Patriots 2021 season thread

Yeah Chase is a great example of what a truly dynamic #1 WR brings to an offense with the home run threat. Add that to an offense like the Patriots and it opens up all kinds of schemes for running the ball and the underneath stuff with D's having to double or run the risk of the big play. And to think the Pats could have had that if they didn't screw up the Harry pick with Samuel, Brown and Metcalf still on the board, oh well. Giving Mac that guy would be great for his career goes without saying. 

I was actually hoping to see this years Ernie Adams pick, Tre Nixon, with all the injuries at the WR position but we got to see Wilkerson instead. Nixon could develop into something, maybe Wilkerson does, but a true #1 would be making the team not going undrafted or going 242 overall. In regards to that though, do you remember all the speculation when Harris got a total of 4 rushing attempts his rookie season? Don't underestimate BB's ability to develop players at every position.

The thing is we are starting to see the evolution of the athletic QB. Guys like Rogers, Mahomes, Watson and even Allen are examples of mobile QBs that can hurt you with their legs but do the most damage with their arms. A QB will ALWAYS have to throw from the pocket and know when to stay there and not rely on his legs, BUT these guys who can do that but also make you pay dearly with their legs are the new age QB that we will see more and more of.

Who's your most disappointing player? Mine are Jonnu Smith, Uche and Winovich.

Definitely Smith for me, especially with the contract involved. Uche is disappointing but his lack of durability was always a concern so it's not a shock he's had a mostly lost year. Winovich should be in another system.

Onwenu is on the radar too, in terms of preseason expectations vs results. I thought he'd be closer to their best lineman than a depth/rotational option.

Onwenu has been really good - Karras just worked with Wynn better and Brown came back

Not having one of the young pass rushers do anything is certainly disappointing and doesn’t make you feel good about the long term there. Hopefully, Perkins is something .

I forgot to play, so I'll do both.

Sadly Agholor is exactly who I thought he was but NOW WITH MORE INJURY PRONE (R). As an aside, free agent WR do not work out.



I still have hope for Jonnu, but what a bad first year. Glad they doubled dipped at TE. I hate having an "in between" left tackle, and Wynn has neither dominated nor been a huge detriment to make his long term future any clearer. I expected someone from the D-line to step up but it seems like Baremore is the only one beyond Judon standing out.

I'm now high on the Duggar/Phillips combo if McCourty leaves so great job by them hitting new levels (though we still would need to bring someone in to make sure Phillips and Mills can move around).
Contrary to my tweet share above, Bourne has been a hit.

Uche has been my biggest disappointment. Really thought he'd take off this year.

I really wanted Wino to be part of the solution here but the writing was on the wall. Bedard was on it by the end of last year and then you add the early injury and this hasn't been a surprise.

This year's rookie class has been my most pleasant surprise. Liked the guys they took but didn't think Mac, Barmore and 'Mondre would contribute so much so soon.

Why are so many people on Twitter arguing Matthew Slater should be a HOFer? It’s driving me crazy.

Idk man, I’m not sure where he’s got his numbers from but pressures is a subjective stat and I do trust Lazars analysis of film breakdown. So I’m not going to dismiss him pointing this out.

I think we often look at pressure as a guy breaking free of a blocker but that’s not what pressure from the interior is.

I think Barmore has been up and down but had been impactful for a rookie. There’s a ton to like about his season.

Also, I think you CAN argue sacks. The counting stats track, basically, the guys whose arms were wrapped around the QB or who hit him.

The film breakdown, however, ATTEMPTS to do more. That being said, Lazar's numbers on that are 2 sacks and 8 hits where as Bedard's are 3 and 12.