Patriots 2026-2027 Season

[Ilikesports17]

MAYE WHAT ARE YOU DOING???

I hate to say it, but I fear he's not the guy. Too many mistakes. Low football IQ. Drew freaking Lock just outplayed him.

It reminds me of Drew Bledsoe. Lots of talent but ultimately loses his head under pressure. Maybe Drake can win with a perfect team around him. Our defense is fantastic. But if you can't score against good defenses then you are unlikely to get over the hump.

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Its OK to have bad games!

[Redz]

I really started getting bad vibes at the end of the first half.   Felt like they were "sitting on" a 7-0 lead.  Just super conservative.  I guess it kind of worked.  They were in a position to win at the end of the game, but man this just wasn't a game they should have lost.  Very disappointing.

I feel like they started off awful last year because they blew off the pre-season with a lot of new pieces, and the same holds true last night. 

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

I really started getting bad vibes at the end of the first half.   Felt like they were "sitting on" a 7-0 lead.  Just super conservative.  I guess it kind of worked.  They were in a position to win at the end of the game, but man this just wasn't a game they should have lost.  Very disappointing.

I feel like they started off awful last year because they blew off the pre-season with a lot of new pieces, and the same holds true last night.

The Pats seem to always "rest on their laurels" whenever they have a lead. They act like a 7-10-point lead is huge and they can just burn the clock when there's still half a game to be played.

I also remain unconvinced that McDaniels is anything more than a slightly above-average OC.

And you're right: For some reason, the Pats treat the first month of the regular season as the real training camp, which is so frustrating.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Can?t wait for the rest of this sub-.500, nonplayoff campaign.

Im sure you said theyd suck last year too

I think I did, but they ended up with a very favorable schedule that made them look a lot better than they were. Once they faced a really good team in the SB, they could no longer hide their true colors.

Their schedule this year is much tougher, and they just lost their only game-changing WR for at least several weeks. The O-line is still shaky, and Maye is still a terrible decision maker when it comes to taking sacks/throwing the ball away/throwing the ball right at defenders. Hopefully they all improve, but they don't have nearly the same margin for error as they did last season.

[byennie]

Can?t wait for the rest of this sub-.500, nonplayoff campaign.

Im sure you said theyd suck last year too

I think I did, but they ended up with a very favorable schedule that made them look a lot better than they were. Once they faced a really good team in the SB, they could no longer hide their true colors.

Their schedule this year is much tougher, and they just lost their only game-changing WR for at least several weeks. The O-line is still shaky, and Maye is still a terrible decision maker when it comes to taking sacks/throwing the ball away/throwing the ball right at defenders. Hopefully they all improve, but they don't have nearly the same margin for error as they did last season.

They may not have been quite as excellent as their record, but the schedule thing becomes overstated at some point. They beat Buffalo, LAC, Baltimore, Houston, Denver. They were 3 plays away from being 20-0 going into the Super Bowl. Obviously that's stretching the other way, but you get what I mean.

Their schedule wasn't tough, and they had some fatal flaws that maybe got hidden, but it's really, really hard to go 17-4 in the NFL without being pretty good overall. Give them a much harder schedule and 2 more losses and they wouldn't suddenly be "better".

[Vermont Green]

Can?t wait for the rest of this sub-.500, nonplayoff campaign.

Im sure you said theyd suck last year too

I think I did, but they ended up with a very favorable schedule that made them look a lot better than they were. Once they faced a really good team in the SB, they could no longer hide their true colors.

Their schedule this year is much tougher, and they just lost their only game-changing WR for at least several weeks. The O-line is still shaky, and Maye is still a terrible decision maker when it comes to taking sacks/throwing the ball away/throwing the ball right at defenders. Hopefully they all improve, but they don't have nearly the same margin for error as they did last season.

They may not have been quite as excellent as their record, but the schedule thing becomes overstated at some point. They beat Buffalo, LAC, Baltimore, Houston, Denver. They were 3 plays away from being 20-0 going into the Super Bowl. Obviously that's stretching the other way, but you get what I mean.

Their schedule wasn't tough, and they had some fatal flaws that maybe got hidden, but it's really, really hard to go 17-4 in the NFL without being pretty good overall. Give them a much harder schedule and 2 more losses and they wouldn't suddenly be "better".

Yeah, I agree with this.  They played 21 games last season, won 17.  Of the losses, they played really bad in 3 (2 of the 3 first games), including the SB, and one loss was to BUF where they just lost.  So are the 3 bad games more representative of the real team or the 17 games where they played well?  I remain confident that this is a playoff team.  Didn't look like one last night but neither did SEA really.

[SparzWizard]

I really started getting bad vibes at the end of the first half.   Felt like they were "sitting on" a 7-0 lead.  Just super conservative.  I guess it kind of worked.  They were in a position to win at the end of the game, but man this just wasn't a game they should have lost.  Very disappointing.

I feel like they started off awful last year because they blew off the pre-season with a lot of new pieces, and the same holds true last night.

The Pats seem to always "rest on their laurels" whenever they have a lead. They act like a 7-10-point lead is huge and they can just burn the clock when there's still half a game to be played.

I also remain unconvinced that McDaniels is anything more than a slightly above-average OC.

And you're right: For some reason, the Pats treat the first month of the regular season as the real training camp, which is so frustrating.

Kinda reminds you of a certain NBA team in the same city (or state). Two 20-point leads at home and just choked them away. 3-1 series lead and just blew it. OC and head coach both equally clueless.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Can?t wait for the rest of this sub-.500, nonplayoff campaign.

Im sure you said theyd suck last year too

I think I did, but they ended up with a very favorable schedule that made them look a lot better than they were. Once they faced a really good team in the SB, they could no longer hide their true colors.

Their schedule this year is much tougher, and they just lost their only game-changing WR for at least several weeks. The O-line is still shaky, and Maye is still a terrible decision maker when it comes to taking sacks/throwing the ball away/throwing the ball right at defenders. Hopefully they all improve, but they don't have nearly the same margin for error as they did last season.

They may not have been quite as excellent as their record, but the schedule thing becomes overstated at some point. They beat Buffalo, LAC, Baltimore, Houston, Denver. They were 3 plays away from being 20-0 going into the Super Bowl. Obviously that's stretching the other way, but you get what I mean.

Their schedule wasn't tough, and they had some fatal flaws that maybe got hidden, but it's really, really hard to go 17-4 in the NFL without being pretty good overall. Give them a much harder schedule and 2 more losses and they wouldn't suddenly be "better".

I'm more of a "the postseason is what really matters" guy. Last year, they had a great regular season, but then got embarrassed in the biggest game of the year?and that's my lasting impression of the season.

Sorta like the Cs of the past two years. All I care about is that they came up way short in the playoffs in back-to-back postseasons.

Which is why the regular season for either team doesn't amount to much, in my view. I'd prefer wins during the regular season, of course, it's just that those wins don't count for much besides getting them into the playoffs. A team could win 90% of its regular-season games, but it's all for naught if they don't even get to the title round.