Peter King Has Shocking Spot For New England Patriots In NFL Power Rankings

How will the New England Patriots handle the 2020 season? The team lost a lot of valuable players, and they will also have to work with a different roster. Although head coach Bill Belichick is pretty confident about his current roster, some analysts have asked some serious questions. Peter King has an interesting spot for the Patriots, and some fans won’t like it at all.

Brady is gone and a lot of key players left the team in free agency. Stidham will be a starting quarterback for the team, but this still leaves the Patriots with a big void.

Is Peter King right about the Patriots?

In King’s weekly Football Morning in America column for NBC, King talked about the power rankings. If you ask him, the Patriots sit at No.21. They are third in the division behind the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins.

“This year reminds me of Belichick’s first year or two in New England, when he and Scott Pioli got the cap right by making do with lesser players and the highest-paid player in football, Drew Bledsoe. By 2002, it was Brady’s team, and he flourished. Now, after jettisoning Brady, Rob Gronkowski, center Ted Karras, kicker Stephen Gostkowski and keystone linebackers Kyle Van Noy, Elandon Roberts and Jamie Collins, Belichick and Nick Caserio can clean out the cap and rebuild.

“The reviews on the 133rd pick in the 2019 draft, Jarrett Stidham, are good, but the shadow of the 199th pick in 2000 will always be a long one for anyone who plays quarterback in New England. There is no book on Stidham, a tough kid who will not be afraid of the hot seat, but his goal is to keep New England in games and leave the Patriots with a decision to make on a quarterback in the 2021 draft. Whatever happens, America will be watching: Four of their final nine games will be in prime time. I think this season breaks the Patriots’ 11-year stranglehold on the AFC East, but I’m pretty sure everyone in that building wants to rub our faces in such predictions, and that’s a great motivator.”