Patriots/NFL NFL & Patriots off season

[DKH]

It was studied by someone in the media a few months back, wish I still had the piece done on it. But it was staggering and not a good sign for Polk.


Welcome to Foxboro, Mason Graham.


Good lord, you'd think being almost dead last the previous year would lead you to make some changes.

Wild but I believe you

Polk was a ok pick at time but like most here I wanted McConkey

I put him at 60 % he makes it (50 receptions or more this season) but he better keep his eyes on prize & mouth zipped around Zabel

Graham works for me

 

[GatorMike]

Good lord, you'd think being almost dead last the previous year would lead you to make some changes.

You mean like building an entirely new practice facility?

Patriots to Begin Construction on a New Football Training Facility

 

[Smitty93]

1. Titans: Ward QB
2. Cleveland: Sanders QB
3. NYG: Hunter CB/ WR
4. Patriots: Carter? Graham

Deshaun Watson situation has Cleveland pinned in a corner. They absolutely have to eat the cap for one more season AND need a solution at QB. I don’t see them passing on Sanders. I don’t see them spending big on a free agent QB considering what they’ll be dishing out to Watson. Myles Garret requesting trade, they’ll need something to sell to the fanbase. Not sure Abdul Carter is their guy.

Everything I've seen is that Carter, Hunter, and Ward are going top 3, in some order, so they're probably picking between Graham and Campbell at #4, and Campbell may get eliminated this week depending on how his arm length measurements go.

 

[Smitty93]

I haven't watched the full media availability, but all of the quotes I saw made it seem like he understands what they did poorly last year, but didn't exactly have some detailed plan on how they're going to ensure it doesn't happen again. Didn't give me a whole lot of confidence that we're going to see some massive improvement this year.

I honestly think Vrabel is kind of just killing time until he can replace Wolf with Cowden in a year. That was such an obvious "we already hired your replacement" hire. Vrabel's words about roster input versus Wolf explicitly saying he has final say on the 53-man roster was a pretty big red flag to me.

 

[Johnnyduke]

You mean like building an entirely new practice facility?

Patriots to Begin Construction on a New Football Training Facility

So there's nothing they could do to get better scores in all other areas unrelated to the building of a new training facility? But yay, we can all rejoice in the spring of 2026.

Everything I've seen is that Carter, Hunter, and Ward are going top 3, in some order, so they're probably picking between Graham and Campbell at #4, and Campbell may get eliminated this week depending on how his arm length measurements go.

Every time I see Campbell mentioned I see the throw in that he could end up better as a guard. If that's the case and Graham is viewed as a can't miss DT prospect similar to Chris Jones/Aaron Donald then that's what I would prefer. Not expecting him to be them but if there are concerns that Campbell is better at guard give me Graham.

 

[Smitty93]

So there's nothing they could do to get better scores in all other areas unrelated to the building of a new training facility? But yay, we can all rejoice in the spring of 2026.


Every time I see Campbell mentioned I see the throw in that he could end up better as a guard. If that's the case and Graham is viewed as a can't miss DT prospect similar to Chris Jones/Aaron Donald then that's what I would prefer. Not expecting him to be them but if there are concerns that Campbell is better at guard give me Graham.

I think there's some similarity between Graham and Campbell in that they're probably a bit safer than some of the other prospects in the 5-10 range. Even if he's not a tackle, Campbell can probably be an above average guard. With Graham, not sure he has the highest ceiling among all of the DTs in this class, but I'd be surprised if he's not a long-term starter at DT. I think the floors of the other options are lower.

 

[EverettMike]

Wow, so glad this guy is back for another year! And of course it's Jerod Mayo's fault that Polk can't play.

What in the living f*** could they have done that comes close to qualifying as "too much" for Polk?

 

[BigGoalBrad]

I hope Kraft gets harassed in his personal life for employing Elliott Wolf and not having the stones to fire him. The hate he received for Mayo should increase tenfold for wolf.

 

[Ben Grimm]

NFLPA report cards: Patriots ownership among league's worst, Eagles get F for travel and other top 5/bottom 5 buzz

Here's a look at the top and bottom of the buzziest categories in the NFLPA's team report cards. Looks like the Chiefs didn't listen to last year's grades.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Johnnyduke]

I just prefer to never see/hear Wolf again. Shove him in a locker. If you want to give him a stop watch and let him watch some film with Matt Groh, fine. Just don't tell me he has any power at all here. Nothing he has done in his career going back to latter years of Belichick suggests he is deserving of that.