I said I found his take interesting as he was specifically citing one possession games since the end of 2019. I had no idea what our W-L record was in those games.
He then gave some specific examples of how he felt our coaching was inferior and he cited Steve B and Mayo. He did not mention Bill and neither did I. He specifically said the defense struggled when Flores left. He also mentioned how the personnel also deteriorated which IMO is just a big of an issue as our front 7 had gotten old and slow. This does not absolve the terrible QB play we got last year or the horrific personnel that both Brady and Cam had to play with either. But it does add another dimension to see how a team that was 10-1 after 11 games in 2019 has fallen to 9-14 since.
Interesting. And we're focusing on just the one score games in this analysis. So it sounds like if it wasn't for bad coaching of the D, the 2020 Pat's would have won a few more games, then? Because THAT would mean that even in a year in a new system, with no preseason, a bad arm, and Covid, Cam would have led that team - which was a total wreck because of roster mismanagement irrespective of all the opt-outs and having nothing to do with paying off all the deferred money for TFB and AB, remember - to a tiebreaker for the playoffs.
So if that team is a playoff contender, I gotta asks ya which of the following is true:
1) Cam is maybe not so terrible, especially under last year's circumstances?
2) Maybe the state of the roster wasn't quite so horrific and Belichick the GM wasn't such a washout?
3) Maybe the defense wasn't a total horror show, but in the face of all the opt-outs and the poor offense forcing them to defend longer, they wore down by the end of the year and STILL managed to be pretty much average overall?
I'll go out on a limb and say that if the QB, roster, and defense are all terrible there's no way a team is even sniffing the playoffs. It's a long shot if even one of those things is true. So I'd say you have to pick 2 of the 3 above that you agree with.
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You do realize that you completed contradicted yourself when you said that all I did was argue Cam was the main issue last year (which I did) and then turn around and say I agree with Bedard when he said it was defensive coaching because it fits my confirmation bias. LOL. So which is it? Perhaps, you need to go back and read again what I posted.
I didn't see a contradiction at all. You absolutely have been putting it all on Cam, and you did just sat that you agreed with Bedard. He pointed out - correctly - that you loudly insisted you were right about the Cam thing UNTIL someone had another take that you can structure as an attack on BB. Then you're all in.
I'm here to point out that if you believe this to be true, than it lifts some of the blame from Cam's shoulders. And after all, they were only 7-9. It isn't like they were a 2 win team. So with the defense taking some of the blame, that would make Cam's performance almost playoff-caliber! With that horrific roster, in the face of all the other well-discussed obstacles, that's...practically heroic!
Or maybe the rest of the roster wasn't mismanaged quite as badly as you make it out, especially given the league-high number of opt-outs? I'll leave the salary cap out of it, since that's a fake restriction...