Hoodie

Is there really a lack of depth on the Pats? Seems to me that when the Ty's (Poole and Law) went down, we had no idea who Randall Gay was and whether he'd be able to step in for our great corners. Earthwind Moreland wasn't exactly what anyone would call "depth." Neither was Troy Brown and that worked out OK.

Those are two examples and I can think of so many more. The truth is when these guys have to step in, they get coached up and coached up well. In addition, game plans are devised to protect the shortcomings. 4-3 anyone?

PatsRI

I look at the past when all were in a panic about who was going to play nose tackle before Ted Washington was signed, then a panic set in after he left. Does anyone remember the depth at WR in '01? Freddie Coleman was thier 3rd WR. CB during the SB39. No Law. How will the secondary ever stop the vaunted Colts offense? 20-3. Asante Samuel and Randal Gay. Why ***** about this stufff now when it could mean nothing come September 10th? Seems like "who can yell the loudest is the most right" philosophy for some in the media.

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Bostonian1962

Hoodie and PatsRI came from different directions, but both provided excellent posts. Other well stated points on why Felger doesn't know what he is talking about. How do half these writers get jobs? I mean, I know Borges has the whole "bosses picture with the sheep thing", but what about the others?

patsfan13

Some print writers and amost all the radio and tv guys are entertainers. They are trying to create some controversy and get ratings. Take everything they say in this context. Oh yeah other than a select few (Reiss & Curran come to mind) the analysis is a mile wide and an inch deep.

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SVN

felger -here he goes again on FSN tonite.Same old ,pats are too hard asses on negotiating..werent proactive with mcginest vinateri etc...says they should keep their philosophy but loosen up a little...
maybe the pats should hire him to spend someone else's money

RayClay

The Pats used to have no depth at RB and OL, now they have.

They have no quality depth at LB and questionable at WR and QB.

In my opinion.

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RayClay

In my opinion, the writers are negative controversy creators in reality, so no need to jump on them when they are right, (LB depth).

There is somewhat of a case to be made that we could have afforded more talent without stretching the cap.

Agree or disagree, if you're fair you should agree it is a valid point.

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fgssand

He was really pathetic tonight...continues to berate the Pats over Adam and Willie. He keeps acting as if he knows what he is talking about and he really doesn't.

Fact of the matter is - nobody knows how the AV situation will play out. If the rookie makes the sqaud, has a decent year and does not blow an ygames and maybe even wins one or two - it will end up bein ga great move as we wil be set for years at the position once again - at a huge savings. Nobody knows if Adam will have a great year or if he is indeed aging...certainly, his best years are behind him.

The point is he is so damn aloof and negative now - so different that a year or so ago. What happened to him anyway, I used to respect him.

QuiGon

Amen. He used to be the anti-Borges, especially during the great Brady-Bledsoe debates of '01. But now he's doing his best to be a Borges clone.

spacecrime

Me, too. I once listened to what he said the way I now listen to Mike Reiss.

Tonight he said he hopes that Goskowski misses a FG and Grammatica kick off short so he can "ramp up" the we-should-have-paid Vinatieri talk.

The problem is that they spout this crap, predicting dire consequences (sort of like here at Patsfans) and then when it doesn't happen it is never brought up because there is a new peice of sky to say is falling.

Remember all the yapping done aobut losing Milloy. A lot more than about AV/Givens/WMG combined. After the loss to Buffalo they were all predicting a plunge to mediocrity. I don't recall any of them saying, "You know I was wrong. All the bad stuff I was sure would happen never did." Nope, they just find new stuff of panic about.