It's back to the early 90's for me as a Patriots fan when they were a complete laughing stock.
They are going to be terrible, we're talking 3-14, 2-15 terrible, zero talent on both sides of the ball and the second most cap room in the NFL, their owner is a raging cheapskate who "really wants to win" but is not willing to put his money where his mouth is.
There are going to be loads of empty seats at the games, again just like the early 1990's.
That will prompt him to spend next year, we can't have empty seats as it's all about keeping that cash register ringing, if he's not willing to spend up to the cap, then as a fan, I'm not spending my time or money watching a **** product, I've got better things to do with my time on Sundays in the Fall.
Just like I did with the Red Sox this year.
Yeah, great, they're hanging in there for the last wild card spot, big deal.
This is the beauty of sports; this is an organization that was the king of the hill for about 19 years, 9 Super Bowl trips in that span, but there is no guarantee they will ever get back to another super bowl again.
Just ask the Browns, Lions, Texans, Jaguars what that feels like.
Or the Jets; 56 years and counting without a trip to the Super Bowl.