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Character counts with Bill Belichick. There is no way the Patriots will select a gun carrying, leg stomping, gang banger. Michael Griffin is the long term solution at free safety.
Check my thread on the Draft Board, there's serious question about whether Merriweather is the bad guy some make him out to be.
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How is it that every year is labeled at the biggest off season in recent years? In my opinion, we had far more holes to deal with last year than this one.
This is the biggest offseason in recent years because (1) there are few high quality free agents, (2) most teams are well under the cap and will resign their own quality players, (3) we don't have many upper echelon players to resign, and (4) we have no obvious openings where a rookie can step in and contribute, and the back end of the roster has gotten a lot younger.
Hawkin is 29; Gay has played Safety as well as CB. Mitchell is primarily a ST safety but he does have some starting expereince in regular defense as well. and as you say we can add Sanders and Geno. Most teams carry only four or five Safeties, so we were three past the usual definition of "depth" due to injury.
Scott,Tebuckey and Harrison provide depth. All are ex-starters and much better than having to play inexperienced players like an Andrews or Baker.
Hawkins is 30 years old, Chad Scott is 32 years old, Tebucky Jones is 32 years old. Mel Mitchell is a special teams player and James Sanders will be ahead of him on the depth chart next year at strong safety. There is no guarantee that Tebucky Jones or Mel Mitchell will be on the roster next year.
Randall Gay is a restricted free agent and it will be interesting whether the Patriots offer him a tender, considering his injury history the last two seasons.
This is the biggest offseason in recent years because (1) there are few high quality free agents, (2) most teams are well under the cap and will resign their own quality players, (3) we don't have many upper echelon players to resign, and (4) we have no obvious openings where a rookie can step in and contribute, and the back end of the roster has gotten a lot younger.
Big, big offseason coming up!
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Check my thread on the Draft Board, there's serious question about whether Meriweather is the bad guy some make him out to be.
Do you deny the leg stomping incident by Meriweather in the Miami - Florida International brawl? Do you deny that he was suspended for one game by the university for his participation in the aforementioned brawl? Do you deny the shooting incident in which Meriweather concealed a weapon in his pants? Way too many red flags for the New England Patriots organization.
Do you deny the leg stomping incident by Meriweather in the Miami - Florida International brawl? Do you deny that he was suspended for one game by the university for his participation in the aforementioned brawl? Do you deny the shooting incident in which Meriweather concealed a weapon in his pants? Way too many red flags for the New England Patriots organization.
Check the thread on the draft board. It's not clear that he's a bad guy. Maybe he is but it's not as clear cut as you're trying to make it out to be.
Check the thread on the draft board. It's not clear that he's a bad guy. Maybe he is but it's not as clear cut as you're trying to make it out to be.
Oh Please! You are rationalizing his behavior due to your own personal biases. Fortunately, that's not how the New England Patriots front office works. It's time to take off those orange colored Hurricane glasses and look elsewhere for a potential free safety in the 2007 NFL draft.
Oh Please! You are rationalizing his behavior due to your own personal biases. Fortunately, that's not how the New England Patriots front office works. It's time to take off those orange colored Hurricane glasses and look elsewhere for a potential free safety in the 2007 NFL draft.
No, I just asked the question. I don't want jerks on the team but I don't want to blindly cross guys off for mistakes if they're unlikely to be repeated.
Sounds like he made a solid impression at the Senior Bowl :
"plus Meriweather, who has seen his stok drop in part because of some non-football stuff, played with enthusiasm and appeared to emerge as a leader on the field."
Re: Huge offseason ahead...
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