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  1. EL Jeffe

    Evaluating the Front Office

    This was really insightful and I love the call out about 30 Visit volume and how it may (or or may not!) correlate to draft pick expectancy. I'd love to know what draws teams to bring in certain players versus others. Certainly sometimes it's injury or even character check-ins. I wonder in the...
  2. EL Jeffe

    Evaluating the Front Office

    Oh wow, this is really cool! Thank you to Arif for lending your time and expertise. And thank you to John and everyone else who played a part in getting you here! I have a million questions and could pick your brain all day, but I'll start with 2 if that's okay? How do draft analysts account...
  3. EL Jeffe

    Maye-day Every Day

    Jeremiah's Jordan Love comp to me is really spot on. They had very similar measurements and play styles, and if Maye ends up being what Love has shown he can be, I think we'll all be pretty happy with that. Hopefully Maye hits that level before Year 3 though. I just don't see the Josh Allen...
  4. EL Jeffe

    Turning the page: the 2024 draft contest!

    Chargers were dropped though! The dream is alive
  5. EL Jeffe

    Turning the page: the 2024 draft contest!

    Armegadji, Kiran - OT - Yale (higher-end LT tools and length who is a major work in progress) Elliss, Jonah - Edge - Utah (his older brother Christian was in Mayo's ILB room last year; a torn labrum probably drops him down but he can really get after the QB) Estime, Audric - RB - Notre Dame...
  6. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    It's not like he's Chet Holmgren or scrawny at this point. He also majorly reined in his running style as the season progressed. He wasn't a reckless runner the back half of the year. While Daniels is QB2 for me, I recognize he has areas to improve. But some criticisms just feel made up to me...
  7. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    I think a lot depends on how you define "arm." Is it arm strength? How hard you can throw? Arm means different things to different people. Daniels probably has the cleanest throwing motion and quickest release in the class. He's also generally accurate with good ball placement. Is that part of...
  8. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    Sorry I didn't mean to come off as abrasive. I don't think Mac turned to goo solely because he got hit too much. I actually think Mac is physically pretty tough. I think he turned to goo because of a whole combination of factors. If there was a toughness issue with him I think it was more...
  9. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    Way back machine but I think Randall Cunningham might be his best comp.
  10. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    Saying Daniels has a below average arm is just wild to me.
  11. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    This is very confusing. Is there some magic threshold where if he weighed x amount, Daniels isn't going to turn into goo? What does Mac have to do with Daniels? They couldn't be more different. And the guy played in the SEC. Sure NFL teams will be bigger and stronger but there are plenty of...
  12. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    I'm just not seeing much reason to care about how much Daniels weighs. He has 5 years of sustained durability in college and I'm curious why people think that's going to suddenly change at the NFL level.
  13. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    If there is any football study that shows any correlation between weight and susceptibility to injuries, I'm all ears. I'm not aware of any.
  14. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    Arm talent is kind of a meaningless term that people use as a proxy for any number of things. Maye certainly isn't as talented of a thrower as Caleb Williams. Joe Milton definitely has a bigger arm, as does Penix. Maye doesn't have a "cannon." It's not Anthony Richardson. It's not Josh Allen...
  15. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    I like JT O'Sullivan, Kurt Warner and Kurt Benkert the most. I particularly like Benkert because he spent time in Green Bay and was in a couple of different west coast systems. He breaks down all the passes in a game and goes through the thought process with a pretty good attention to detail.
  16. EL Jeffe

    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    I don't think Maye's "arm/arm talent" is nearly as special as people make it out to be (I assume when people use these terms they're talking about some sort of combination of velocity, accuracy, using different arm angles, and maybe distance--although distance doesn't really matter a whole lot...
  17. EL Jeffe

    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    They tried to get Ridley and made an aggressive offer. Should they have given a 30 year old WR $30m/year with $60m guaranteed when he's facing the same cliff that OBJ, Julio Jones, and pretty much every NFL WR who relies on explosion and twitch faces and falls off from right around their age 30...
  18. EL Jeffe

    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    Judon was a great signing, so was Gilmore. I'm not saying you should never throw a bag at FAs. I am saying that Ridley, Jonah Williams, and Tyron Smith aren't those level of players. Spending for the sake of spending is dumb.
  19. EL Jeffe

    Patriots' 2024 Free Agency Thread

    1) They haven't signed all their own players worth keeping; Barmore and Judon still need signing and will cost against the current cap. 2) Having $50m in space doesn't mean they should spend recklessly on mid or questionable talent. Keeping the cap space open provides flexibility for trades and...