Perillo "Pats Should Stick With Stidham."

Writer for the Patriots Paul Perillo recently wrote an article titled "NFL Notes: Pats Should Stick With Stidham," In which he discusses the Patriots quarterback Dilemma.

In the article Paul talks about the Patriots quarterbacks options as either being unrealistic or not worth the Patriots pursuing with few exceptions. Perillo basically says none of the free agent options on the market are going to make any real impact on the 2021 season. 

While a draft pick could be good in the years to come Perillo says, even the draft is not going to make a huge impact in the 2021 Patriots quarterback picture. 

Paul Perillo writes, "Rather than exhaust resources in an effort to perhaps crack the .500 mark, the wisest move might be to just stick with Jarrett Stidham and let the season play out."

Many fans who want the team to rebuild instead of retool, don't want the Patriots to make a big push towards the 2021 season but would probably disagree because while they want the club to be good in 2022, many argue about getting a solid quarterback in 2021 as a bridge guy for the season. They turned on Stidham faster than they did Drew Bledsoe for the team starting 1-11 in 1993, even though Bledsoe himself would go 5-7.

Perillo says Stidham had made his mistakes but with the condition of the 2021 roster, it's better to ride out one season with Stidham. Perillo brought up all the pre Newton praise he got and said the Patriots should basically put up or shut up in 2021 with Stidham. 

It's not about grandeur for Perillo, it's about making the most of the talent. Developing and giving Stidham experience. He believes Stidham will struggle in 2021 and suggests a backup plan that involves using Stidham as the bridge quarterback.

Perillo writes, "Which brings us to Part II of the 2021 plan: draft a developmental quarterback. If Belichick can't grab one at 15, then a Day 2 option such as Kyle Trask, Kellen Mond or perhaps Jamie Newman might make sense. None of those options will help in 2021, but Stidham would buy some time for a rookie to develop."

Doing so would allow Belichick and the Patriots to allocate what they can for the 2022 offseason and Perillo agrees. Perillo also says that there's no guarantee any quarterback that the Patriots bring in, including Cam Newton, will bring in pass catchers.

That Jimmy G and Mac Jones are the only names likely to entice anyone to wanna sign with the Patriots. There's so much around both quarterbacks that the niners might keep Garoppolo and Mac Jones might not fall out of the top ten and could cost too many assets to give up. 

If the Patriots are building long term, what good would it do to trade away the farm to get their quarterback, what good would it do to have a quarterback and no ability to put pieces around him over the next few years? Too many good quarterbacks have had their talent wasted by sub tier talent around them. 

Belichick is a wise general manager and the greatest head coach of all time. He's better than Shula, he's better than Paterno. This soft rebuild or retool will be the final layer of cement in his legacy. The first move Belichick needs to make is at quarterback and it might start with Jarrett Stidham.