Patriots Game Week Thread

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

38 minutes ago, Rocky Landing said:

I'm remembering that we saw a little bit of Codrington in at CB in garbage time last week. I hope we don't see more of that experiment this week. He wasn't terrible, IMO-- seemed like he stayed with his man, step for step from what I saw. But, he's the best K/PR we've had since Hines, and Andre Roberts before that. It's a nice luxury to have a specialist like that. Keep him healthy!

 

GO BILLS!

would love to see Daquan Hardy elevated from the practice squad. He looked great as a KR/PR and backup corner in preseason. 

[Coach Tuesday]

40 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

Winning this game or not isn't really important for the Bills unless you consider no Bills team in their history has won 14 games in a season. The best the Bills have ever done is 13-3. I agree with you about coming out of this game with no injuries as that is the most important thing for the Bills. After that I would like to see a win and get to 14-3 and have 2024 Bills as the only Bills team to win 14 games in a year. 

Sweeping the division would be nice too.

[Logic]

44 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

would love to see Daquan Hardy elevated from the practice squad. He looked great as a KR/PR and backup corner in preseason. 

Agreed about him looking great in preseason, but I think that's a good reason NOT to elevate him.

Don't wanna give any other teams in the league a reason to sign him to their roster. Wanna keep him stashed on the PS until camp next year.

Edited Thursday at 10:32 PM by Logic

[Dan]

57 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

 

Yeah, no. Remember when they kept Beasley in an already won game against NE and he broke a bone in his damn leg? That was the year we made it to the AFC Championship game in Arrowhead and Josh had no one to throw to. 

 

Don't go chasing meaningless stats please. 

Agreed… there’s a balance but you have to give a few of the guys a series or 2 to hit certain milestones that likely lead to bonus $$.   I would give Cook 2 series, max, to hit 1,000 yds and get a touchdown.  Josh gets 1 series, max, handing it off to Cook.  I’m sure there’s a few others.    
 

A few don’t even dress… Bernard, Benford, Rapp (just to protect our other players), Cooper, Shakir, Brown and Dawkins maybe. 

[Just in Atlanta]

6 hours ago, theAteam said:

 

I remember that they won the Super Bowl that year so we got that going for us.

To be fair, they won the Super Bowl most years during that time

[Kelly to Allen]

Bills released Morrow.

 

This has gotta be for Ngakoue right? 

 

Then id imagine Morrow to the ps for linebacker depth.

 

Ps gets unlimited call ups in the postseason 

Edited Thursday at 11:37 PM by Kelly to Allen

[JGMcD2]

1 minute ago, Kelly to Allen said:

Bills released Morrow.

 

This has gotta be for Ngakoue right? 

 

Then id imagine Morrow to the ps for linebacker depth.

 

Ps gets unlimited call ups in the postseason 

I bet they add Mike White to the active roster

[Kelly to Allen]

2 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

I bet they add Mike White to the active roster

I mean they can just call him up from the ps

 

I think a move is coming 

I think the bills are signing Ngakoue 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

4 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

Bills released Morrow.

 

This has gotta be for Ngakoue right? 

 

Then id imagine Morrow to the ps for linebacker depth.

 

Ps gets unlimited call ups in the postseason 

I think they released Morrow several weeks ago. Dude is so slow that only

now is he exiting the building. 

[JGMcD2]

6 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

I mean they can just call him up from the ps

 

I think a move is coming 

I think the bills are signing Ngakoue 

Ah, I thought he had been called up 3 times. 
 

It’ll be for one of Davidson, Virgil or Shavers. 

Edited Thursday at 11:47 PM by JGMcD2

[Sierra Foothills]

2 hours ago, Magox said:

I keep hearing this argument about not wanting the Pats to have the 1st overall pick.  Doesn't make all that much sense to me, it's not as if they are going after a QB, they already have their guy in Maye (Who I believe is going to be a problem).    They are most likely going to trade back and get more draft picks.  They want Offensive tackles and WR's.

 

Bills fans reasonably don't want to see the Patriots with a big windfall of draft picks to accelerate their team building as outlined below by @gjv:

 

2 hours ago, gjv said:

Here's the haul teams with the number pick have recieved in recent years;

2023: The Chicago Bears traded the No. 1 overall pick to the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers gave up wide receiver D.J. Moore, a first-round pick (No. 9), and two second-round picks (No. 61 and No. 93)2.

2016: The Los Angeles Rams traded up to the No. 1 pick to select quarterback Jared Goff. They gave the Tennessee Titans a first-round pick (No. 15), two second-round picks (No. 43 and No. 45), and a third-round pick (No. 76)2.

2001: The Atlanta Falcons traded the No. 1 pick to the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers received the No. 5 pick, a third-round pick (No. 73), a second-round pick (No. 135), and wide receiver Tim Dwight2.

These trades show that teams are willing to give up substantial draft capital to move up to the No. 1 pick, often aiming to secure a franchise-changing player.

 

20 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I think they released Morrow several weeks ago. Dude is so slow that only

now is he exiting the building. 

 

I heard that he has a faster 40 time than Keon Coleman.

 

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, Kelly to Allen said:

Bills released Morrow.

 

This has gotta be for Ngakoue right? 

 

Then id imagine Morrow to the ps for linebacker depth.

 

Ps gets unlimited call ups in the postseason 

Why? Does the current version of Ngakoue offer more than say Kingsley Jonathan at this point?

[Kelly to Allen]

8 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

Why? Does the current version of Ngakoue offer more than say Kingsley Jonathan at this point?

Possibly. I mean it's probably just a swap from the ps, like Hyde or maybe Cine because of his versatility. 

 

But if Ngakoue has anything, it's worth trying to look for that extra edge in the playoffs 

 

The 2021 rams pass rush won them the super bowl. 

Having Ngakoue opposite Von could allow you to match up Rousseau on the weakest link of an oline.

 

Getting home with four could be paramount if we are up by ten or more in arrowhead with ten minutes left. That's the time where the pass rush has to end the game...

 

But who knows 

Edited Friday at 01:06 AM by Kelly to Allen

[bearstobills]

1 hour ago, Kelly to Allen said:

Bills released Morrow.

 

This has gotta be for Ngakoue right? 

 

Then id imagine Morrow to the ps for linebacker depth.

 

Ps gets unlimited call ups in the postseason 

Where did you see that the Bills released Morrow?  And why on Earth does that mean it's to sign Ngakoue?  This all seems like what you hope will happen.

[Kelly to Allen]

Having an emergency 3rd QB in the playoffs could be important. Idk

Just now, bearstobills said:

Where did you see that the Bills released Morrow?  And why on Earth does that mean it's to sign Ngakoue?  This all seems like what you hope will happen.

 

 

 

[ColoradoBills]

4 hours ago, Magox said:

 

I keep hearing this argument about not wanting the Pats to have the 1st overall pick.  Doesn't make all that much sense to me, it's not as if they are going after a QB, they already have their guy in Maye (Who I believe is going to be a problem).    They are most likely going to trade back and get more draft picks.  They want Offensive tackles and WR's.

 

I did the math using both draft pick value charts.

I will use the new Rich Hill trade value chart as my example since that is the new standard.

 

IF the difference between winning and losing makes the NE Patriots go from the 1st to the 5th pick the hypothetical results are as follows:

Going from the 1st to the 5th in EACH ROUND (Not just the 1st) equates to a Draft Value of 563 POINTS.

 

If you take every pick in the 15th position from Round 1 through Round 7 (Miami's position) the total Draft Value is 540 POINTS.

That is more than an entire team's draft, that is Picks 15, 47, 79, 116, 153, 191 and 231 in VALUE.

 

It is a big deal. 

 

[bearstobills]

2 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

Having an emergency 3rd QB in the playoffs could be important. Idk

 

 

 

Appreciate it.  Fascinating that this wasn't reported anywhere else I could find.  Gotta hand it to Ryan Talbot.  He can get the scoop at times.  As for Ngakoue.  I'd be extremely surprised.  

[Richard Noggin]

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I think they released Morrow several weeks ago. Dude is so slow that only

now is he exiting the building. 

 

You're thinking of Keon Coleman

[bills742]

 

 

[BigAl2526]

11 hours ago, Beck Water said:

So Drake Maye will play, injured hand and all?  (Limited on Wednesday)

Mayo says "I've never been a part of a team as a player or as a coach going into a game not wanting to win. That's not going to change today. ... My message to the guys was we want to finish off the season strong."

 

Mcdermott says Winning is our #1 Priority and Mitch Trubisky will play most of the game <-----does not compute

#2 priority is coming out of the game healthy

 

Soooooooo I'm starting to think that coach speak at this time of year is like listening to general managers during the pre-draft process LOL

 

 

Yeah.  McDermott engages in coach speak.  That's not a big surprise.  What he's saying is that given the restrictions they will impose on themselves both with personnel and play calling, they will still try and win.  It's like saying you're going to try your best to win a game of one on one basketball with one hand tied behind your back.