Because guessing is fun, and if you do it enough no one remembers how often you are wrong anyway, these are my early thoughts on what could end up being the decisive factors of the 2019 season for the New England Patriots.
Let’s get started.
Rookie Quarterbacks
The Patriots will play against a quarterback on a rookie contract in every single game except two. That’s incredible. The Steelers and the Bengals are the only exception. Every other team will have a quarterback on a rookie deal. Half of the quarterbacks to make the playoffs last year were on rookie contracts, and every single quarterback besides Tom Brady in the AFC East is on such a deal.