Why didn't the 2020 Patriots repeat?

[NudeTayne]

Being that we saw the Patriots go from 13-3 to to 7-9, it'd be useful to get to the bottom of where things may have gone wrong so that the team can be better prepared for the future. Let's's explore.

Moving forward, the team got Nelson Agholar.

[BayRaider]

Bellichick irritating Brady early in the 2019 season (on record from Adam S. since Sept Brady wanted out) with one of the worst offensive rosters in the league. And probably the worst RB/WR/TE combo. 

[Hunter2_1]

Ok everyone, let's settle this one once and for all. 

It is spelt...

 

Belichick

[NudeTayne]

58 minutes ago, Hunter2_1 said:

Ok everyone, let's settle this one once and for all. 

 

58 minutes ago, Hunter2_1 said:

spelt Belichick

 

 

 

 

[mtmmike]

5 hours ago, BayRaider said:

Bellichick irritating Brady early in the 2019 season (on record from Adam S. since Sept Brady wanted out) with one of the worst offensive rosters in the league. And probably the worst RB/WR/TE combo. 

Actually I thought that title went to Baltimore

With a MVP level qb and only 1100 from Marquis Brown and Andrews.

[mtmmike]

6 hours ago, NudeTayne said:

Being that we saw the Patriots go from 13-3 to to 7-9, it'd be useful to get to the bottom of where things may have gone wrong so that the team can be better prepared for the future. Let's's explore.

Moving forward, the team got Nelson Agholar.

Belicheck is to blame half the starting WR would take a pay cut to play with 

Brady.

Look at his first year in Tampa.

[Split the Sticks]

Being a Patriot authority here, let me explain.

The 2020 Patriots did not repeat because the NFL has RuLZe. Yeah. When you suck, you don't make it to the dance floor.

That's life.

[SBLIII]

I thought this would be about the 2019 Patriots.

[SkippyX]

Yeah, we can't even get the years right on these threads at this point.

 

What's next? Why didn't the 2009 Lions repeat?

[AFlaccoSeagulls]

You don't repeat when you have the ghost of Cam Newton's past as your QB. Full stop.

[Uncle Buck]

It all just goes to show how much an elite quarterback like Tom Brady is really worth. 

Edited May 23, 2021 by Uncle Buck

[Danger]

This thread. lmao

[Soko]

[lancerman]

Well they didn't repeat in 2020 because even if they won the SB in 2020 there would be the minor problem of not winning the SB in 2019. 

But if you mean why didn't they repeat in 2019 after winning in 2018... then these are the big reasons. 

-Gronk retired, AB had legal issues, Gordon relapsed, Edelman played injured and needed surgery most of the year, we traded for Sanu and he got injured almost immediately, and our big WR draft pick N'Keal Harry got injured in training camp and missed half the season and he was never able to develop since. So our entire WR corp was in completely dissaray after the first couple of weeks despite starting out amazing. 

-Wynn had injuries and Newhouse who was arguably the worst lineman in the league got a ton of playing time. Which compounded the problem in the passing game because now we were rushed in addition to having very few options for Brady to throw to. 

-Sony Michel was tasked with being the workhorse and he took a step back and was a far less efficient runner than the prior year and even the next year. 

So we became extremely one dimensional on offense and no real passing game and were just hoping Brady could pull miracles off every week to compensate, then in the playoffs we couldn't slug it out. We had a great defense, but we constantly left them up the river without a paddle due to an inept offense. It was so bad that people actually were blaming Brady and saying he was washed that year because of how little there was to work with (which imo was always stupid)/ 

-

-

[Thomas5737]

I blame Kraft for writing too many bellachecks and not enough Bradychecks. You can't expect a happy ending every time.