I completely agree. I think people forget how bad that Patriot Defense was. I don't like the call on 4th and 2, but they had to go for it. If they kick there, Manning is walking right down the field on them.
The end of the 15 season was a fantastic choice. I MOANED all offseason about that AFC Title game and how this is the end result when you don't beat an awful Dolphins team on the final day.
Not the worst but my personal most hated BB decision was drafting Jermaine Cunningham over Carlos Dunlap. Patriots needed a pass rusher, Dunlap was on the board. BB drafted Cunningham instead even though Dunlap leads the team in sacks. I hated that pick.
Trading Jimmy Garoppolo for a 2nd round pick when he could have traded him to another team for multiple 1st round picks. Bill always said he does what is best for the team but clearly Bill did what was best for himself and the player, and that to me is a fireable offense, to not put the team and the organization first.
This is a wild take but only because you're comparing a turd to a bottle of pee. I'm sorry, but Cam was never going to be the MVP he was in Carolina. Mac had a great rookie year, the entire fanbase was excited about Mac. There is a legitimate argument to make that Mac, while likely never going to be a real top10 QB, could have built on that rookie debut if Bill would have done ANYTHING good for the offense in FA and the draft. ANYTHING, literally anything at all. But he didn't.
@@devourmentoffetus, it's true that Cam was never going to be the MVP he once was. But it would have provided competition for both Mack and Cam. Mack needed the mental toughness required to be the QB of the Patriots under Bill. Expectations are up each year in the NFL. There has been many rookies QB who struggled in their 2nd year because teams now had more tape on them through a 17 or 18 game season. So second year has always been a challenging year for all rookies who struggled. Mack didn't have competition. He was handed the keys to the kingdom prematurely by management. Even if he was ready, he needed to be humbled. That's why I call it Bill worst mistake. Cam had a full off season. Better chemistry within the offense. Mack would have pushed him to play better and learn at the same time that having the key to the kingdom requires a lot more than having a great rookies season. I never believed that Mack earned that position. I believe letting Cam go was to give Mack space to not look over his shoulders. Which is exactly what happened in year 2 with some calling for Bailey to be the starter. These are the reasons I call it Bill worst mistake!! Know how he's managed the team over the years with regards to how he handled rookies. I'm sure I would have made the decision to start Cam and have Mack push him even more...
The last month of 2015 should be in tier 1. The handling and coaching of the last month was so unbelievably bad it cost them a super bowl. Out of all of the bad decisions Bill made that is the one I think about the most along with the Malcolm Butler benching. 2015 or 2017, one of those years should have ended in a super bowl victory.
I agree. Denver comes to Gillette in the AFC title game if he doesn't mangle the end of that regular season. Which means they probably win 3 straight Super Bowls. Pretty horrible management down the stretch.
After all that guy did for the region. and the only thing you care about is nitpicking everything he didn't do. he managed to win without having super tall wr's and yet you all are convinced that if only you had one it would make a difference is crazy
How about that quarter of a billion we spent in free agency to get Matthew Judon and a bunch of bums? I would’ve sold Hunter Henry at the trade deadline this past season for a 7th rounder and a new washing machine, and he’s the only other guy that even part-way panned out. Jonnu Smith? THAT GUY BLOWS
At least Judon can play, and likewise with Hunter Henry... he might have been overpaid, but he's still not a total bust like Jonnu Smith was. Complete non-factor. Even in his heyday, Bill has never really demonstrated a good eye for offensive talent. In retrospect, guys like Scott Pioli and Nick Caserio (whose services have been an absolute bonanza for Houston) went a long way toward mitigating Belichick's roster-building weaknesses in the earlier years. The only facet of the game for which I still have faith in Bill's judgment is on the defensive side of the ball. He still hits at a reasonable clip on DBs and linebackers in the draft... the D-line not so much in recent years. He used to find decent (and in the early years, terrific) O-linemen... but that's all a distant memory. He's more cut out to be a D-coordinator really at this point, but he's so close to Shula's record that he'll never accept anything anything short of a head coaching gig. I think the worst thing that ever happened to Billy B was the year that Brady went down for the year in the season opener vs. KC... he went 11-5 that year with Matt Cassel as his starter. This was when BB started to convince himself that he didn't NEED Brady to be a winner. Drafted Garrapolo several years later while TB12 was still on top of his game. Ultimately, Jimmy G would move on... as Tom just continued playing better than ever before. But Bill still became preoccupied with proving he could lead a juggernaut WITHOUT the consensus GOAT taking snaps. The rest is history. Bill did this to himself.
His stubbornness with the ridiculous Malcolm Butler situation (which apparently involved his son). I could see sending a message in the early going, but when Nick Foles is tearing apart the secondary like a HOF-level QB... you might think Bill would swallow his pride and let Butler into the game. Never forgive that.
I know the Brady decision was more iconic/impactful but the Patrica/Judge was more inexplicable, stubborn and stupid. The Brady one was at least defensible at the time. There is NO situation, nor will there ever be, where hiring a pair of defense-only bobos as DUAL OCs would be defensible. It was firable-offense stupid in the moment it occurred.
I’m not a Bill guy at all, I was so happy when they moved on. That being said can we get a best Bill decisions tier too? Kinda tired of all the dancing on his grave.
They won 6 Super Bowls, which is phenomenal. However, it's absolutely scary to think about 5 other ones they could've of won, thus giving them 11 : *2006 (no Branch vs. Indy) *2007 (Tyree catch vs. NYG) *2011 (no Gronk vs. NYG) *2015 (games thrown end of season) *2017 (bench Butler vs. Philly)
What about trading Jimmy G to SF for a second round pick and Hoyer, when he could have had 2 1st round picks from Cleveland! Kraft should have fired him for that decision.
A whole segment focused on mistakes when the same coach took the Pats to 9 Superbowls. And he was Assistant head coach in 1996 when they went to the Super Bowl with Bledsoe. Thats 10 out of the 11 the Patriots have been to. You would think these clowns never make mistakes. Actually, their employer made a mistake hiring these talentless talking heads.
4th and 2 was a good decision, no shot they were stopping Manning. Having that in the same tier as Butler is the most blasphemous thing I’ve ever heard
The order of these is all off. The top tier should be ones that potentially cost Super Bowls - 2006 having no receivers , 2015 mentioned here and not playing Malcolm Butler. Brady is up there too but the roster sucked so they weren’t winning anything with him.
9:19 you mean show some element of respect for the coach that gave the region and football for that matter the greatest dynasty football has ever seen..the media but particularly the Boston media are scum and ungrateful shower of you know what's to a man, particularly these guys
@paulrichards5002 Look, did BB made some bad coaching decisions? Of course he did. How many games did he coach? Going to make errors just like with drafting. Drafting Gronk, Edelman, Brady. Getting Blount and Dillon. Of course he mucked up alot and he wanted to get rid of Brady sooner rather than later but again drafting Brady then sticking with him has to count for about 50 mulligans. Not to mention his defensive genius. Belichick is a great coach but I think we can agree BB was a pretty mediocre GM the last 20 years albeit drafting in lower rounds. If u ask me honestly, I think what has hurt Belichick more than anything is his ego and paranoia.
@@shopins2002 absolutely agree,my point was more a case of flogging the dead horse just for content.i mean the man's gone and they're still talking about and poking and proding every single thing or decision made still.i know it's off season and 2 weeks to free agency but can they just go talk about the Celtics or how much the Sox suck😂.or better yet talk about things Patriots related i.e. free agency,Drafting etc
No they just aren’t afraid to talk about the bad and blunders the Boston teams have had and don’t act like everything is perfect and engage in sacred cowism like a lot of Boston fans… Yes overall bill had a great tenure in NE but there were also some awful decisions and moves he made
At what point do the Boston media guys start talking about Jerod Mayo or are they still busy throwing more dirt on the Belichick carcass,Shame on these media figures if not for Belichick these guys would be working out of their basement in some city no one cares about football..I'm as complicit as the next watching it but Jesus Christ they're beating this dead horse I wonder what tomorrow's article will be about
