If they had stayed healthy, maybe, but you're severely overestimating the rest of the roster (besides Mac) which is broadly shitty at this point particularly at WR, OT, DE, and CB.
Guys are open and Mac has time. We saw pressure today but he had many many plays where he had plenty of time. They gavehim a good running game too which should have loosened up the defense for him.
I already have. You must have been too busy repeating yourself and looking for attention to have noticed.
All of this is touting the defense and saying he drafted a QB and it didn't work out. So, like, just let him try again. You're wrong in this assessment.
I think they were benchings, but ostensibly the previous ones were because they were way behind and there was no reason to play the starter any longer. This benching was different because the drive was for the game.
That'd be fun and we'd all forget about this year pretty quick. It will take BB eating some humble pie though. He's always been a ruthless evalutor. Time to turn that lens on himself and make adjustments if he wants to continue. (Oh and Mac throwing iceballs in Siberia, far away from Foxborough).
Or, like, analyzing the players he had the ability to draft/sign the last 3 seasons and highlighting that there have been very few options in the draft and none in free agency.
I get it. I'm just saying that I wanted them to try to be competitive as they rebuilt. They kinda were, but now aren't, and so I'm embracing them being bad in the hopes that this gets them the draft picks they need to relaunch.
+1. I think we convinced ourselves we were different after 2021 and the bloodletting is always painful (particularly when it seems unintentional, there's been no regime change, etc.) But this is the natural order of things. Lose 'em all the rest of the way and April will be fun.
I was actually disappointed when they went on the crazy FA spend a few years ago, but then ultimately got caught up in the excitement. Of course, we should all have remembered that the teams who "win" free agency frequently don't do great. But anyway, the issue I have with starting the suck now under Belichick is that by the time they are ready to compete again he is going to be legit very very old for a head coach and GM. Which is why it just makes sense to me to start completely over at the end of the season. Just hopefully we can move on without re-writing history and declaring that Bill actually sucked all along and Brady was responsible for all of the success.
I don’t see a lot of people here being mad that we’re awful. Maybe a few weeks ago, but seems like resignation has set in.
Yeah he may not be the right guy. But I like him and it's my preference that he stays on and gets the job done. But in order of my preferences:
Yeah I’ve been saying that I’d have been fine with him skipping along with 8/9 wins so he could get the record by the end of next season.
Yep. I don't think they've been embarrassing. They've been in all but 1-2 of the games. I'd much rather lose these close ones in a season they can't be competitive anyway.
100% aligned with this. I hope they have had a very honest conversation about the situation and agreed that losing will get them back on track the fastest and the record at the end of the year won't be held against him.
I'm convinced this is a playoff team with an average QB. Put Geno Smith on this team and they are .500
You don’t get extra points for winning some fan purity test. Everyone can see the product on the field and it’s really bad and worse really boring. If Bill was 55 we might be having a different discussion but the truth is he’s in his 70s and had admitted on multiple occasions he wants to just do what makes him happy these days re: coach with guys he likes and coach players he likes. Also, coaching professional football is an absolute grind. Now add GM duties to that. It’s a lot to but on a guy who’s gonna be 72 before next season.
Awesome, we’ve reached the “entitlement” stage. That was a fun few months on the Sox board.
No one questioned your fan bonafides. That’s what you were doing to other posters. The team has two wins and consistently can’t score. They also make dumb decisions and commit dumber penalties. They just are what their record and point differential say they are: a really really bad football team.
No man, we’ve only watched the Pats since the day Brady took over for Drew. You had us pegged.
I think there are a few pass catchers on the team who are better than they look with Mac Jones throwing
