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!
Purdy hasn’t made a single throw tonight that Mac, or really any halfway decent QB, couldn’t make.
We need OL and playmakers. We need a line that can reliably pass block and guys that can get open quickly and generate YAC. Douglas is a good start, we need more. Watching the 9ers is just so different than our offense. Brock basically hasn’t thrown the ball more than 10 air yards tonight and yet they move down the field at will. Dump offs, screens, motion and they have 4 super athletic YAC monsters on the field.
QB: I’m more a fan of taking a QB in the 2nd or trading up to the late 1st. Take MHJ or Fashanu with our 1st. Or a 1 year bridge guy. Let them have a QB battle in camp.
RB: Wouldn’t hate using a 4th on a receiving RB like James White or Vereen.
WR: Draft MHJ and sign Higgins. Bourne and Pop as the 3/4
TE: Re-sign Henry. Draft TE in the 3rd maybe
OL: needs to be better. If not Fash/Alt in the 1st, re-sign Brown and Mike O, put Onwnenu at RT. Hope things look better with a full offseason of the starting 5 getting reps together. Better WRs will make them look better too.
DL: Hope Judon comes back healthy. We don’t have the room to draft/sign another stud here as 90% needs to go towards offense. Maybe see if Uche will take a friendly deal. If not, hope White takes a year 2 leap.
Everything else on the defense is fine as is. CB should be loaded next year with Gonzo back. Re-sign Dugger.