Patriots 2022 Season Thread

This version of the team is certainly a tough one to love with that dysfunctional offense. 6-4 record is quite unbelieveable, really.

That was progress in my book, best Mac Jones has looked since his injury. OL was crap, Wynn and Andrews going down with injuries is big. Yet their aren't many teams that have the Jets talent on D. No epic wind that game is likely 12-3 before Marcus Jones awesome return. The Jets just have big time talent on D at all 3 levels.

Vikings looked like crap, lost LT to concussion and their OL looked like ours. The Vikings D is nothing like we've seen recently, so Mac Jones better do well.

Nice to see Harris healthy again. He has the speed, explosion and power again.

Kinda of a shame, what could this team be if the OL wasn't crap?

Wynn going down is only bad because there running out of bodies. He killed so many drives earlier this year.

I think the defense should look pretty great this week and they’ll always look great against non-mobile QB’s

I liked that they used Mack Wilson as a spy this week, maybe we’ll see more of that. He’s fast enough to play the role

The loss of Andrews was huge. Ferentz and Strange were manhandled by the defense and Mac had someone in his face most times when he tried to pass. I thought he looked pretty good overall, but the line was atrocious. the Vikings look like they forgot how to play against Dallas and the Pats defense should do well against them. The offense is another story. Patricia will have his hands full in this game. I don't think he has done a very good job yet and I am not very optimistic he will.

Pre-game, I thought I'd read Brown was hurt/injured and that lead to him not starting (and they didn't have a 3rd T available so he WAS active).

Agree with the rest of the post though.

I can't decide if they switched the tackles bc of the new blocking scheme (as some were suggesting pre-season) or bc they knew Wynn wasn't going to be around next year and they were hoping they'd have an LT (Brown) in place and only have to bring a RT in (ie new guy wouldn't have to be blindside).

Now I wonder if they'll have to bring in both. If Bill wants to say that they want Onwenu at what they believe is best spot, I don't have a problem with that. But how they managed the T position beyond that has been one of the bigger mistakes in the BB era.

Wow. David Andrews is practicing today (Isaiah Wynn is not).

EDIT - Also a new OL is present. Not surprising given depth issues.

Consensus of the film review is that the offensive struggles in the Jets game were more on the offensive line than the QB. From a long-term point of view, that’s good news.

Yeah, it would be good if our 1st round pick wasn't playing like a guy who should have been drafted in the 2nd or 3rd round. I guess that's the luxury of hindsight.

I agree the QB wasn't the issue against the Jets, but is he going to be a guy who can create drives and scoring plays with subpar talent or is he a guy who has potential to be good, as long as everyone else is? It's a very talk radio viewpoint, but I think there's merit to that. I don't think he's a bust, but he's probably Derek Carr at best. I believe the Patriots have 2 offensive touchdowns since the Bears game and both of them came on short field (one on the 4 yard line). It's unacceptable and the problem starts with Patricia and Judge. Everyone on offense has been worse since they've taken charge.

Also, dishonorable mention to Thornton. He, like Strange, has been disappointing.

Bill is a master class coach because his GM (him) is terrible.

If you believe in PFF grades trading Mason and inserting Onwenu is the one right thing they did on OL. He's playing like an all-pro at RG and has a much higher grade than Shaq Mason for much less money.

Now you could certainly argue about putting Onwenu at RT, using Browns money for Karras at LG. Yet for me it's still about how you used Masons money rather than trading him.

We'll see on LT, Bill called it a coaching situation and like normal wouldn't clarify anything when asked for more details. Yet I still believe it was a mistake to move Wynn to RT from LT and letting Karras go was his other big mistake. He forgot that chemistry on the OL matters.

Strange and Thornton are performing like where they were ranked pre-draft, not where Bill drafted them. I think Strange can improve, yet it's such a jump in competition coming from the school he did. Hard for rookie WR, especially when they miss time due to injury and the OL is crap.

Yet in typical Bill fashion he's also found good value lower in draft.

Yet Bill the GM deserve plenty of blame right now. OL is crap, no blocking TEs, no fullback and no ultra quick slot WR. That's a horrible combination. No fast LBers which shows up everytime you play an athletic QB. Paying good money to a sucky punter, guy off the street with crazy wind looked much better. The Agholor and Junu contracts, massive extension for our so so DT. You can complain about his OC choices, the bigger issue is what Bill the GM gave them to work with.

Isn't that normal? Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, yet I feel like they always come in spurts followed by periods of busts.

Honest question what would McDaniels do with that OL from last game?

Fun fact of the day second most passing yards Jets D has given up all year, only Joe Burrow had more. That's impressive to me, the way they have adjusted is also very impressive. Just that OL against a darn good Jets D is crazy.

I've got a few games circled that will really determine how good MP is, first one is tomorrow versus Vikings. That's the easiest D we've seen since Zappe was starting games.