The Patriots are going to run a play action heavy Brady offense in 2021

Jimmy Garoppolo was reportedly plan A and the Patriots are still pursuing him. Which gives reason to think that the Patriots are gonna try to run a heavy play action version of the Brady two tight end offense. Especially when they refused to get away from the Brady dink and dunk offense in 2020.

Cam Newton ran the Brady offense that was modified with option runs because that was his strengths, to a 7-8 record. He had a dismal season as a passer but apparently there were reasons.

Newton came Into the season late. He didn't have time to learn the playbook, Terminology, or develop chemistry with the pass catchers.This season, if He's the starter, he'll have an entire offseason to get up to speed.

Newton's supporting cast, his weapons were ranked 22nd, in the below average but not yet garbage section. The new Patriots signings should move the supporting cast to at minimum an above average grade. 

Newton's not coming off injury and with the vaccine, he shouldn't have to worry about catching the virus that haunted the world in 2020.

The Patriots offense prior to free agency was built around dink and dunk play action and it still is. Newton was an emergency plan to help get free agents in the door. I have been hard on Newton because he looked like a backup passer and threw to guys bubbles, with bad ball placement. Especially on screens. 

Even though the Patriots still want Garoppolo, and are likely to take Mac Jones or Trey Lance, two guys who can run a west coast offense; the Patriots shouldn't be no worse than 7-9 with Newton running a play action heavy Brady offense again. 

Maybe I'm wrong and the Patriots switch up to a more boring RPO offense, and I spend the next decade bored of the Patriots offense. I'll get used to it. It's very possible but I still don't see it yet.

I was born in 80 and started watching football in the late 80s-early 90s during the golden age of dink and dunk football. I watched (figuratively) Drew Bledsoe throw 70 passes versus Minnesota. I watched Chad Pennington dink and dunk all over the Patriots as a Jet. Steve Walsh, Joe Montana, and Dave Krieg were some of my favorite quarterbacks along with the two guys previously mentioned. All dink and dunk quarterbacks. We all got spoiled with 20 years of great dink and dunk football thanks to Tom Brady. 

I've grown to hate the gunslinger offense, too risky and I am not a fan of modern running quarterback option offenses. Yet Tyrod Taylor is one of my favorite modern day quarterbacks, probably because he's more dink and dunk than other mobile quarterbacks 

The NFL evolves and like the generations of fans before us, dink and dunk fans must evolve or sound like bitter fans complaining the NFL has gone soft. However, I still believe that the 2021 Patriots will be a run heavy, play action dink and dunk offense.