ilduce06410

the RB crop in this year's draft doesn't look to bad---especially if you're a kevin faulk fan. lotta shifty backs with his dimensions.
cedric humes of VA Tech, Jerious Norwood oof miss State, Gerald Riggs from Tenessee, Joseph Addai, DeAngelo Williams have more size, are fast enough, & all look pretty intriguing.
i'd love to see a young back in here. but who would that be?

borisman

Quote:"the RB crop in this year's draft doesn't look to bad---especially if you're a kevin faulk fan. lotta shifty backs with his dimensions.
cedric humes of VA Tech, Jerious Norwood oof miss State, Gerald Riggs from Tenessee, Joseph Addai, DeAngelo Williams have more size, are fast enough, & all look pretty intriguing.
i'd love to see a young back in here. but who would that be?" End quote


A player very comparable to Kevin Faulk in this years' draft is Maurice Drew. Drew is a bit faster than Faulk but looks to be the same type player in the NFL. Maybe he'll get a few more touches. His ceiling could be that of Warrick Dunn but I didn't see the same shiftiness in his game.

Box_O_Rocks

Drew's big negative is his height, not from a running or receiving or returner standpoint, but from a blitz pick-up standpoint at which Faulk excels. Two other Faulk-like players whom I like are PJ Daniels (GA Tech) and PJ Pope (Bowling Green). Both showed well in the Hula Bowl for their running and receiving. Daniels ran a 4.6 at the Combine, but he looked just as quick on his cuts as Addai did in the drill I saw.

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Mooch

I LOVE Jerious Norwood. He's a home run hitter as a speed back. Makes Kevin Faulk look like a turtle. Good hands, tough kid.

If he were available in the 3rd round, I'd grab him in a heartbeat.

MagicMarker

We had to give Dillon his $3 million -- otherwise, his salary for 2006 would rise to $6 million and be guaranteed.

If we thought he was done, we'd have picked up his option, and then cut him -- that saves both cap dollars and real dollars.

Maybe he cut his salary to avoid being cut. That is odd since he could have got more money elsewhere.

Miguel

Not true. Once the Pats picked up the option, Dillon's cap number was around $4.3 million. Cutting him before 6/2 would make his cap hit $5.4 million. So it would be MORE expensive to cut him than to keep him.

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if we cut him after the 07 season, how much would we save on the cap?

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http://www.projo.com/patriots/conten...s.6c844a0.html

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JoeSixPat

Does anyone else get the feeling the Herald read it "reported" here first and called Dillon's agent?

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Miguel

I do.

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/patriots/?p=2
"In salary cap news, according to NFLPA documents (and first noted at Patsfans.com), the Patriots have restructured the contract of running back Corey Dillon, dropping his 2006 salary from $3 million to $710,000. According to agent Steve Feldman, they recently picked up a $3 million option bonus, guaranteeing that Dillon makes $6 million this year. The Patriots likely transformed Dillon’s $3 million salary into a signing bonus and spread the cap hit over the final three years of his deal, saving $1.7 million off this year’s cap.

Those thinking the Pats might cut Dillon in favor of a younger running back in the draft should think again.

“He’s going to make $6 million this year,” Feldman said. “He’s not going anywhere.”

The Providence Journal picked up the KFFL Hotwire piece which gave John Tomase credit for breaking the story - credit that John Tomase himself was unwilling to take.

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