{"id":18050,"date":"2021-07-16T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T19:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18050"},"modified":"2021-07-16T19:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T19:05:24","slug":"new-england-patriots-2021-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/new-england-patriots-2021-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2021 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all the rejoicing about the New England Patriots posting their first losing season in two decades under Bill Belichick last season, they actually weren\u2019t that far away from being a playoff team. Four of their nine losses were by a single score, including a 24-21 nailbiter at the Buffalo Bills. If one play in those games flips, the Pats could have been 11-5 and looking at a Wild Card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it didn\u2019t and the Patriots were in the odd position and needing to make some real changes heading into a new season, especially after their former quarterback, Tom Brady, led his new team to the Super Bowl, definitively answering the \u201cWas it Brady or Belichick?\u2019 question for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No team was more active in free agency and with good reason. It\u2019s been a while since New England drafted particularly well and considering they had to spend their first round pick on a QB who won\u2019t see the field in 2021, the jury will be out on this last amateur player selection for at least another year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW<\/strong> ENGLAND<\/strong> PATRIOTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season:<\/strong> 7-9, 3rd<\/sup> place AFC East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 odds:<\/strong> under 9.5 wins -130, over 9.5 wins +100<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 NFL Draft:<\/strong> Mac Jones, QB, Alabama \u2013 Round 1, Chirsitan Barmore, DT, Alabama \u2013 Round 2, Ronnie Perkins, DE, Oklahoma \u2013 Round 3, Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, Oklahoma \u2013 Round 4, Cameron McGrone, LB, Michigan \u2013 Round 5, Joshua Bledoe, Safety, Missouri \u2013 Round 6, William Sherman, OT, Colorado \u2013 Round 6, Tre Nixon, WR, UCF \u2013 Round 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UDFAs:<\/strong> Quinn Nordin, K – Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquisitions:<\/strong> Matt Judon, Edge \u2013 Free Agent, Trent Brown, RT \u2013 Trade, Kyle Van Noy, Edge \u2013 Free Agent, Hunter Henry, TE \u2013 Free Agent, Henry Anderson, DL \u2013 Free Agent, Jalen Mills, Safety \u2013 Free Agent, Kendrick Bourne, WR \u2013 Free Agent, Ted Karrass, C \u2013 Free Agent, Raekwon McMillan, LB \u2013 Free Agent, Nelson Agholor, WR \u2013 Free Agent, Alex Redmond, RG \u2013 Free Agent, Adrian Colbert, Safety \u2013 Free Agent, Montravius Adams, DL \u2013 Free Agent, Jonnu Smith, TE \u2013 Free Agent, Marvin Hall, WR \u2013 Free Agent, Troy Fumagalli, TE \u2013 Free Agent, Ryan Izzo, TE \u2013 Free Agent, Harvey Langi, LB \u2013 Free Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Losses: <\/strong>Joe Thuney \u2013 LG, Julian Edleman \u2013 Retired, Beau Allen \u2013 DL, Adam Butler \u2013 DL, Jermaine Eluemunor \u2013 RG, John Simon \u2013 Edge, Rex Burkhead \u2013 RB, Terrence Brooks \u2013 Safety, Damiere Byrd \u2013 WR, Shalique Calhoun \u2013 LB, Marquise Lee \u2013WR, Brandon Copeland \u2013 LB, Donte Moncrief \u2013 WR, Ryan Izzo \u2013 TE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESUMED STARTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Cam Newton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> Damien Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Jakobi Meyers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Nelson Agholor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Kendrick Bourne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Hunter Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FB:<\/strong> Jakob Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Isaiah Wynn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Mike Onwenu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> David Andrews<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> Shaq Mason<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> Trent Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Larence Guy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NT:<\/strong> Davon Godchaux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> Henry Anderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Matt Judon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LILB:<\/strong> Ja\u2019Whaun Bentley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RILB:<\/strong> Don\u2019t\u2019a Hightower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Kyle Van Noy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> J.C. Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Stephon Gilmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS: <\/strong>Adrian Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> Devin McCourty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K:<\/strong> Nick Folk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> Jack Bailey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORECAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New England has a friendly schedule over the first half of the season. While they will play the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (and Brady) in Week 4 and the Miami Dolphins to open the season at Foxboro, They won\u2019t face a 2020 AFC playoff team until Oct. 24 (Week 10). Not that all the teams they\u2019ll play are cupcakes, just unknowns \u2013 like the New Orleans Saints without Drew Brees in Week 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Problem for the Pats is, while they will be better, they won\u2019t be good enough to leapfrog other teams that have just moved past them like the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Chargers and Miami Dolphins. It doesn\u2019t help Belichick at all, in his Pats rebuild, that the AFC East has finally decided to take hiring head coaches and general managers seriously for the first time in his Hall of Fame tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Record Prediction:<\/strong> 9-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is already up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow our BetOnline Twitter accoun<\/a>t for the latest sports news and betting odds, and stay tuned on the Instagram feed<\/a> for more good information too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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