Max Kellerman Makes Bold Prediction For Patriots’ 2021 Season

Will the New England Patriots make the playoffs in the 2021 NFL season? There are several good reasons for us to believe that head coach Bill Belichick will do his best to help his team win more games this year. The team is coming off a bad season. Belichick’s team had a 7-9 season in 2020. They won’t go through the same again.

Let’s just say 2020 was a frustrating season for the team. The Patriots finished below .500 for the first time since 2000. Max Kellerman is one of the many people who predict a turnaround for the Patriots.

Patriots to go strong in the 2021 season

Kellerman made a prediction regarding the AFC East winner for the 2020 NFL season. Players were active this offseason, and Cam Newton is healthy. In other words, Kellerman believes that the Patriots will make the big game this time.

” … If you forced me to pick right now, I’m gonna say the Patriots,” Kellerman said on ESPN. “Let’s keep in mind that was a seven-win team two plays away from being a nine-win team. Now you got that extra game this year, right? Unless there’s a tie, you’re going to be either above or below .500. A 9-8ish team, an 8-9ish team. That’s what the Patriots were underneath it all last year. But what’s happened? They brought in weapons which Tom Brady had none of and neither did Cam Newton. Now they have respectable weapons at receiver and tight end.

“What else happened? Remember how many guys off the defense they lost at the beginning of last year? And Belichick is all about preparation and game-planning and putting people in the right position. They didn’t have a preseason. Their practice facility was shut down last year and then Cam got COVID. Cam said he’s the healthiest he’s been in half a decade now, five seasons. Cam now understands the playbook, has been there for a year. A seven-win team two wins away from nine wins last year. I’m looking at the Patriots, they could win 10, maybe 11 games this year. Who knows? Belichick will be motivated after what Brady just did, after watching the playoffs. I think the Patriots eke out a very tough division.”

Kellerman expects to see a motivated head coach. He believes that many Patriots players are really motivated this time. Newton said this is “put up or shut up” time at this point of his career.