The Prospect who was Promised: A Song of Suck and Blow
We quietly have a Game of Thrones situation on our hands. Jerod Mayo, Elliot Wolf, Jonathan Kraft, Robert Kraft, Robyn Glaser, Matt Groh, the cast of characters is growing.
Game of Thrones analogy:
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the Targaryans. The ultimate power of past generations. Now gone, the world has changed for the worse. That is until the Prospect who was Promised realizes his destiny and finds his way to Foxboro.
As we get closer to the draft and we accumulate more audio clips from the master of Vibes - Jerod Mayo, the picture down at Foxboro is starting to look a little bit clearer. And that picture is murky as fuck.
Jerod Mayo is Tommen Baratheon. A soft spoken, dim witted, green youngster thrust into power. Not yet ready for the responsibility while the real players pull the strings behind the scenes. Or at times even right in front of his face with little regard for his title.
A report has claimed de facto GM, Elliott Wolf is keeping his thoughts and intentions close to the vest when it comes to what he thinks about the quarterbacks in this year's draft. He has also declared a love for JJ McCarthy, while offering a bit of the unknown for what the Patriots will do with number three pick. Could this be chess vs. checkers or baffoonery? Slide over to Master of Vibes, Jerod “Tommen” Mayo being asked about that very same topic and he sounds like he's trying to remember what his handler coached him to say and he’s failing at it.
Eliot Wolf in the Game of Thrones is either Ned Stark or Tywin Lannister. Wolf doesn't have a contract. he is either under strict orders from the Krafts to do as they please in order to keep his job - aka doing the bidding of the realm as the noble Ned Stark would - or he's running rogue. As Tywin Lannister he is playing nice on the service while plotting in the dark. All well knowing his son and daughter bang on the regular and produced inbred heirs to the throne. (I haven’t quite nailed down the inbreeding in Foxboro. Yet.)
For Wolf there's no real long-term incentive for him to be in lockstep with Mayo and Van Pelt. Especially if he thinks they suck. He needs to hitch his wagon to Jonathan or being constantly making moves for his own well being. Those two things very well could be associated with one another.
If Jonny Kraft says I want a quarterback at three and Elliot Wolf doesn't do that he is legitimately out of a job by June. His contract is up. Aka Ned Stark gets his head chopped off.
Even if he makes the right move, you're not gonna know for a couple years what these draft picks look like. If the Kraft’s were looking for a 3 year plan to implement they would have handed out a contract and at least started to see it through. My guess? He's a stooge. Try to keep your head, Ned. I mean Eliot.
Meanwhile, we look at the financial decisions of a team that has been in last place in cash pending for a decade, in desperate need of PR improvement, and flat out depleted in talent on the roster. Instead we get team friendly deals and our own players. They fall woefully short in the contract department for actual playmakers. Hmm, does that sound familiar? Maybe it's because it wasn't Bill Belichick clamping the strings all these years. Was it the Krafts? Now, Jonathan Kraft and Robyn Glazer, a longtime Kraft employee, are fully in control of the all important coin.
Jonathan Kraft is Little Finger. A maniacal plotter with his eyes squarely on the seat of power for decades. He’s taken a major step forward as Master of Coin. Robyn Glaser plays the role of Cerssai here. Similarly maniacal and thirsty for power. As a woman though, in this male dominated society that is football the possibility of the throne is far fetched if not impossible. Unless she plays her cards just right. Perhaps she will never have the absolute title, but she could wield the real power in time.
And a cherry on top you have King Robert - Baratheon – Kraft. Drunk and fat on past victories spilling nonsensical shit out of his mouth leaving his kingdom vulnerable for the wolves. He should really just be put to bed.
So, is JJ McCarthy supposed to be Jon Snow in this Game of Thrones analogy? No. The prospect who was promised is not as obvious.
JJ or whoever the Patriots take as their 1st round QB is more of the Khaleesi role. All of the potential, skill, power, and ambition to rule. But, inevitably a fatal flaw that was buried deep inside through the painstaking journey of a rebuild is released just as victory is in sight. It is their ultimate dome and downfall.
The Prospect who was Promised remains unknown for the Patriots at this hour. We are mearly in the Season 1 of this epic. There is a long way to go. I mean, do you see a brainiac cripple that can see the future and save the day anywhere in this scenario yet? Me either.
I don't see this ending any differently in Foxboro than it did in Kings Landing, though. All those motherfuckers died, and all these Patriot motherfuckers are dead men walking.
Who’d we miss?
- Mac Jones is Joffrey. No brainer. No explanation needed
- Calling Alex Van Pelt Tyrion Lannister feels like giving him too much credit, but he’ll need to be reactive and think outside the box. Plus he's kind of oddy shaped.. so. It’s him or McAdoo. Is McAdoo’s name weird enough to play one of the most eclectic characters in TV histroy? I don’t know. Still working it out. It could work though, because eventually they kill Tywin (Eliot Wolf) for how shitty they are as a Dad aka their job getting talent in the door.
- The O-Line can basically be any Wildling
- Matt Groh could be Rob Stark. Trying to live up to Ned Stark aka Elliot Wolf’s standards, but keeps Red Weddinging himself drafting N’Keal Harry’s.
We need some help filling out the cast. Drop your comments below. Some characters not mentioned in the plot above:
The Night King
The Hound
Brienne of Tarth
Stark Sisters
Jamie Lannister
