Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL analyst Nate Tice discuss what moves they think the New England Patriots should make in the offseason to ensure a better than “ok” 2025-26 season. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
Quarterback is not the New Year’s resolution for the New England Patriots.
No, no, no, it’s not.
Mine is, start hyping up Cam Ward Shaur Sanders as the greatest quarterbacks you’ve ever seen.
Patriots people.
That’s my New Year’s resolution.
I act like this quarterback class is the greatest quarterback class you have ever seen.
Maybe work the phones.
Uh, I think that this team, even they have the 1 pick, the 2 picks, somewhere in that range, you got to be creative.
They need.
So much on this team.
The defense got decimated with injuries.
Everyone knows about the offensive line.
The receivers are kind of just all making mistakes, they’re a joke, but I think they need as many picks as possible.
And really, going back a year, Elliot Wolf, uh, uh, from just rumors and stuff, was keen on trading back because he was very aware about this desolate roster that Bill Belichick left him.
Everyone says, Patriots, when it’s bad.
Belichick when it’s good.
The Patriots have a bad roster.
Whoever was in charge left him with a bad roster.
It’s not Belichick, it’s Patriots.
I don’t know what it was, you know, we’re talking about the emperor, you know, not, not the guy, uh, you know, angling for complete domination of North Carolina’s football program.
Oh my God, yeah, I mean they got restock the cover around their quarterback because the quarterback is showing that he has star qualities and then look at these free agents.
I know T. is gonna be a big name and everybody in New England wants them.
I’m sure there’s a lot of teams that are gonna want T Higgins.
Look at this OI class.
OK, there’s Trey Smith from the Chiefs, who’s probably gonna get big money, but Ben Brenderson at guard from the Bucks, has had a good year.
Dalton Reisner has stepped in for Ed Ingram over the Vikings at right guard, played much better.
He’s more about, he’s about above average type of player, but that’s what this team needs is above average players, they need means to do it.
They have a ton of cap space.
So start working the phones and get somebody to move up for Cam Warter shooter Sanders so you can just get more and more and more of these young players to build around the quarterback.
So I like it a lot, um, I, it’s really attractive like situation right now, you know, anytime you have a guy and you have the number one overall pick, which you could potentially auction off for a bounty, like auction that pick off and and and and stack stack the cupboard if you’re New England, I I think they do have higher aspirations than just being OK.
