Patriots 2022 Offseason Thread

Traded down from 21 to 35 and picked up 67 and 133 in the process. Was a hard trade back because Williams was still on the board.

2-35: Raimann T - Central Mich

2-53: Chenel LB - Wisconsin

3-67: Skyy Moore WR - Western Mich

3-85: Alec Pierce WR - Cincinnati

4-123: Kellen Diesch T - Arizona St

4-133: James Cook RB - Georgia


Getting pass caching weapons with speed (Moore, Pierce and Cook) plus protecting Mac is really important.

Need linebacker help as well and Chenel could be a good fit here.

Trade down is my preferred strategy unless you love the guy at 21. 

That's realistic and darn good besides no CB help. I get the Chenel pick, he's like a Hightower. I'd prefer more of a coverage guy though. I love Skyy Moore, I'm not the biggest fan of Pierce though. I wouldn't take a raw type athlete at WR that high, yet that's just me.

Officially official. Brady announces retirement on Instagram. NO mention of ANYTHING related to his time in New England. Time will tell if that means anything.

You booed and hissed him when he come back and now you want thanks. I was at that game and seemed  like  the sound was piped in, but anything BB does wouldn't surprise me.

Flores suing the NFL, Giants and Broncos over racism in the hiring process. Using texts from Bill Belichek as evidence his interview with NYG was a sham.

Also claims that Miami owner offered him money to tank.

And also claims that Dolphins tried to get him to tamper with "a prominent QB" under contract with another team. Many suspect it's Brady.

I respect it. Not like he doesn’t have evidence.

Shoutout Bill for getting his revenge on the giants and the league. Long time coming!

I don't think this will be the case. It might hurt him in the short run looking for another HC job right now with the controversy of the lawsuit but he will be admired even more by the players. The players have liked playing for him and respected him which has led to them buying in and giving their all. They will respect him even more now. That fact will not be lost on teams with smart ownership. He might have to take a DC job in the meantime and I would be happy to see him back in NE.

Ross Might end up being forced to sell the Dolphins in my opinion and he should be. If gambling and the question of legitimate games is the biggest threat to sports then Ross offering him money to lose is about as bad as it gets and he should be kicked out of ownership. How do you think the players are going to react to their owner trying to pull this?    

Everyone knows that the Rooney Rule has led to many sham interviews so he is just calling that out. Not sure if there really is an answer to it as teams should be able to hire who they want and the rule is just a formality to try to make it look like teams are giving black coaches a chance. I think it does help a little when the coaches get a chance to interview and impress the GMs and owners which should lead to more chances down the road. Pretty sure I have read that about Flores as a matter of fact. It is at the least a sore spot that black players make up 70% of the league and there are so few black HCs but the answer to that problem isn't something that can be forced on owners. Sadly looking at it from above it is hard not to think of it as another sign that racism is still alive and well in the world.

He wasn’t getting a head coaching job this offseason anyways, so not much to lose. That lawsuit will never get to trial (for a host of reasons)—suspect it gets settled by this time next year and he’s back in the coaching pool.

Many have come out supporting him but yes there was some who didn't. He is a tough coach I guess and not all like that.

Not only that, but the Bengals made an adjustment that Reid didn't even have the ability to notice to overcome it.  The Chiefs were taking everything underneath when they were cruising, then the Bengals adjusted by using a 3 man rush, one of the safeties in the middle of the field instead of up high and they were dropping a lineman into coverage.  If Reid had a brain, he would have immediately started throwing deep to Hill, but he and Mahomes just kept doing what was working in the 1st quarter.

Reid is one of the most overrated coaches of all time.  Great at preparation, one of the all time worst at clock management and making adjustments.  The Reid-led Chiefs have now lost 3 playoff games when they had an 18 point lead.

This is a huge risk he's taking and he's not stupid - he knows this will impact his ability to get a job going forward - but he believes he needs to draw attention to these issues for the broader community. Maybe he'll get others to now join his class action.

I applaud his courage in using his situation to draw attention to the broader issues - black coaches don't get a second chance as much, black coaches are given a shorter leash, they have made no progress on the number of black head coaches since the Rooney Rule came into existence, etc. It's going to be a bumpy ride for him going forward as people will now look at him through polarized lens.

He very well might lose, the class might get denied, the case might get dismissed, but maybe they'll find something in discovery that exposes the issues further. A BB text can easily be written away as BB misunderstanding what he heard, but maybe there's email communications between the Bills and the Giants discussing terms.

At a minimum he's brought further awareness to the issue. There are multiple facts in the indictment that I wasn't aware of before yesterday.

At one point it was crazy, yet that stopped as quickly as it started. Who since Jackson four years ago? Like Myles Bryant is a nice depth piece on the practice squad, he's just slow. I'd love to believe you're right, I just can't trust it. I'm liking the CB and free safety depth in the 3-5th rounds of this draft.