After NBC Sports Boston's own Tom E. Curran flunked the Patriots on his offseason report card, ESPN's Bill Barnwell did the same on Monday. Barnwell ranked New England's offseason as the third-worst in the entire NFL.
Here's how Barnwell explained that ranking:
The Patriots had Brady at quarterback, and now they have Jarrett Stidham. Even a diminished Brady would still project to be a playoff-caliber quarterback with the sort of defense this team had in 2019; the same thing isn't clear with Stidham, who appears to be the Week 1 starter.