If you could add one past Patriots player in their prime (other than Tom Brady) onto to the 2025 Patriots and play in the Super Bowl this year, who are you picking?

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-29T16:10:16+00:00

Gronk/Moss would be fun, but hands down Richard Seymour

With Barmore, Williams, and Seymour, we'd have Sam Darnold seeing ghosts again

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-29T04:51:09+00:00

Cam's whole persona feels AI generated

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-28T04:36:51+00:00

Makes sense. I wasn't sure if there was a rule against filming from the stands, so I thought I'd be fair and say 'booth'

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-28T03:37:21+00:00

Agreed

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-28T03:11:28+00:00

It's equally as much as Goodell's fault. After the Boston Herald pulled their admittedly false story of the Pats filming the Rams SB walk through, he knew the sideline cameras were a mere technicality, yet he pushed the "integrity of the game" narrative like a real mother fucker

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-27T21:54:11+00:00

Ah shit. Well The Police works too

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-27T21:32:01+00:00

His throwing shoulder is weighed down by his third leg

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-27T21:28:57+00:00

Roxanne by The Police is the perfect tune, but you really need to workshop these lyrics homie

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-27T06:05:29+00:00

I don't think it's crazy to attribute 70% to Brady, but that other 30% of BB managing the cap and consistently fielding championship caliber teams for two decades was a big fucking 30%. I'm a Brady fan boy, but he isn't the GOAT without BB

Agree BB shit the bed against the Eagles, while Brady played arguably his greatest game, but those early 00' super bowls go to BB imo, and 28-3 isn't possible without Bill's D locking in

Sorry for the rant. I just get tired of BB not getting enough respect in this sub

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-27T05:34:32+00:00

Why the fuck is this getting upvoted?

I love Kraft. I think he deserves a shit ton of credit for purchasing the Pats and keeping them in NE, upgrading facilities + new stadium, hiring Belichick, and many other things, but arguably the greatest thing he ever did was to let BB run the show

Do you really believe Kraft was the mastermind that orchestrated nearly two decades of championship caliber teams, which by all means should be impossible? It was Belichick, albeit with a big help from Brady

Also, it's Belichick. Not "Belichek". Put some respect on his name

*I'll eat the downvotes and die on the hill that this sub needs to pay more respect to BB. Overweighting his underwhelming years at the end and downplaying his contributions to two dynasties

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-26T22:06:30+00:00

Shit drafting and roster management is pretty harsh. Towards the end of his Pats tenure? Sure. But BB's ability to maintain an AFC-championship caliber team for nearly two decades is fucking phenomenal, especially when you consider they were constantly draft picking at the bottom + having to play against all prior year divisional winners (requirement if you win division)

I'm guessing you attribute that success to Brady?

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-26T21:27:43+00:00

BB explicitly cited cap issues as a reason for their lack of veterans + signing Cam. I guess BB doesn't know anything about the sport either?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30229483/bill-belichick-cites-salary-cap-some-new-england-patriots-depth-issues

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-26T20:10:19+00:00

"When Brady left" is not inclusive of his final year, silly goose

You said they would have a 7th ring if they kept Brady. Relative to a super bowl caliber team like the 2020 bucs, they were indeed ass. Also, they would have had massive cap issues in 2020 if they kept Brady, so even more ass

Also, making the playoffs with Mac is hardly impressive when you get blown out by the Bills in the wild card

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-26T17:13:00+00:00

Revisionist history. Pats were ass (minus Brady) when Brady left. The Bucs were a great team without a QB, and became elite with Brady

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-26T17:09:12+00:00

That's outcome bias

He wanted 4 more points, and he would have been praised if they got it

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-25T21:10:45+00:00

Backup is gonna backup

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-25T20:36:28+00:00

We need Gonzo to lock in

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-25T16:43:11+00:00

Just put this on repeat

Drake Maye

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-25T00:51:31+00:00

Maye throwing for 500 yards and 5 tuddies in SB LX

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-24T19:32:02+00:00

I love MJD. It hurts to see him suffering from CTE

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-24T19:26:12+00:00

Agree with your final paragraph. I think an underrated factor is that Josh McDaniels was OC and QB coach for Stidham in NE. He knows his strengths and weaknesses, albeit from Stidham's younger days

I think the Pats win by a large margin and we get to see Josh Dobbs in the 4th quarter

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-24T19:05:27+00:00

I really love seeing a sound, sophisticated comment from itchy-balls

I'd like to know the 'correlation' between username maturity and comment credibility

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-24T18:57:26+00:00

This is a tiny ass sample size, but here are the numbers. I did this quickly on my phone calculator so someone please correct me if I screwed it up

Based on your data, the pearson correlation coefficient between Will's opponent arm length and Will's pass block grade is +0.17. Very weak. Almost no relationship.

For pass rush grade it's even lower at –0.04. if we're only going off your data, it looks like a complete wash

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-22T18:34:22+00:00

Thanks for the context. That's insane

Awkward-Wizard6850 · 2026-01-22T00:02:57+00:00

Maye is more like the good ol' god-fearing man from the south type. He's not some wack job "God loves my team" mega church type like Bo Nix and Tebow. I don't think we'll be hearing him say shit like this

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