SnakeEyes
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I have been thinking about this since OB was hired seeing he came from NE. And while you do want your own identity. Which we have anyway no matter who is running the FO (Cal and Easterby currently). However, the Patriots have won 6 titles and I lost count of AFC East titles and AFC Championship games and have played for countless more. Stats below.
My point is this: What is wrong with winning? If you have a good owner (jury is out on that one) and a solid staff in the FO and Coaching staff. And you have a good GM and scouting department. Unlike most teams NE just has a system for the draft, FAs and putting players in the position to be better than what they could be in another. As an example (not sure they have done it) a DE converted to a LB or DT. Even though all through the draft that player was listed as a DE. After speaking to the coaching staff and being told something probably like " at DT we can elevate your play to near pro bowl or close... But you have to be willing to do the work and change position". They do as asked, who doesn't want to be elite. They base the draft with a very smart system as the wins show. Select a player who is almost a clone of the one who is going to be replaced. If you have a 6' 190lb CB who runs a 4.5 and is a hard worker with decent range. Thats who you target in the draft. They go further than this by looking at the interviews, combine and other stats. Then rank the players who fit what they want in each round. All 7 of them. Meaning, that they can have per round 5+ players who are near clones of what they want. They then go to the amount of need for the position. If CB is not the top 4 needs, they take one in the 5th. If the top 2 ranked guys are picked before the selection the take the 3rd on the list. While teams have tried to do the same thing...most end up with BPA at a position. And only map out the top 3. NE is doing homework all year on players. And the methods apparently work as they grab a CB in the 5th and he manages to be a good fit and player.
This system has been in place for NE since about 2001. And the numbers I am posting indicate it works. Everyone keeps saying we don't want to be NE South. And if we won as much as they do, using the same basic idea... I'm in. Afterall, NOW Hoodie is searching for a QB and could retire very soon (next year or two). Making us not NE South, but with him retired the only team doing what they did. I understand not wanting to copy. But come on, if we win like they do. Are YOU going to complain? I won't!
Stats of wins and titles:
Since Bill Belichick was hired as the team's head coach in 2000, the Patriots have played their way to first or second in the AFC East every year except Belichick's first season, with both second-place finishes caused by tiebreakers. Over that time, they have won six Super Bowls, nine AFC Championship Games, and sixteen AFC East titles, while amassing a regular season record of 237–82.[4] The team's quarterback over that same period, Tom Brady, has been awarded the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP)[5][6] three times, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player four times; he is one of only five players named Super Bowl MVP more than once, and the only one named 4 times.[7]
The Patriots have played their way to six Super Bowl championships (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, and LIII). They also played in and lost Super Bowls XX, XXXI, XLII, XLVI, and LII. During the 2007 regular season, the Patriots became the only NFL team in history to win 16 games, and the first since the 1972 Miami Dolphins (in a 14-game season) to complete the regular campaign undefeated.[8] Belichick's Patriots are one of only two teams to win three Super Bowls in four years (the other being the Dallas Cowboys from 1993 to 1996).[9]
I'll happily take that winning percentage and number of titles. Would you?
My point is this: What is wrong with winning? If you have a good owner (jury is out on that one) and a solid staff in the FO and Coaching staff. And you have a good GM and scouting department. Unlike most teams NE just has a system for the draft, FAs and putting players in the position to be better than what they could be in another. As an example (not sure they have done it) a DE converted to a LB or DT. Even though all through the draft that player was listed as a DE. After speaking to the coaching staff and being told something probably like " at DT we can elevate your play to near pro bowl or close... But you have to be willing to do the work and change position". They do as asked, who doesn't want to be elite. They base the draft with a very smart system as the wins show. Select a player who is almost a clone of the one who is going to be replaced. If you have a 6' 190lb CB who runs a 4.5 and is a hard worker with decent range. Thats who you target in the draft. They go further than this by looking at the interviews, combine and other stats. Then rank the players who fit what they want in each round. All 7 of them. Meaning, that they can have per round 5+ players who are near clones of what they want. They then go to the amount of need for the position. If CB is not the top 4 needs, they take one in the 5th. If the top 2 ranked guys are picked before the selection the take the 3rd on the list. While teams have tried to do the same thing...most end up with BPA at a position. And only map out the top 3. NE is doing homework all year on players. And the methods apparently work as they grab a CB in the 5th and he manages to be a good fit and player.
This system has been in place for NE since about 2001. And the numbers I am posting indicate it works. Everyone keeps saying we don't want to be NE South. And if we won as much as they do, using the same basic idea... I'm in. Afterall, NOW Hoodie is searching for a QB and could retire very soon (next year or two). Making us not NE South, but with him retired the only team doing what they did. I understand not wanting to copy. But come on, if we win like they do. Are YOU going to complain? I won't!
Stats of wins and titles:
Since Bill Belichick was hired as the team's head coach in 2000, the Patriots have played their way to first or second in the AFC East every year except Belichick's first season, with both second-place finishes caused by tiebreakers. Over that time, they have won six Super Bowls, nine AFC Championship Games, and sixteen AFC East titles, while amassing a regular season record of 237–82.[4] The team's quarterback over that same period, Tom Brady, has been awarded the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP)[5][6] three times, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player four times; he is one of only five players named Super Bowl MVP more than once, and the only one named 4 times.[7]
The Patriots have played their way to six Super Bowl championships (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, and LIII). They also played in and lost Super Bowls XX, XXXI, XLII, XLVI, and LII. During the 2007 regular season, the Patriots became the only NFL team in history to win 16 games, and the first since the 1972 Miami Dolphins (in a 14-game season) to complete the regular campaign undefeated.[8] Belichick's Patriots are one of only two teams to win three Super Bowls in four years (the other being the Dallas Cowboys from 1993 to 1996).[9]
I'll happily take that winning percentage and number of titles. Would you?