through 3rd round that could fit. My favorites ATM are Wright from Tennessee and Cohen from Alabama, both currently generally slated as ~3rd rounders, along with Paris Johnson from Oohi, but he's currently slated mid-first, and I don't think he's worth that high a pick. Probably. Maybe.
Feels like every team in the league wants OTs, so acquiring OTs maybe more difficult than the expected.
 
Sure that's a possibility, but I can see us looking to invest heavily in OTs.

I have to believe that Wynn is mercifully gone and Trent Brown has been absolutely bi-polar. Cajuste isn't the answer, nor is Cannon. I think we will absolutely draft one or two solid prospects and add some veteran depth in FA. Bill never overreacts to an injury-depleted position, but I think he's likely had enough of trying to run an offense in which the edges are so vulnerable that it impacts the whole flow of what we're trying to do.

I know Trent was playing with an illness last week, but there were times when he appeared to be going through the motions. I thought it was a terrible performance. He worked hard to shed weight since we reacquired him from the Raiders and yet has been banged up and penalized for holds and pre-snaps and has had a number of sub-par games sandwiching a couple of games where he looked, I thought, very solid.

I can't take much more of this issue and think it should be the focus of a major overhaul in the offseason, but we're still in the middle of getting ship-wrecked and we've got
to make it to shore alive before we start thinking about getting rescued.
The oline definitely needs to be addressed as well...
 
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