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  1. Ralphwiggum

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    Like, give me an idea of what the thing would be that only BB and Butler knew about, that if it became public would be embarrassing for Butler, and that BB felt like he had to bench him for the SB over it, but could never tell another sole about it? I’m trying to imagine what that might be, I...
  2. Ralphwiggum

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    I don’t know, if Butler was given a concrete reason for why he was benched don’t you think he might have mentioned it to some of the other players on the team who also don’t seem to know to this day why he was benched? I find it hard to believe too, but I also find it hard to believe that this...
  3. Ralphwiggum

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    I said it to my wife while we were watching this last night, I don’t know that Butler playing/not playing would have changed the outcome. But, benching a starter who had played 98% of the snaps without any kind of explanation to anyone is fucking absurd. Maybe me and Johnny Foxboro don’t...
  4. Ralphwiggum

    A Reunion: Brissett back in New England. 1 year, $8 million

    Except, you know, the guys out there playing to win who won’t be on the team next year playing for contracts, as well as the coaching staff that’s now gone. Players on NFL teams are actual human beings who for the most part play to win and have no incentive not to.
  5. Ralphwiggum

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    I'm sort of struggling to understand who the target audience is for this thing. The focus is much more on the surrounding drama rather than the greatness of the team or the players or the coach. As a Pats fan I'm watching, but I find myself disappointed in many of the ways people have outlined...
  6. Ralphwiggum

    Eliot Wolf will be in charge of the personnel department,

    Please with the Mac stuff, can we stop it or put it in the Mac thread or something?
  7. Ralphwiggum

    Misc. Pats Offseason News

    How are those grades arrived at?
  8. Ralphwiggum

    Eliot Wolf will be in charge of the personnel department,

    Jesus Fucking Christ the Mac stuff infects every thread on this forum and is fucking tired and boring. He sucked and he sucks, nobody disagrees. I happen to think that boiling down all of the problems with the Pats right now into one player is absurdly reductive, but it doesn't much matter...
  9. Ralphwiggum

    Eliot Wolf will be in charge of the personnel department,

    What do we expect the guy to say, "We're just going to keep on doing what Bill was doing. It was all Mac's fault, we just need a QB and, voila, the whole thing is fixed." Obviously the Krafts thought the problem went beyond just Mac, otherwise Bill would still be here. The new guy is being...
  10. Ralphwiggum

    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    I don't want Henry at this stage of his career either, but are we sure Rham is anything other than a JAG? I was a huge fan of his prior to last year, and I know the line sucked, but man he looked slow and unable to do much of anything after contact. I think the position needs an upgrade.
  11. Ralphwiggum

    Celebrating What Wasn’t - worst BB era memories

    I remember emailing a friend something like "I can't believe they hired a re-tread, things are going to get worse before they get better." I don't think the BB hire was universally panned or anything but I also don't remember too many people being all that excited about it. In hindsight his...
  12. Ralphwiggum

    The Michael McCorkle "Mac" Jones Thread

    Put me on team "both things can be true". Mac sucked, and has handled adversity in the NFL in pretty much the worst possible way, culminating with that ridiculous self-serving article which he probably thinks makes him look good or at least like a martyr but actually makes him look like a...
  13. Ralphwiggum

    What is next for BB?

    I grew up on the Pats in the 70s and 80s. I am about the same age as Drew Bledsoe and worshipped him in the 90s before Mo Lewis. I was 29 when they won their first Lombardi and 48 when they won their last. I love BB and will fight anyone who thinks he’s not the GOAT of NFL coaches. The...
  14. Ralphwiggum

    That was then: Celebrating what was

    22 years ago today Tom Brady got his knee rolled up in Pittsburgh, Drew came off the bench and threw a TD in relief, Troy Brown returned a punt for a TD and they also blocked a FG and returned that for a TD. All things considered maybe the most improbable win of the Dynasty.
  15. Ralphwiggum

    What is next for BB?

    I don't know, do we think he would have coached until he was 90? At some point he won't be able to do it anymore, maybe that some point is now? I'm not saying he can't still coach, maybe he can. But I also wouldn't hold it against any of the owners who hired coaches this offseason to prefer...
  16. Ralphwiggum

    What is next for BB?

    The guy is 72 and is coming off a dumpster fire of a season in Foxboro, so bad that the Krafts decided to move on from their living legend of a coach. I wouldn't be surprised if Bill could still coach them up with the best of them, but I also wouldn't be surprised if he can't anymore, and it...
  17. Ralphwiggum

    Divisional Round Weekend

    Also after the Pats ran one or two plays that way he could have, you know, had his players adjust to what was going on. The Pats continued doing it on a 2nd drive and Harbaugh STILL didn't do anything to adjust. So he got outcoached and embarrassed on the big stage and then whined about the...
  18. Ralphwiggum

    Divisional Round Weekend

    Also Taylor Swift might be the most famous person in the world right now, and if not she's right up there. She's also an amazing entertainer (I went to her concert at Gillette last year, I'm not a super-fan of her music but the concert was amazing) and seems to be a very solid person as well...
  19. Ralphwiggum

    Divisional Round Weekend

    Why does fandom have to be rational in terms of who you root for or against? I think anyone who refuses to acknowledge that Patrick Mahomes is an amazing football player is being silly. Of course he is, he is going to finish his career as one of the small handful of best players ever at the...
  20. Ralphwiggum

    Is Mac Jones the biggest bust in Patriots history?

    ‘86 Sox was the worst ever, can’t imagine anything being more tragic than that. But @tims4wins has a point that in the moment the Tebucky TD/not TD seemed like another one of those moments where a Boston team was going to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.