I may be paranoiac but it’s with reason. If I keep seeing aliens, and aliens are real, am I paranoiac?
You can take Nick out of NE, but you can’t take NE out of Nick. He’s operating like hoodie in the Brady era. It all worked because they had Brady. Once Brady split, it went to bell in a hand basket.
You have a window to grab the brass ring while your QB is on his rookie deal. Be bold, sign real players on defense that can start at a high level and where you know what your getting. quit adding castoffs, rejects, and reclamation projects expecting that Ryans will just throw some magic pixie dust and fix the guy. The secondary and DT groups are five alarm fires right now. Terrible off-season for those groups. Like horrid level bad. LB needs a clear starter and lacks depth and Nick made one move which remains to be seen if he is an upgrade to Cashman. If these things aren’t addressed, no matter how good the DE group is…they will slide back on D into middle of pack at best.
On offense I am not as concerned. they resigned Dalton and added Mixon. They need depth at both positions. And they need one more stud at WR. And they need depth at T and G in case Green is a bust…as it appears at the moment. But I do see some path to fix these items. I’m way more concerned on defense.