Believe in Bill [Belichick] Gets Tested, N.E. Patriots Score an 'F' for Off Season Moves

Believe in Bill [Belichick] Gets Tested, N.E. Patriots Score an 'F' for Off Season Moves

A USA Today ranking of NFL team's performance in the off-season gives Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick a poor grade.

A really poor grade.

Here is what USA Today writes:

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New England Patriots: Even after inexplicably divorcing themselves from the greatest player in NFL history, they're essentially out of cap space – Brady's exodus a major reason the team is carrying $26 million in dead money – and are apparently hoping QB Jarrett Stidham (or Brian Hoyer) can take over. Even the decision to franchise G Joe Thuney, now poised to make left tackle money in 2020, was a head scratcher. Nice to keep pillars like Devin McCourty and Matthew Slater, but the league's No. 1 defense in 2019 lost quite a few key performers, notably Van Noy, Collins and Harmon. Maybe this will serve as the prime example of Bill Belichick displaying he's smarter than the rest of the league – he'll doubtless be making subsequent transactios – otherwise, the charted course is tantamount to dynasty-demolishing hubris.

The only good takeaway is the ranking scores Cleveland Browns as the top performer.