One thing to keep in mind about Pioli and that was in 2000 the Pats were 5-11 and for a portion of the season didn't even have a full 53 man roster because Pioli\Belichick didn't like anybody that they could bring in or who they had on their practice squad.
Then the following year they started out 0-2 and everybody was thinking Belichick was going to be fired.
The rest is history. Now I am not saying that is going to happen here but the first year is basically a bloodletting.
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