Seeing Jakobi Meyers playing well for the raiders this year got me thinking of what recent moves are questionable looking back at the past five years. Hoping we can discuss/grade Belichick as our GM over the last few years when it comes to free agency.
Players that have performed well for other teams and should have kept: Joe Thuney, Shaq Mason, Jakobi Meyers, Johnnu Smith, Brandon Bolden? (this one is complicated, maybe more a discussion around coaching rather than GM). And the most obvious of all Tom Brady.
Which ones did we retain or brought in that moved the needle. I can only think of Judon really.
PS. if we believe the reports that Belichick wanted to replace Tom with Jimy G at the time this kinda ends the conversation about how crap he is as GM, but that was all speculation
One moment: the timeline here doesn’t add up.
The Pats drafted Brissett in the 3rd in 2016, so his rookie contract would have expired after 2019 –i.e. in the same offseason Brady left.
Also, for peanuts? The trade was Brissett for Dorsett straight-up. And while Dorsett didn’t play much in 2017 (12 catches on 18 targets), he was fine as a third or fourth option in '18-'19 (combined 61-687-8).
We would have had to make a commitment to Brissett, you’re right, but I maintain he was a throwaway. A potential starting QB for a low end WR.