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  1. Cousin Walter

    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    Timing of a spending surge could also affect compensatory draft picks in the future. BB seemed pretty smart about optimizing that. Spend a lot this year, you probably don't get comp picks next year.
  2. Cousin Walter

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    They really did not explain Deflategate well at all. They knew the Pats had been deflating the balls but needed an INT to get the smoking gun? So the dastardly Pats would have been able to keep on cheating as long as they don't turn the ball over? There was no explanation of the rule or the...
  3. Cousin Walter

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    It was not mentioned in the Spygate episode, but it always infuriated me that the Pats actually only lost their first-round pick if they made the playoffs in '07. Had they somehow missed the postseason, it would have only been a second-rounder taken away. What kind of punishment is conditioned...
  4. Cousin Walter

    Celebrating What Wasn’t - worst BB era memories

    Going for it on 4th and long instead of kicking the field goal earlier in the first Giants SB. Talib injuries early on in both the 2012 and 2013 AFCCGs. The whole second half of the 2012 AFCCG against the Ravens. The 2010 loss to the Browns when they lost like 34-14 to Colt McCoy and Peyton...
  5. Cousin Walter

    This is now: BB and the direction of the Patriots

    I am not enamored with Vrabel as next Pats coach but his first two OCs left for head coaching jobs, no? That seems to reflect well on him, if anything. And he then had the added difficulty of replacing those guys.
  6. Cousin Walter

    This is now: BB and the direction of the Patriots

    Carolina has no first in 2024 (Bears). If they gave up a 2025 first for BB, it would mean BB would be going to a situation without a first-round pick until 2026.
  7. Cousin Walter

    2023 Jets: Hello Darkness Retreat, My Old Friend

    Don't forget about deer antler spray.
  8. Cousin Walter

    2023 NFL Coaching Carousel

    Gunther Cunningham of the Chiefs was HC and later coordinator.
  9. Cousin Walter

    2023 QB Carousel

    Doesn't Rodgers hate McCarthy? I know Rodgers hates everybody anyway. Hard to know for sure but I thought that bridge was burned.
  10. Cousin Walter

    Bill O’Brien named Patriots OC

    Can someone explain to what extent Bill O'Brien "worked" with Mac Jones? BOB was fired by HOU midway through 2020, which was Mac's last season at Alabama. From what I found, BOB became the Alabama OC on 1/21/21, which is after the college football season. What kind of relationship is there?
  11. Cousin Walter

    2023 QB Carousel

    Adalius Thomas signed with the Pats a year before Harbaugh was a Ravens coach. Otherwise, well made point.
  12. Cousin Walter

    NFL: News and transactions

    I've never understood the all-or-nothing approach to premium sports league packages. If I live in Chicago, I have to shell out hundreds of dollars just to watch the Pats games that I could watch for free if I lived in Cranston. I don't give a shit about being able to watch Cardinals or Seahawks...
  13. Cousin Walter

    Level of Confidence in Direction of the Patriots Franchise

    I would still like to know what the plan was at QB for 2020 after Brady left. Hoyer and Stidham were the only QBs on the roster (other than, I think, some undrafted FA for a bit). They didn't sign Newton until June, so that was certainly not somebody they knew in April they could sign for...
  14. Cousin Walter

    DC AG files collusion lawsuit against Commanders, Goodell and the NFL

    IANAL but how does the District have standing for a team that plays in Maryland?
  15. Cousin Walter

    Dolphins Tampering thread, loss of 2 picks and Ross suspended

    The Pats didn't "game the system" in this case. They made a draft-day trade with the 49ers for a 2008 pick that ended up being in the top 10. Five months later they had a pick taken for Spygate and the NFL didn't like the optics of the Pats still having a top 10 pick.
  16. Cousin Walter

    2022 NFL Schedule Thread

    In 2000, they played Tampa Bay in the final preseason game and then played them a week or so later to start the season. Also, they have played the Giants and Eagles in every preseason I can recall, so every four years when they play those teams it happens.
  17. Cousin Walter

    Pats 2022 draft class

    He took reps during training camp that prevented the team from getting a better look at other guys. And a sixth-round pick probably takes up marginally more cap space than a street/UDFA. It's a small but nonzero waste of resources.
  18. Cousin Walter

    Pats 2022 draft class

    All I'm saying is there is opportunity cost to consider. You shouldn't get credit for drafting well if a guy just clogs up your roster only to be cut and go start for another team.