Tedy Bruschi warns Buccaneers before Tom Brady's first Season in Tampa

Tom Brady is the "G.O.A.T." but don't expect him to do all the work, Tedy Bruschi told everyone associated with the Buccaneers organization.

“They need to get over Brady-watching. Because they get to the sideline and all of a sudden it’s like, ‘It’s OK, Tom will b ail us out.’ That’s what I call Brady-watching,” Bruschi said.

Bruschi offered the following advice to his long time quarterback's new family.

“I’ll say this right now,” Bruschi said. “If those players see him as that four-letter word, they better get over it. The four-letter word is a word I will not use to describe him. It’s that farm animal, it starts with G. I don’t do that. Because that’s almost like putting him on a pedestal. It’s like, dude, you’re still the same guy I intercepted in practice and took 20 bucks from. Come on, now. “That’s my one advice to his teammates right now. He is on a level plane as you, because he’s gonna make mistakes, but he’s also gonna make you better. And it can’t be done without you. Don’t look to him to do it. Our teams never did.”

Bruschi knows the pre-GOAT, Tom Brady said Marty Fenn of Clutch Point. 

"The former New England Patriots linebacker was part of a dominant Pats defense that helped drive the team’s success long before Brady began to cement his status as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history." wrote Marty Fenn.

Anyone who watched the last two seasons of Brady's career, knows that he can no longer carry a team on his back or elevate the players around him.  Add to that Brady's unwillingness to throw to people who have dropped a pass or misread a defense when deciding a route.

The Buccaneers are favored to win the superbowl but it will take a lot of work. Tom Brady will expect all work and no play, and anyone looking to have fun around Brady better be prepared to wait until February. Tom Brady will not except anything less. If anyone in the Buccaneers organization has an issue with that, this could be a long season for them. 

Tom Brady must also be prepared for a mutiny and may regret going to a new environment, where his work level and level of expectation is not shared by the coaching staff or owner. Disfunction starts at the top. There's a reason why the Buccaneers haven't been to the Superbowl since they had Gruden, and it's not because of Jameis Winston. 

Edelman Cut His Umbilical Cord To Brady

Skyler Carlin of Clutch Point Wrote an article reporting that Patriots receiver Julian Edelman had unfollowed Tom Brady on Instagram after Gronkowski Trade.

Carlin wrote "Of course, in today’s society, everyone ran to social media to see the reactions from the Gronkowski trade. Amid the reactions, some people found out that Edelman no longer followed Brady on Instagram. However, the veteran wide receiver would follow Brady back, likely after seeing the reaction it stirred from fans."

This was a message to the sports world that he was not joined at Brady's hip. Immediately after the trade, people starting talking about sending Edelman to Tampa Bay. Edelman was not having it. Edelman did not want to start any drama or cause any distractions so he later followed Brady.

When Brady signed with the Buccaneers, there was a lot of buzz that Edelman would be traded to Tampa. Edelman's response on Instagram was short and to the point. "Foxborough forever". In just two words, Edelman shutdown the trade talk.

Now with Gronkowski coming out of retirement to play with Brady, fans have started the Edelman to Tampa talk again. They don't care that Edelman doesn't want to go, they just want to see him play with Tom. 

Edelman did the only thing he could do to deliver a message loud and clear. He unfollowed Brady. However, fans were immediately outraged that he would cut the umbilical cord. It was like Patriots nation was saying "how dear you want to be a Patriot, when you could be catchng passes from the goat." 

While Edelman has spoken, it's doubtful this will silence trade rumors. Some people just cant handle change or to let things go. They definitely can't handle Edelman telling them No!

The Case Of Gronk and The Buccaneers' Playbook.

The Buccaneers sent a fourth-round selection (No.139 overall) in the 2020 NFL Draft in exchange for Gronkowski and a 2020 seventh-round pick (No. 241 overall).

Rosenhaus said on ESPN "The discussions began shortly after Brady went to Tampa. It was just time for him to continue his career with Tom Brady in Florida with Tampa..."

Per Matthew Schmidt of clutch point "During an appearance on Bud Light Seltzer’s “Drafterparty,” Gronkowski said that he had the Buccaneers’ playbook while he was still technically under contract with the Patriots."

“I was in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers playbook four weeks ago, and I wasn’t even on the team,” said Gronkowski.

This apparently is not a violation. However Tampa Bay could be in trouble for tampering, if there is communication evidence The league could launch an investigation. As seen with Brady's 2016 punishment, the league has no issues with issuing punishment based off probabilities without evidence.

Gronkowski broke the "Patriots Way" and spoke without thinking. Fortunately for Robert Kraft, That's no longer a problem for Belichick and the Patriots.

After news broke about Gronkowski acquiring the playbook early, Gronk released a statement via twitter.

"This is serious a story? Lol! I was joking around with sage as I was pretty much the whole night when I was co-hosting the show. Wowsers, my co-hosting skills on point!! Lol! I actually just received my team-issued surface today from the bucs and it's still in the package, and hoping it's all full of pictures and drawings 😂😂. I am pumped to open it one day hopefully soon And follow the arrows to learn where to run to. Gronk run Gronk catch Ball. No playbook needed. Hehe"

"As cited in our previous report, having the Buccaneers’ playbook is not a violation itself. However, they way he acquired it and when he did would be critical, as it could be considered tampering ..."  said Virgil Villanueva of clutch point.

NFL policy states “Any interference by a member club with the employer-employee relationship of another club or any attempt by a club to impermissibly induce a person to seek employment with that club or with the NFL.”

The Patriots owned Gronkowski's rights up until April 21st. The NFL has been mum on this matter.

Brian McCarthy released a statement when it was reported that Tom Brady had met with Buccaneers offensive coordinator during the NFL dead period. "It was a  brief personal visit and Tom Picked up a playbook."

The news of Gronk having Tampa's Playbook broke about a week after Brady's story leading to many rumors.

Mike Florio of PFT speculated "Maybe the explanation this time around will be that Brady was picking up a copy of the playbook that, unbeknownst to the Buccaneers, he planned to give to Gronk."

The Patriots have yet to speak on the matter and appear focused on the 2020 NFL season.

Goodbye Tom

The Superbowl between the Patriots and the Bears, I don't remember a lot of. I was like 5. The Patriots played bad,  I remember Grogan getting sacked, the team playing bad. The Bears running up the score and a lot of people seemed to have a lot of Bears gear for non bears fans.

I thought football on TV was boring. Always the same teams. Houston, Buffalo, Miami, NYG, Detriot, SF, and later the Cowboys. My father was a Niners & Oilers fan. I lived in western New York, I didn't see much of the Patriots unless they were playing Buffalo. In 1990 while everyone was jumping on the Bills, I thought The Patriots had a cool helmet. They sucked but were red white & Blue, and I found them, Along with 5 other teams. Football cards taught me some of the players.

Thankfully, tecmo superbowl in 1991 made me like football. While I always wanted the raiders or 49ers due to game design. But I had to play with The Patriots more than once due to house rules. The team had no offense but the defense saved me more than once. The team still was barely on tv.

By 1993, I had narrowed it down to two teams. The Patriots with their cool new blue jerseys, crappy silver helmet and side view of Patriot Pat. I liked Drew and was excited The former Giants Coach was taking over. The other team I liked was the Bears. The monsters of the Midway. Led by Jim Harbaugh and followed by Steve Walsh.

In 1994 Bledsoe threw for 70 Passss and I thought that was amazing. He was going to be better than Marino. The Bears choose Kramer over Walsh by the end of the 94 season and they were no longer the Monsters of the Midway. I was down to one team. Although I was hoping for a superbowl rematch.

Years go bye and Bledsoe get Hurt and loses his job to some nobody who is just having a hot flash. AFC championship comes and Bledsoe comes in and throws a TD. Yes, Bledsoe is back and will do what he should've done vs Greenbay. That young punk comes out in the second half, then goes on to lead a great drive in the superbowl victory. 

Since then, life gets stressful and it's Tom Brady on sunday to the rescue. I forgave him for stealing Bledsoe's job. Any time the Patriots had the Ball with a minute left, hell 40 seconds, I thought Brady was gonna get the Win. Tom was that freaking good. They say over the Past two years Tom was in decline. Only at not making depth talent stars. 

Brady is now a Buccaneer. There is enough breadcrumbs left in 2019 that I cannot be mad at Belichick or the Patriots. See my article "Now under center, the next man up" for details. I respect the GOAT. He can win another Conference championship but I cannot wish him another superbowl. I have now seen the end of three Era's in New England. While I wanted Hurts to be the Heir, I now hope this is the Stidham Era. Good Luck Tom and thank you. Thank you for the memories, and thank you for making my adult life that much easier.

Did Lightning Strike Twice

Did the Patriots strike lightning twice with the 133rd pick of the 2019 NFL draft? Stidham went in the fourth round but if he had not returned for the 2018 college season, would he of been a first round quarterback? Stidham also got the advantage of not only learning from Tom Brady but getting to practice with the first string offense. But going back to 2018, what did the analysts have to say?

“I think Stidham, when he was at Baylor and then Auburn, it showed that he could — at one point, I thought he could be a first- or second-round pick, so he’s got talent,” Kiper said. “I don’t think he gets out of the third round. It wouldn’t shock me if he went mid-to-late second, so he’s going to be up there.”

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn-football/jarrett-stidham-mel-kiper-nfl-draft-2019/

CBS Sports had Stidham being the sixth overall pick of 2018. Sixth, that's huge.  https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2018/05/stidham-projected-as-early-draft-pick-in-early-mock-draft

"In 2017, Stidham looked like a lock to be a first-round quarterback."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2823983-jarrett-stidham-nfl-draft-2019-scouting-report-for-new-england-patriots-pick

"As we’ve reached Draft Day, it’s time to take a look at maybe the best possibility for Auburn to get a first-round pick. Now, he’s not projected there, but somebody could decide they need a quarterback, and the guy with all the arm talent in the world may just fall into someone’s lap." Brian Spurlock https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2019/4/25/18515799/jarrett-stidham-draft-profile

“He went from being in that first-round discussion — and all that stuff is so early — but he had that potential. And he still has that potential,” Russell Brown, a national scout for cover1.net

https://heavy.com/sports/2019/01/jarrett-stidham-nfl-draft-projection-stock-update-auburn/

"I stamped Stidham as a potential first-round pick entering the season, but the strong-armed passer suffered through an error-prone 2018 campaign." Tony Pauline

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/pauline-noah-fant-makes-his-case-to-be-the-first-tight-end-drafted

In 2017 Stidham completed 66.5% of his 370 passes. He threw for 3158 yards averaging 8.8 yards per completion. He threw for 18 touchdowns and 6 Interceptions with a 151 rating. Stidham looked like a star. 

So what happened in 2018 that made Jarrett Stidham appear to regress? The Answer is Auburn decided to run an offense set more for the likes of Lamar Jackson or Kyle Murray. While Stidham has some mobility, he is not Doug Flutie. Stidham did what was asked of him and got the advantage of learning a new style offense.

In 2018 he completed 60.7 of his 369 passes. He threw for 2794 yards but only 7.6 per reception. Throwing for another 18 Touchdowns with 5 interceptions and a rating of 137.7, a slight decline from 2017. Stidham had 72 runs for 1 yard, which is bad because he had averaged 1.5 yards per carry and 4 touchdowns the previous year.

When asked about Stidham's 2018 regression, a scout for a NFC team said this: "That was a really dysfunctional offense this year. The offensive line was bad, the receivers couldn't get open and the coaching was a big problem, I thought. He didn't play well, but he didn't get much help either." https://www.nfl.com/prospects/jarrett-stidham?id=32195354-4912-9837-7193-9c8d8376b821

As members of Patriots Nation, we know the benefits Stidham had of sitting behind and studying Tom Brady. We know the benefits he had of practicing with the first string. We also know he developed chemistry with Meyers. What we don't know is did he develop chemistry with the first string. We don't know if his 2018 college season was his fault, and we don't know if a first round quarterback was selected with the 133rd pick of the 2019 NFL draft. Tom Brady is gone, are we sure we want to write off Stidham as the heir to the throne?

Now Under Center, The Next Man Up

Since I became a Patriots fan. There have been several player departures that have upset the our nation. After the 1990 Season Steve Grogan Retired. Feburary 2000, the Patriots release Ben Coates. Patriots Trade Bledsoe 2002 to Buffalo. Patriots Cut Milloy 2003 who joins Bledsoe. Patriots trade Moss 2010. Patriots let Welker go 2013. Patriots Let Butler Go 2018. Gronkowski retires early in 2019. Now the Patriots Lose Brady 2020. I could've gone on with this list.

None of us know anything that was going on in the organization, the locker, the practice field or in the minds of Belichick, Kraft, or The players. The players and staff know some of it, but not everything. Even Edelman, Tom Brady's best friend thought Tom was coming home for 2020. Was Tom saying called it or F*** that, at the game after Edelman said he was "coming back"? We don't know.

Tom was clearly unhappy in 2019. He made it known. Tom was hit more than in recent memory. He had to watch Stidham practice with the first string. Stidham received praise for how good he looked. Did Tom think they played better in practice for Stidham, than on Sunday for him? We don't know. Did Belichick truly not negotiate with Brady? Did Brady just decide he wasn't going to resign with the Pats? Again, we dont know or at least we didn't know until Tuesday morning. This is the Patriots, we only know what they want us to know. 

ESPN's Field Yates Tweeted "Brady turned down extension" in the summer of 2019, rumored to be a  non guaranteed- 2 year $50 Million deal. Tom Curren of NBC is also reporting that "Brady was going to walk out of camp" late last summer. Brady got his raise with a no tag claus. Brady also sold his home and stepped down from The Best Buddies charity during the 2019 season.

My coworker brought something up in the we hours of tuesday morning. "Belichick had until 359pm Tuesday, to reach out to Brady. Brady went to Kraft Monday night & said he wasn't coming back. Belichick had made some moves & Brady could've been on the moves for Tuesday. Why didn't Brady wait until 4pm, did he Want to go?" I couldn't answer but I didn't know about the reports of Brady turning down a contract extension or wanting to walk out. 

Also, Brady supposedly didn't know where he was going but knew he wasn't resigning with the Pats Monday night? Don't buy that. On top of that, Matt Miller write an article saying Brady got his revenge on Bill Belichick for wanting to move on in 2017 from the legend. Miller released that article Thursday night or Friday morning, after Brady made it official with Tampa.

While everyone is trashing Belichick, there is reasonable doubt. There is enough to speculate that this may have been premeditated on the part of Brady. Like Ray over at DPN Sports Talk on sportscastr says "Where there's smoke, there's fire" , and there's plenty of smoke coming from Tom Brady. There is no way Tom Brady is innocent in this not resigning thing. There were Patriots' fans who doubted Tom's innocence during deflate gate who now think he's a saint over this, He's not.

Remember Belichick got Tom Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Aaron Hernandez, Rob Gronkowski, Shane Vereen, Kevin Faulk, James white, Reggje Wayne, Julian Edelman, Malcolm Mitchell, Kelen Winslow Jr, Marty Bennett, ASJ, Ben Watson twice, Eric Decker, Josh Gordon, AB, DT, Rex Burkhead, Chris Hogan, Philip Dorsett, Brandon Cooks. He also made bids on players who got resigned by their teams or chose to play elsewhere because of Brady's age. Take Cole Beasley and Adam Humphries for two examples. So it wasn't like Belichick didn't get him weapons.

As Patriot nation, all we can do is support the next man up. We have had a hell of a run. The Brady era is over. Could we get lucky and have a Montana-Young, Farve-Rodgers, or even Bledsoe-Brady transition, where even if the team is not winning rings they're in the playoffs almost yearly? Just because the Patriots are starting a new era doesn't mean their dominance is over. 

Https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1236792014081011713?s=19

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/why-did-tom-brady-walk-away-patriots-bill-belichick-after-20-years

How the Patriots can increase cap room

So many of Patriots nation thought the Pats were going into free agency with a lot of cap room. Few of us realized how many valuable Patriots were going free agent. The team is sitting around a projected $43 Million and they have a lot of players to resign and draft picks to pay.  Here is a list of players the Patriots could cut or trade to increase the salary cap room.  Doing so would save the Patriots about $16,635,974 before adjusting for dead cap. 

Corners: Jason Mccourty and D. Ross.

Defensive linemen: D. Wise and B. Cowart.

Backer: D. Rivers

Running Back: R. Burkhead 

Safety: M. Gant

Offensive Lineman: K. Cunningham

Tight End: M. Lacosse

Wide out: G. Olszewski

Quarterback: C. Kessler

The Patriots should also work to ask wide out Sanu to take a $2 Million dollar pay cut.

This won't solve all the salary issues going into 2020 but it will make them manageable. The Patriots are going to lose key free agents and fan favorites. That is inevitable and we as fans must prepare for it, instead of freaking out like we do every year. We must also prepare ourselves that we could see Brady try to break the team to get paid and be allowed to walk. 

Like with Gronk when Belichick signed Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Ben Watson to answer and fill the hole for Gronk, Bill will sign someone to replace Brady but will they stick around and will they contribute.

Ranking the NCAA QBs after the 2019 season, Pre decloration.

I have little Idea at the moment who is making themselves eligible for the 2020 NFL draft. I did a top 25 non offensive line , offense ranking on who I thought would be good fits in New England. After the season I compiled a list of Quarterbacks and took the few remaining from my pre 2019 season list and compiled and ranked 40 quarterbacks who I think will be good. Since I am a Patriots fan I rated where I thought Jarrett Stidham would be. Stidham on my list coming out of college would be 21.5 out of 40. Perry from Navy is too talented to leave off this list, and earned it more for his legs, than Arm.

Some of My Criteria is 2 years of starting or a previous year with near 200 attempts. Quarterbacks had to have a decent competition percentage in 2019, with exception to like 3 players who were added after the list was compiled because they were on my pre 2019 top 25. Remember stats don't tell everything, so my list might not be statistically the way others rank their boards. I like to think my ranking is more analytical. There are people on the list that are or will be considered busts. For me Joe Burrow had a good 2019 but looks like a future bust.

1) J. Hurts OLK
2) J. Burrow LSU
3) T. Tagovailoa ALA
4) T. Huntley Utah
5) J. Herbert Oregon
6) C. Brewer Baylor
7) I. Book ND
8) S. Ehlinger TEX
9) B. Perkins VIR
10) B. White MEM
11) C. McDonald HAW
12) B. Purdy ISU
13) Z. Thomas APP
14) J. Luton ORST
15) M. Perry Navy
16) C. Garbers CAL
17) C. Robertson FAU
18) S. Buechele SMU
19) J. Fromm UGA
20) M. Fine UNT
21) D. Ellington GAST
22) J. Love SJSU
23) K. Bryant MIZ
24) J. Eason WAS
25) J. Smith LAT
26) K.J. Costello Stan
27) C. Evan's ULM
28) P. Ramsey IND
29) T. Storey WKU
30) N. Stanley IOWA
31) K. Mond TA&M
32) S. Montez COLO
33) K. Tate ARIZ
34) J. Abraham S.MISS
35) J. Blackmon FSU
36) F. Franks FLO
37) R. Agnew SDSU
38) J. Love USU
39) K. Pickett Pitt
40) J. Adkins MNSU

The good thing about my list is for every player that stays in college or doesn't go to the NFL, Everyone else moves up by one on my board. Feel free to let me know who's staying in college in the comments.

Brady's Pass Catchers

Tom Brady threw for 4000 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2019. And from watching Tom Brady play, yes I do believe he slipped a little bit at age 42. However, not in the way many are saying. Tom Brady is not falling off a cliff.

If you look at the tier pass catching talent Tom has had, it's no wonder why the offense looks so bleak.

Tier 1:

Antonio Brown (Played like a 2)

Tier 2: Josh Gordon (played like a 3), Julian Edelman, Muhammad Sonu ( Played like a 4), N'Keal Harry (Played like a rookie), D. Thomas

Tier 3: Phillip Dorsett, James White

Tier 4: Jakobi Meyers, Rex Burkhead

Tier 5:  Sony Michel, Damien Harris, Brandon Bolden, Elandon Roberts, Jacob Johnson, James Devlin, Matt Lacosse, Ben Watson, Ryan Izzo, Gunner O., Matthew Slater and anyone I forgot. 

Add to this The offensive line injury, lack of running game, and the predictable and conservative play call of Josh McDaniels. Brady had to Check out way to much.  

There's a saying, "The best offense is a good defense". The Patriots Defense had to put way too many points on the board in 2019. The good news is the Patriots have money to play with in 2019, and better draft stock due to an early playoff exit. The Worry is reports are saying Brady is no longer willing to take a pay cut. 

I do think the league has caught up to Josh McDaniels, I also think he has peaked in his career. So what do the Patriots do, Let an OC go or stick with someone the everyone knows what's coming?

Dynasty Not Over

All over the internet people in Patriots Nation are saying the Dynasty is over. The fairytale is dead. It's bad enough we have to hear it from talking heads and haters, but from the family? Come on.

The Patriots are a machine. By failing to reach the Championship game, the check engine lights just came on. The Patriots won the division so there's no need to panic because we missed our second superbowl in six years. 

Like I said the patriots are a machine. Now it's time for Belichick to take the machine apart, look for the bad and worn out parts and order replacements so he can have it put back together come September. 

Someone on instagram said "Bill lost to Miami on purpose." I didn't believe it. Then the Patriots lose to Tennessee and I catch Master at Work's video on youtube, where he says "The Patriots offense wasn't built to win a ring." I respect his opinion and it got me thinking.

The Patriots offense was horrible this season, especially the first eight games when they were undefeated. I thought of what the Instagram viewer said. I then thought about the fact that during the 2019 offseason, people were saying the 2020 draft is going to be quarterback friendly.

Now I'm not saying Belichick is going to draft a quarterback in the first round, but he is going to have a couple of third round picks.  if Bill Belichick decides trade up the number 23 pick going to net him a better draft pick then a 31st or 32nd draft pick.

There's no reason to think Bill couldn't get a top 10 pick or trade down with one of the playoff finalists and end up with a late first and late second. Honestly, finishing where the Patriots did, if it was planned, expect the Patriots to move into the top 10 for a player. Bill is a football guru. Hopefully, He doesn't move on from Brady.

Remember the Patriots have key players on injury reserve. Don't write them off yet. The team has some free agents to resign and a bit of money to play with to sign new players. This off season, we will find out who's in it for money and who wants to win a ring. In Bill We Trust.

Patriots Offseason Moves

First, let me start by saying I am just a fan and not a professional analyst. Take this with a grain of salt, after the Patriots playoff loss.

Looking at The Patriots Tom Brady must be resigned. He is one of many free agents the Patriots must lock up. The fact he has never been money hungry should hold well for the Pats. 

Jason Stidham, nobody truly knows what we have in the young rookie who will be going into his second season. The Patriots must draft a quarterback to either compete with him or to replace Brady. Brady is on a short clock and the team must be smart at quarterback.

The Patriots carried five running backs in 2019. The team must eliminate one. I believe it's time to move on from Burkhead, I also believe the Patriots lost their window to trade him. Bolden can do it all and The Patriots should look into bringing on a back who can be an improvement  and compete with him.

Dorsett has shown what he has. He is nothing more than a number three at best. Matthew slater is getting old and only plays special teams. Gunner didn't show anything special. It's time to Bring in AJ. Green and then someone who can catch and replace both Gunner and slater on special teams. 

The Patriots need an experienced pass catcher who can block at tight end. Journeyman Eric Ebron could fill that role. The team then needs to draft someone to replace Lacosse unless Gronk decides to return. I wouldn't count on that. Ryan Izzo hopefully can build on his 2019 season.

The Patriots must resign Joe Thuney and then resign Ted Karras. The team should look at resigning Waddle. Cajuste and froholdt will be back from injured reserve.

Adam Butler and Danny Sheldon need to be resigned and the Patriots need to sign Arik Armstead. 

Patriots need to resign linebackers Collins, Roberts, and Van Noy. The linebacking core is solid. The team then needs to replace Calhoun and Wise. 

The Patriots must resign D-mac, Ebner, and Bethel. The Patriots could bolster their secondary even more by signing Clinton-Dix, and resigning Aqib Talib. 

The Patriots need to resign Folk or Draft a kicker to compete with Gostkowski. In case he doesn't come back healthy.

If McDaniels stays, he needs to be the Offensive coordinator only. Bring in someone like Jason Garrett for a year to further help Lombardi get prepared for the position by 2021. The Tight ends have seen a decline the past three or four years. Replace Nick Calcy. Make Judge Joe special teams only. Bring in Troy Brown or Chad O'Shea to coach the receivers. Promote Steve Belichick to defensive coordinator and bring in an assistant DB coaches, and an assistant for Bielema. 

The Patriots were one and done in the playoffs. This is a sign that they need to get to work. They dynasty isn't over but won't stick around if they continue to be passive. The Patriots need to get hungry. Change needs to come, regardless if it's popular at the moment. Bill has created a way, a system in New England. It's time we returned to the Belichick way. No more boogieman talk. No more media conversations. Just Bill saying very little and a closed locker room. Back to the corporate mentality of this isn't a game it's business. Have fun by winning rings. 

It's too early to think the Patriots figured out their offense.

During Saturday's game vs Buffalo, All over social media and the internet during the first two and a half quarters, People were complaining about the offensive play calling and stalling, although they controlled the clock.

The final quarter to quarter and a half the Patriots put points on the Board and looked like a powerhouse offense. Suddenly, Everyone is scared of the Patriots offense. I don't buy it. They haven't played 4 quarters of solid offense yet. They also wont play a real opponent until the divisional round of the playoffs. 

So the Patriots will be playing Miami next. If the Patriots really have found their Identity on Offense they wont have a close game. It will not be a 24 or 27 to 14 or 17, It will be a slaughterhouse, and the Patriots won't need the defense to score for a blowout.

The Offensive line will bully the defense all four quarters. The run game will be nearly unstoppable. The pass catchers will get separation and yards after the catch. Bailey won't be needed, as the Patriots will settle for nothing short of field goals. 

Brady, Stidham and the offense will have an 80% 3rd down and redzone scoring percentage. We wont be hearing fans criticizing the play calling because the team won't be going three and out. 

Honestly, I don't think the Patriots have found their identity. Patriots nation will be upset for most of the game. People will be making excuses for the lack of productivity and play calling and in the fourth quarter the Patriots will take the lead and hold of Brian Flores. 

I am not a naysayer, I am a realist and until I see four quarters of offense, this team has not found their identity. If they want to prove they found it last week, they can show me what I predicted above. 

Tom Brady vs Houston 2019

Over the 2019 season the Patriots offense has struggled. In 2018 the pass catchers sucked and we knew it was them to blame. In 2019 however, the offense has so many people to point to.

This season the Patriots have played a very predictable offense. Teams know when it's a run or pass. James white has not been utilized properly. The team has dealt with injuries, that have hurt the run game. There has been a revolving door at wide receiver and both Izzo and Lacosse have dealt with injury. Ben Watson was suspended, DT was traded and Maurice Harris was cut before the season started.

Tom brady has not played like Tom Brady. There are some reasons for this. Team injuries, The revolving door at receiver, Marshal Newhouse. However, Tom has not looked as accurate in 2019. Some fans want Brady to be held accountable but all Patriots fans seem to come out and defend him when he is held accountable. We cannot have it both ways. What Tom has done coming into the 2019 season doesn't matter after week one kicked off. All that matters is last weeks game and the upcoming game.

Tom Brady versus Houston had a pick and a couple of near picks. He was hanging on to the ball too long when guys were open, not throwing it to open guys, throwing it away or out of reach for his own players, forcing it to receivers, not taking what the defense was giving him, not scrambling when he could have, and lastly either Brady wasn't seeing the field, didnt trust his guys, was protesting for AB, or made up his mind on where the Ball was going. Brady looked like a rookie and not a near 20 year veteran.

Brady is the goat, he is better than two thirds the quarterbacks in the league. However, Brady is human. He admits he can improve, we need to remind him on occasion that he messed up. Doesnt matter how often. He screams at his teammates. Disfunction starts at the top. Nobody is above the law, and nobody is above criticism.