(10-15-2019, 09:15 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(10-15-2019, 09:08 PM)HandsomeRob86 Wrote: Its a game of replacement for us. We keep the guys who want to stay, and the others we trade/let go. Belichek does this all the time, and we can too. Yeah we don't have Brady, but eventually we will get a good QB and when we do we will be in good shape.

We are a small market team, guys won't automatically want to play for us. The draft is the primary way we can improve, FA is generally not our thing. I completely support trying to draft our way into contention, buying our way hasn't worked out for us. At least we draft good enough now that we can get picks for our players.

The distinctions are numerous.

The Patriots have won SIX Super Bowls and lost THREE others.

They have no trouble attracting just about any free agent they want.

They accumulated talented as hell players during that time, including those deemed malcontents like COrey Dillon, Randy Moss, Aqib Talib and Darelle Revis.

They haven't had a long history of botching draft picks the way the Jaguars have.
We have none of that going for us.

Just two seasons agi we were <3 minutes away from reaching the Super Bowl.

Now we are rebuilding-AGAIN!

We have a much more talented baseline than we did last time for the rebuild. We are exactly the kind of team now that can bounce back to payoff contender quickly, especially if we get some good play from the QB position. I don't think this compares to our previous rebuilds at all other than in 2003 when Coughlin left.

The last first round pick we botched was Bortles, and even he is a decent backup/journeyman QB at least. Its different times now.

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