NFL Writer Places Burning Question For Patriots Ahead Of 2020 Season

The New England Patriots will have a lot of work to do in the next few months. This is a brand new era for the organization. How will the Patriots handle Tom Brady’s departure? Some say the team didn’t even try to keep him around. New England didn’t even select a quarterback in the 2020 NFL Draft. What does this mean? There are so many questions related to the New England Patriots and the upcoming 2020 season. Who is playing quarterback? This is probably the most frequently asked question these days.

The Patriots will play without TB12 for the first time since 1999. Brady signed a new contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, revealing that he needed to make this move. Yes, Brady needed to change teams to see how far has he gone in his life. He wrote about this in an article for the Players’ Tribune.

The Patriots are positive for their 2020 season

Julian Edelman has to catch passes. Who is going to throw these passes? NFL writer Marc Sessler has a big question for head coach Bill Belichick and the rest of the organization. Who is going under center in September?

“Let’s start with a post-draft quote from plugged-in scribe Mike Reiss of ESPN, who said: ‘Everyone I talk to around the Patriots, it really comes back to two words: Jarrett Stidham. They’re really intrigued to see what he can do.’

“Reiss labeled Stidham as the ‘leading candidate’ for Tom Brady’s old job while dismissing the idea of adding Cam Newton, saying: ‘The short answer (to why they aren’t interested in Cam) is that they are intrigued enough with what they’ve seen from Jarrett Stidham, that they want to keep investing in him.’

“We can wishcast Newton and/or fill-in-the-blank to serve as Brady’s heir, but Bill Belichick took zero action in free agency to add a genuine challenger. He took zero action in the draft. From where we sit today — barring a disastrous preseason — Stidham is the crystal-clear favorite to start Week 1.”

According to most reports, the Patriots have big plans for Stidham. They see him as the future of the team. However, there are also report suggesting that Belichick plans to “tank” the season and go for Trevor Lawrence in 2021. Lawrence is the biggest target of the 2021 class, and Belichick will have to try really hard to get the player that has attracted the attention of almost every NFL team.

For now, the best head coach in the NFL has to play with Stidham and Brian Hoyer. The latter is expected to step in as a backup quarterback for the young Stidham.