Suffice it to say Patriots fans were … not happy the team beat the Buffalo Bills in their final game of the season last Sunday, losing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft in the process
Next to Jerod Mayo’s firing last weekend, the next most-popular topic in Boston’s sports landscape was whether or not the Pats should’ve tried hard to tank, thereby securing the top pick and maintaining their chance to accelerate their rebuild by trading down for a haul of additional selections.
But to former Patriots QB Brian Hoyer, who has been on his share of bad teams in addition to his years in Foxborough, the idea of “tanking” for draft picks simply doesn’t exist for NFL players.