Nobody but Belichick knows what went on with Butler. LOL
I agree with the later picks El Barto but you do pay more money on the higher draft picks which has been very spotty the last 4 years.
Like I clearly said, it doesn't even out. It does, however, make those drafts better than people think they were. People only focus on the first one or two rounds, and he whiffed on plenty of those. They don't focus on later rounds where a good scout can find real talent.
I think if you look at most team's drafts, they are probably all pretty similar. I don't think Bill's drafts are really all that different than most teams.
Bill is an excellent coach and teacher, so he's gotten the most out of a number of guys in the back half and of guys not drafted.
We judge him by the N'Keal Harry's without even looking at the Jacobi Meyers's (who didn't even cost a pick).
Is this the same Jakobi Myers that he wouldn't resign for just a million more and matched the Raiders in favor of paying a useless Juju much more than what Myers would've cost him?
And the draft is starting to be a one of those Mandela effect things (is that what it's called?). This has the Pats as having a top 10 draft record over the last 20-some-odd years. ACTUAL STATS, not perception.
How about narrowing it down to the last 10 years? Isn't it the 2021 draft where there's nobody left?
Didn't they just hand out the first second contract in like 8 years?
* I am nothing if not a libertarian; Mac Jones is responsible for his arm, his legs, and his brain, not Bill B. Bill O., Matt P., or Josh M. That interception against the Colts was on Mac Jones, period, just like that stupid fumble from Cam Newton against Buffalo was on him (how a 10 year vet doesn't know to carry the ball in his weak side hand is beyond me). No coaching in the world could have prevented those mistakes from happening, short of a repeat of that other Buffalo game when Mac threw the ball three times. I think Bill knew before all of us that Mac wasn't the guy, and did the best he could to make something of it. Who else was he going to get in mid-season? And he acquiesced to the outside pressure to bring in O'Brien and even HE couldn't make something of the kid. C'mon.
Like all things related to the last 6-8 years of the Patriots drama, fault does not lie with one party 100%. But I do think when Mac grows up and looks back, he'll likely regret not taking advantage of the opportunity he had. He was still QB1, and he really threw it away..