So I’m curious, what do we need to be a competitive team again?
And to be clear, I’m not talking about in the AFC East but at the very least the Divisional Round or AFC Championship game. I also get that this will take a few seasons but taking the current roster to let’s say 2025 or 2026 what do we need to acquire or part with at the very least? Here’s my opinion and questions:
QB: I was a Mac guy before this season but we need a number one. Mac can stay if he wants to be a number two or he can leave but he is not the guy.
RB: We’ve lacked options here for a few years now. We can’t just keep using Stevenson, we need another back and Zeke is not our long term option.
WR: Do we need 2, 3 or 4 new receivers? Do we clean house?
TE: Gesicki does nothing for me but Henry offers variety. I think we need another blocker/receiver to compliment Henry.
O-Line: I love Andrews and Onwenu, the rest I’m not so sure. What would you do with Sow, Mafi, Strange? I think Trent has to go, personally. This area of the game I’m admittedly not too knowledgeable about.
D-Line: Keep Wise, Guy (if he’s still plays), Barmore and Godchaux. I like these guys.
DE & LB: I love White and Judon but are we light outside of them? Bentley and ???. Jennings is alright, Tavai I still have questions about but I feel like we have some serious gaps here. Who goes and who stays?
Safety: Peppers & Dugger. I like them but may need a young guy to start stepping up for the years to come.
CB: When fit…I think we are ok but when fit.
Open discussion, let me know what you would do. Don’t think about trades or draft picks, just say what we need and don’t turn this into your dream fantasy team. Just what we need from our current position
Go Pats!
I don’t think we’re that bad.
Oline Onwenu and Brown are fine at tackle. Sow, Andrews, Reiff are probably good enough inside. Not world beaters but that group doesn’t kill you.
Our TEs and RBs are fine.
Bourne and Pop are good enough IMO for wr2 and wr3.
On offense we need a wr1 and a QB. Those are really the only missing pieces.
Our line has been so injured. And the most important position QB has been so bad this year we forget that the offense isn’t this complete black hole.
All of our defense is fine when healthy.
I honestly think if we made no changes other than being healthy next year and finding a league average QB we’d have a middle of the pack offense and a good defense. Maybe not contenders but a playoff team.