Jimmy Higgins
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Well, the draft has come and gone, and with that, the bazillion mock draft articles are done. So now it is time for unrealistic articles about how teams will do this year, like how the Browns will definitely finish 12-4. Football is a bitch and every season is brand new. So many teams have gotten the pieces into place and then they fall apart like something that was put together very poorly.
The Patriots managed a quasi-steal in the draft as the Alabama QB, Mac Jones fell down to them. So Belichick took him. The Patriots haven't had the best QB in history playing for them for a whole year. Newton tried last year, but health and what seems to be a compromised arm held him back. He is aging, so scrambling and taking hits isn't the greatest idea. Mac Jones provides what draft critics say is a clinical, but not great QB... which is pretty much what Brady was. Brady can throw, but he wasn't Montana. What Brady could do was read defenses and not make mistakes. And this past season he proved he didn't need a 22nd Century style spy infiltration set up to win. The Patriots are hoping that Jones can follow a bit in those steps. Of course, Jones would need someone to throw to, something Brady didn't have in his last season in New England, nor really did Newton, which is maybe why he forgot how to throw downfield (or at all).
In some sad news, the Pats are letting Sony Michel go. The NFL is rough. Michel had two pretty good looking 900+ yard seasons in his first two years, but injuries just held him back. Patriots fans were excited about Michel, because he appeared to be exceptional and be a critical piece in continuing to piss off all other NFL fans with the Patriots getting to every other Super Bowl. But sadly, this didn't come to fruition as he only played 10 of 32 of the last two seaon's games.
The Patriots managed a quasi-steal in the draft as the Alabama QB, Mac Jones fell down to them. So Belichick took him. The Patriots haven't had the best QB in history playing for them for a whole year. Newton tried last year, but health and what seems to be a compromised arm held him back. He is aging, so scrambling and taking hits isn't the greatest idea. Mac Jones provides what draft critics say is a clinical, but not great QB... which is pretty much what Brady was. Brady can throw, but he wasn't Montana. What Brady could do was read defenses and not make mistakes. And this past season he proved he didn't need a 22nd Century style spy infiltration set up to win. The Patriots are hoping that Jones can follow a bit in those steps. Of course, Jones would need someone to throw to, something Brady didn't have in his last season in New England, nor really did Newton, which is maybe why he forgot how to throw downfield (or at all).
In some sad news, the Pats are letting Sony Michel go. The NFL is rough. Michel had two pretty good looking 900+ yard seasons in his first two years, but injuries just held him back. Patriots fans were excited about Michel, because he appeared to be exceptional and be a critical piece in continuing to piss off all other NFL fans with the Patriots getting to every other Super Bowl. But sadly, this didn't come to fruition as he only played 10 of 32 of the last two seaon's games.