So NBC talked about mixed messaging, the pressure on Elliot Wolf to get a quarterback, and the fact the Patriots are doing a GM search after the draft. They say they don't get it.
Bill Belichick was always criticized for saying too little. I think part of the speech coming out of the Patriots is dysfunction and part is strategy. The Patriots are saying everything and people have to figure out what is true. When it comes to pressure on Wolf to find a quarterback, I think Kraft is seeing if he has a "Yes man," at the helm. I think Kraft wants what's best for the team and wants to see what kinda confidence Wolf has at making decisions, regardless if they go against Kraft's. And if the Patriots wanna give Wolf the title of "General Manager," they have to have a search. Also it can give Kraft an outside opinion in how the team is set, where it could go and where it is projected to go.
Patscast asked could Bailey Zappe beat out Jacoby Brissett? He brought up how Zappe had all the same struggles as Mac and how Zappe had a record breaking final year in college.
The west coast offense is a quarterback friendly offense. If Zappe is as good as his final year of college, Zappe could prove he is capable of being a starting NFL quarterback. At the moment, we really cannot assume anything from Zappe.
Chris Simms mentioned taking players earlier than the league concensus if you like them, then went off to say the Patriots quarterback situation at the moment is a priority but that they have other needs and the team has to rank that priority vs how that rank the quarterbacks in this class. He goes on to say if the Patriots have the top five or six quarterbacks extremely close, then they should trade down but he counters that and says if the gap between quarterbacks in their rankings is big, they cannot trade down. Mike Flario says smart teams don't let anyone know anything. And Simms follows up by saying the Patriots have a lot of needs.
People use scores to rank players, this is true. Different people calculate those scores differently, so with the new administration in the Pats organization, we don't know how they score players. One of the things I think Simms was getting at is if the Patriots think Nix and Penix graded .3 to .7 of a percent lower on their score (assuming they have a 0-10 ranking system) than Maye, Daniels, Williams, or McCarthy, and one of those two are scheduled to go late first early second, trading down and taking them at 6 or 11 would be no shame, regardless of where the league says they should go. If Cole Strange was a stud, nobody would care of his draft position, let's be honest.
The other thing is he's right, the Patriots have to be right on their evaluations of the prospects not only as individual prospects but in comparison to each other. Drake Maye maybe a bust, he maybe one of the two worst quarterbacks of the top six in this class. Bo Nix maybe the second best passer in the class. If the Patriots cannot scout properly, it doesn't matter how they score and rank the prospects. The Patriots are using a new scouting system this year, the Packers' system, so there's more questions this year, then in past years.
The top four passers, not athletes when talking quarterback are Daniels, Nix, Penix, and McCarthy in that order. Now there is room for shuffling because that ranking doesn't take into account the talent around them or injuries that might have happened. Williams and Maye are busts. If Daniels isn't there at 3, I have no issues with the Patriots taking any of the other three at 11 or 23 if they make the deal with Minnesota. That's just me based in how I ranked them. People are ignoring how much old school west coast offenses throw short dink and dunk passes and screens. Nix is more suited for the system then being given credit for, same with McCarthy.
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