Anarchy99
Footballguy
I've heard the arguments over the years if NE had just kept Law. Or Seymour. Or Samuel. Or Moss. Or Welker. Or Revis. Or Mankins. Or Jones. Or Collins. Or Solder. Or whomever.
The fact of the matter is NE couldn't afford to keep these guys or they would have had zero depth. In the case of Jones, NE didn't use him like Arizona does, so it's unlikely he would have made a huge impact (if they didn't let him loose to just attack the QB). BB has made it clear that generating a pass rush is not a top priority and he would much rather force opponents to produce sustained drives and hope they make a mistake rather than forcing the issue to avoid giving up big plays.
It's easy to criticize when you aren't the one writing the checks. The plan for years has been be good enough to make a deep playoff run and hope for the best.Clearly they have been better at that than anyone else for years now, so it's hard to slam them for not winning more titles. Even with a mediocre roster, a ton of injuries, and no pass rush they beat JAX and almost beat PHI. Or would you rather they swapped their 2014 and 2016 titles for ones in 2011 and 2012 instead. (I am suggesting that maybe they went all in sooner and mortgaged future success to win in those years but had a much worse team later on.)
