The Patriots can study lots from this weekend’s festivities at Lincoln Monetary Subject and Arrowhead Stadium.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders will meet on the former, taking their division rivalry to its apex. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Buffalo Payments will meet on the latter, writing one more chapter of their intense battle during the last a number of years.
New England, however, might be on the sofa.
Mike Vrabel, Eliot Wolf, Ryan Cowden and a complete host of others will spend that point trying to achieve perception into how these groups reached the top of the game — with every displaying their very own apparent lesson to study from:
PHILADELPHIA: BUILD THROUGH THE TRENCHES
Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson and Lane Johnson on one facet, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter and Milton Williams on the opposite. The Eagles are completely stacked with huge our bodies, which is why they’ve been so profitable during the last a number of seasons.
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Philadelphia makes no bones about its id, as every recreation’s major goal is to regulate the clock by operating the ball and forcing the opposition to be one-dimensional once they get an opportunity to own it. It’s not the sexiest approach to construct a roster, however spending first- (Davis, Carter, Nolan Smith), second- (Dickerson, Jurgens) and third-round (Williams, Jalyx Hunt) picks on linemen has put the membership ready to stay profitable for lengthy stretches — which is sort of the purpose, no?
WASHINGTON: IT CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY
The Commanders had been in the identical spot as you coming into final offseason — trying to make some noise as a four-win staff with inexperienced front-office personnel, a brand new head coach coming into his second run at it and several other holes throughout the roster.
Washington nailed every thing they confronted. Dan Quinn had a plan, and allowed Adam Peters to execute it by constructing out a roster to help rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. New England could be fortunate to have a season half as productive as this one.
BUFFALO: SUPPORT THE QUARTERBACK
Josh Allen confirmed flashes all through his first few seasons in Buffalo, however was by no means fairly capable of put issues collectively behind a foul offensive line and with none notable expertise round him.
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The Payments fastened that, taking huge swings to land the likes of large receiver Stefon Diggs and drafting gifted weapons like Khalil Shakir, Gabe Davis, James Cook dinner, Dalton Kincaid, Keion Coleman and Ray Davis. The Patriots ought to make a precedence of taking swings to assist Drake Maye.
KANSAS CITY: THE WORK DOESN’T STOP
The Chiefs constructed a superpower, however you may’t maintain success like they’ve with out making tough and sensible choices yr after yr.
Kansas Metropolis has supported title hopes by hitting huge on draft picks (L’Jarius Sneed, Trey Smith, Creed Humphrey, Trent McDuffie, Rashee Rice), deciding on the fitting gamers to pay (Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones, Humphrey) and letting the fitting ones stroll away (Sneed). It’s laborious sufficient to construct a contender, however protecting one is all of the tougher.
The Patriots have to start out with placing one thing competent collectively, although.
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