Divij Sachdeva

It is uncanny how similar the current version of the Georgia Tech Football is to the new era of Detroit Lions - 1. Former incompetent Head Coach leaving the team in shambles (Geoff Collins vs Matt Patricia) 2. Bring in new culture changing head coach who believes in building the team through the trenches (Brent Key vs Dan Campbell) 3. Highly recruited QB rejected by former team finds new life with a change of scenery (4 star top 50 recruit Haynes King vs #1 overall pick Jared Goff) 4. Offensive Coordinator who started as a quality control guy is now one of the hottest names in the league (Buster Faulkner vs Ben Johnson) 5. A front office executive who values winning and is willing to take risks (J Batt vs Brad Holmes) 6. Finding top tier recruiting and draft classes that can change the future of the program (GT 2025 Recruiting Class vs Lions 2023 Draft Class) With a favorable schedule with a good mix of easy wins and resume building wins in 2025, the Jackets are going to make a push for not just an ACC title game but for the CFB Playoff

Missing 3 out of 4 starting WR’s, RB2, top 3 guards and TE1. I know the record is worse this year and the turnovers are up but when purely talking value, Drake Maye is making just as good of an MVP case in 2026 as he did in 2025

I genuinely believe paying for 9 games worth of a rookie contract, a good trade can be structured around a 5th. The Patriots have 2 5th round picks in the 2027 draft. Packaging that with another late day 3 pick should make this trade very doable

Josh Downs already has proven that he is just as good if not better than what a fully broken out Demario Douglas can be. If the Patriots value that role but are not willing to resign Pop to a long term deal next offseason, a trade and extend for Downs could be a significant upgrade

Stoppable force meets movable object

This is a problem on both sides of the ball for the @Patriots - they have the second most giveaways with 14 and are also bottom ten in takeaways with 7. A lot of turnover generation is luck but they have to get better at both, protecting the football and forcing takeaways in order to compete

For this exciting Homecoming game in Atlanta, @ddortona8 and I are setting a friendly wager - The loser wears a t-shirt of the winner’s team in one of the upcoming podcasts. I am riding with my Jackets pulling off a 31-28 victory over the Eagles. Comment your score predictions in the post down below and you can have a chance of winning an Eagles (or a Jackets) t-shirt 😉

I like breaking the season down into chunks and here is how I will break the last 10 games down for the Patriots - Chunk 1 - @ Dolphins, vs Packers, vs Lions (intl), @ Chargers (off a bye) - Gotta go 3-1 or better here Chunk 2 - vs Bills, vs Vikings (TNF), @ Chiefs - Gotta go 2-1 here. 1-2 doesn’t kill us Chunk 3 - @ Jets, vs Broncos, vs Miami - Gotta go 2-1 or better here Gotta keep getting healthier and keep stacking good weeks. 11-6 or better is very much in the cards

I might be in a minority here but I am not too worried about AJ Brown His lack of immediate production, albeit frustrating, is justifiable because of his injury as it’s pretty easy to tell he is still not trusting his ankle. Stefon Diggs last year for the Patriots, also coming off an injury, had only 112 yards thru his first 3 starts including a 23 yard dud in the loss to Pittsburgh I think AJ should gain some momentum coming off this mini bye and should be at 100% after the bye week

Summed it up pretty well! I don’t care how much speed you have, if you’re trying to be a one cut explosive runner in the NFL, your ability to cut within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage needs to be near perfect