how many RE recruits remain?

[giddyup]

I'm a Patriot season ticketholder, so needless to say a big fan. I agree that Belichick doesn't have the same quality of assistants right now, But the ones he has lost were people whom he groomed to become what they were. Much like Parcells did

Belichick is certainly not the genius he’s been made out to be without a solid staff and great QB. Sub .500 career HC without TB. He had me fooled until the last few years.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

On top of my head, Steven K, Noel Ofori-Nyadu, Caleb Thomas, barely ever played Burns, Nate Carter, Aaron Turner, Clercius, Malik Dixon. Now I will say the 2019-2020 season Edsall did play more of his guys over Diaco kids, especially on defense. You don’t see significant changes on the depth chart till the Wyoming games where spanos did replace a lot of guys

JZ was was a hot mess for sure. But if Steve doesn't play at Wagner then there would seem to be validity there. The only criticism of SK from Randy I remember was that he just didn't pull the trigger quick enough. Noel definitely over Niedrowski. Ok with Uguak over Thomas. The other guys, Edsall was here for only two games. Mensah was a 1000 yd rusher in 2018 and 2019. He was going to start the season. I don't think the team was coached much in 2020. Brought in Mazzone for a few games starting with the Army game, Defacto OC, different offense, different players to better fit that offense.

 

[DoctorWho85]

When RE 2 came back, his new DC (who we thought was terrible) said at the time that on film, the guys Diaco had playing were a level too slow for his defense. The DB's had LB speed, the LB's had DL speed and that they didn't have the guys to run the defense. That is partially why things went off the rails. Not sure why they didn't work a D around the personnel except W and L's didn't matter the first few years.

To be fair, the DC had the top defense in their division by a mile. They were the only team to hold down 2 top teams to something like less than 20 points which where averaging over 30/game. I don't blame the guy for failing, I blame Edsall for hiring a guy with a scheme completely out of the talent level of the entire defense.