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Originally Posted by PatsBoy12
Why are you all continuing to entertain some of the more ridiculous notions? None of the back-and-forth is going to change his mind. He clearly feels that the LB's were trash after 2004 and BB knows nothing about how to evaluate new LB talent. Apparently, he's reserving his expertise for the right team to ring his phone and offer him a head coaching job so he can show BB how it's done.  |
Yes, I would show him how it's done.
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Originally Posted by Patjew
It wasn't only that. The 2007 LB crew was very good. You make it sound like the LB's were crap after 2004 and BB never bothered rebuilding it. A unit consisting of Vrabel, Colvin, Bruschi, Seau and Vrabel is more-than-solid. That group was no embarassment; they made the cover of SI FWIW. Colvin's injury hurt them, but that unit and the D as a whole played very well, especially in the playoffs.
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I didn't know there were two Vrabel's on the team.
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Originally Posted by apple strudel
Yeah and 2008 is skewed by the guy BB scouted and signed getting old and the other guy BB scouted and signed breaking the crap out of his arm.
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Who is the old guy you're talking about? Is the second guy Adalius Thomas?
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Oh yeah, and the solid cover corner BB drafted leaving for big bucks.
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That so called "cover corner", hardly covered anybody. Samuel is a zone guy, anticipating throws coming near him. He stands 5-10 off the line of scrimmage on almost every play because he can't jam anybody. He's not a lock down, one on one type of corner. However, he was better than the trash New England had in 2008.
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BB knows exactly what makes a good OLB and how to get them both by paying FA dollars, drafting them in the middle rounds, drafting them late, or (based on how he evaluated Ware) how to draft them early.
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Who the f*** cares how he evaluated Ware? He didn't draft him. Who did BB draft in the middle and late rounds that were good? Banta-Cain? Wow! BB got a good one in Mayo, but Crable is a question mark and who knows if Guyton can become a full time starter.
Yeah BB has hit the jackpot in FA with the likes of Monty Beisel, Chad Brown and Victor Hobson. Because of Colvin's injury in 2003, he really never panned out like we expected. However, he played well enough. Finally, the jury is still out on Adalius Thomas. The only LB's that were FA's and succeeded with BB were Mike Vrabel, Roman Phifer, Brian Cox and Seau. The only problem was, 3 out of the 4 LB's didn't last long with the team.
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Originally Posted by Patjew
There's not much else to talk about, especially since the rap thread died away.  |
What is the rap thread? Can somebody help me out?
Re: Nice discussion of the rookies from Scout.com (public article)
Seriously, though, kudos to you for sticking to what you believe, however valid or invalid your points may be.
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