Patriots 2026-2027 Season

[Donoghus]

Imagine how much better the Pats would be right now if they hadn't taken the entire preseason off.

Drake playing a series or two in preseason was not going to change things much.

It might've helped in the opener in Seattle.  Offense was terrible & all out of synch.

[Vermont Green]

Imagine how much better the Pats would be right now if they hadn't taken the entire preseason off.

Drake playing a series or two in preseason was not going to change things much.

It might've helped in the opener in Seattle.  Offense was terrible & all out of synch.

I tend to agree that playing the starters (all of them, not just Maye) some in the preseason would have helped.  I acknowledge that there would also be the risk of injury.  Maye was not in sync with McDaniels those first few games and the whole team was not in sync with each other.

It is clearly a conscientious decision by the team.

[Amonkey]

Imagine how much better the Pats would be right now if they hadn't taken the entire preseason off.

Drake playing a series or two in preseason was not going to change things much.

It might've helped in the opener in Seattle.  Offense was terrible & all out of synch.

I tend to agree that playing the starters (all of them, not just Maye) some in the preseason would have helped.  I acknowledge that there would also be the risk of injury.  Maye was not in sync with McDaniels those first few games and the whole team was not in sync with each other.

It is clearly a conscientious decision by the team.

Playing against another team in a somewhat competitive game is vastly different than playing against your own team in practice. As a coach for my son's team, there would be times we would be scrimmaging against each other and I would feel pretty good about the decisions they were making, but then they would play against a new team with new skillset and different strategies and it would catch our team completely off guard.

[Donoghus]

Imagine how much better the Pats would be right now if they hadn't taken the entire preseason off.

Drake playing a series or two in preseason was not going to change things much.

It might've helped in the opener in Seattle.  Offense was terrible & all out of synch.

I tend to agree that playing the starters (all of them, not just Maye) some in the preseason would have helped.  I acknowledge that there would also be the risk of injury.  Maye was not in sync with McDaniels those first few games and the whole team was not in sync with each other.

It is clearly a conscientious decision by the team.

Playing against another team in a somewhat competitive game is vastly different than playing against your own team in practice. As a coach for my son's team, there would be times we would be scrimmaging against each other and I would feel pretty good about the decisions they were making, but then they would play against a new team with new skillset and different strategies and it would catch our team completely off guard.

100%.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Imagine how much better the Pats would be right now if they hadn't taken the entire preseason off.

Drake playing a series or two in preseason was not going to change things much.

I had more than just a series or two for Drake in mind. Several series, for all of the starters.

And I realize that it's not just the Pats doing this, but it makes the first 3-4 weeks of the regular season absolute garbage to watch.