NFL Free Agency Thread

[Stasheroo]

Yikes, there only hope is that Stidham is legit. I have no idea but if I were a Patriots fan I'd be nervous.

Nothing lasts forever. Belichick and the Patriots had a good run. It's over.

Too many departures:

• Brady is the biggest of course
• O-line coach Dante Scarnecchia retiring, the best in the business, allowed them to rotate so many names in and out with minimal dropoff
• The continued effects of losing assistant coaches
• Former assistants in Miami and Detroit continuing to sign away talents

Too much to overcome. I think the Bills will take that division this year and the Pats won't be what they once were.

 

[boozeman]

Yikes, there only hope is that Stidham is legit. I have no idea but if I were a Patriots fan I'd be nervous.

Especially if Hoyer is being told he can "compete" for the starting job.

I think they will just trade a late round pick for Cam Newton.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Especially if Hoyer is being told he can "compete" for the starting job.

I think they will just trade a late round pick for Cam Newton.

Hoyer is garbage. They may be able to scheme their way to 8 wins or evem 9 with a killer defense but they are going nowhere

 

[Angrymesscan]

And yet if RHG were still here I’d like their chances better than ours...

 

[boozeman]

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[Genghis Khan]

Yikes, there only hope is that Stidham is legit. I have no idea but if I were a Patriots fan I'd be nervous.

If i was a patriots fan I'd still be celebrating the past 20 years.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If i was a patriots fan I'd still be celebrating the past 20 years.

Easy to say but when you're used to eating steak all the time it's hard to celebrate all those great dinners while you're eating fried spam.

 

[ravidubey]

If i was a patriots fan I'd still be celebrating the past 20 years.

Without Brady, there’s now a chance Belichick doesn’t tie or break Landry’s record.

It was a mortal lock, now it’s suspect.

Fortunately for Belichick he still has the AFC East

 

[Smitty]

Yikes, there only hope is that Stidham is legit. I have no idea but if I were a Patriots fan I'd be nervous.

Part of me feels like after 6 Super Bowls, one might be ok with throwing away a season or two to restock on draft assets before giving it one last run for Belichick's career.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Part of me feels like after 6 Super Bowls, one might be ok with throwing away a season or two to restock on draft assets before giving it one last run for Belichick's career.

Probably, for a team like that it might he best to just clear the books and start fresh with a young QB next year. The problem is I don't see them tanking so it's going to be hard to get a top QB prospect.

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

If bellichick wins with that group...

I wouldn't put it past him. That defense carried the team last year while Brady was only okay. He might be able to get that out of someone.

 

[Texas Ace]

I think that's a very good point. In New England, Brady typically benefitted from great pass protection from a line coached by the great Dante Scarnecchia. He won't have that same luxury in Tampa. Far from it.

I also wouldn't rule out the effects of playing in 95 degree heat and high humidity for the first 4-6 weeks of the season will have on a 43 year old who was used to playing his home games in September in 60 degree weather.

 

[Cotton]

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[Cotton]

 

[boozeman]

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[jsmith6919]

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Garrett has his passing down back

 

[boozeman]

Garrett has his passing down back

Awesome. Wait until Joe Judge realizes he is criminally underutilized.

By the time he realizes it, the knife will be deeply imbedded between his shoulder blades.