Patriots Joint Practice Day 1

[DaveThePanther2008]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

Campen was a fine add.  I still largely look at the top of the food chain if I were to rank the 32 NFL staffs. 

I at least think I give Snow decent credit.  I don’t go around trashing him.   And I’m not shy about doing those things, I’ve always said he has been the key to Rhule’s success.  Which he clearly had in college.  But I wouldn’t call him a great NFL DC. 

I think the staff is improved.  But I consider it bottom 3rd of the league.   So I wouldn’t call it great. 

Fair enough, since we aren't going to know one way or the other until we start playing for keeps. 

Potentially

 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, CRA said:

Campen was a fine add.  I still largely look at the top of the food chain if I were to rank the 32 NFL staffs. 

I at least think I give Snow decent credit.  I don’t go around trashing him.   And I’m not shy about doing those things, I’ve always said he has been the key to Rhule’s success.  Which he clearly had in college.  But I wouldn’t call him a great NFL DC. 

I think the staff is improved.  But I consider it bottom 3rd of the league.   So I wouldn’t call it great. 

I was pretty excited about getting Campen. He's well respected around the league and has a solid resumé. 

If there's a downside to him, it's that the last two or three head coaches he's worked for have all been fired after one season with him.

(granted, some would say that's not necessarily bad)

As far as Snow, i kind of feel like the flipside of what was said. In my opinion, it's been the talent we have on the defense carrying him while his schemes are weak.

[Sgt Schultz]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I get the sense that we were bested in individual drills but proved better in team competition.

Not necessarily a bad thing...

I walked away with that, too.  It's a team sport, so I'll take that as a win. 

The Pats have had a lot of successful teams in the last 20 years that might not have won a lot if individual drills, but put them on the field together and the total was a lot greater than the sum of the parts.  Not a bad situation to be in.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Agreed.  Last year we were one of the worst and now this year I hope we can get close to mid-tier....

Mid-tier gonna be enough to save Rhule?

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Sgt Schultz said:

I walked away with that, too.  It's a team sport, so I'll take that as a win. 

The Pats have had a lot of successful teams in the last 20 years that might not have won a lot if individual drills, but put them on the field together and the total was a lot greater than the sum of the parts.  Not a bad situation to be in.

Speaking of coaching staff, I get the impression that the  lesson Belichick may learn this year is just how good Josh McDaniels was.

(or at the very least that Matt Patricia isn't exactly on the same level)

[Ricky Spanish]

Dear Santa,

Please let Matt Rhule be the complete opposite of what he is perceived to be as he puts together a winning team this year.

Hugs and kisses,

Amen

[TheCasillas]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

When this commercial came out... my boss at the time's name was Michael Dumarr. However, I called him Mr. Dumbass. This was the only timein my life where it was forgiveable to call my boss Dumbass.

[TheCasillas]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Speaking of coaching staff, I get the impression that the  lesson Belichick may learn this year is just how good Josh McDaniels was.

(or at the very least that Matt Patricia isn't exactly on the same level)

McDaniels is going ot be an excellent HC for the raiders... he was my desired hc during our last hunt 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, TheCasillas said:

When this commercial came out... my boss at the time's name was Michael Dumarr. However, I called him Mr. Dumbass. This was the only timein my life where it was forgiveable to call my boss Dumbass.

I've said a thing or two in prior jobs that I could have (or arguably should have) been fired for.

1 minute ago, TheCasillas said:

McDaniels is going ot be an excellent HC for the raiders... he was my desired hc during our last hunt 

I thought McDaniels was probably the best choice in the last round of coaching interviews.

I'm not absolutely certain he's going to be a great head coach, but I feel pretty comfortable saying then in the OC transition from him to Matt Patricia, there's going to be...a dropoff

[kungfoodude]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've said a thing or two in prior jobs that I could have (or arguably should have) been fired for.

I probably said at least 8 things today.

[Martin]

A lot of whining about our beat reporters. Personally I think we have a lot of good writers, Joe is great over at the Athletic, Ellis is great at the Observer, Panthers.com has a lot of well written pieces.

What we don’t have is the “breaking news” crowd.

I take writers over breaking news tweets any day, but maybe I’m old school.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I probably said at least 8 things today.

Can shoguns be fired?

[shaqattaq]

3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

He seems more like a scat guy.

Judging from his emoji replies, I'd say that's accurate.  

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Can shoguns be fired?

Apparently not.