Fantasic4x50x54x59x55

first and foremost, Thanks for the blood,sweat and tears corey...

now...

What do you do? Corey leaving is a bigger problem than I think most people care to acknowledge as great and faulk is, and how great maroneys upside is... Dillion was still our premeire back. Wonder if F.O/Coaching saw this coming which would explain why maroney was used in power running situations..hmmm

secondly, I'd like to wish Chad Jackson a speedy recovery..luckily our team is jam packed with players who have had serious injuries in critical times..so i expect Chad Jackson will have alot of comfort in that sense..

do you throw RB/WR into a must draft/sign to the top or near the top of your needs list..or do you leave it as is..explain your reasoning!

SoonerPatriot

At some point, we need to see what we've got with Maroney, if he truly can carry the load. I think he can. I'm grateful to Corey for his toughness and what he contributed these last few years. But there's a certain excitement in picking his replacement in the draft, which is what I hope happens. Who knows, we may find someone better than Dillon AND Maroney. Stranger things have happened.

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Fantasic4x50x54x59x55

Good points..

Anyone know whats up with Greg Jones from Jacksonville?

signbabybrady

Yes they saw it coming they drafted maroney in the first round last year. Even more neither of them were really used in specific situations as they mainly alternated series.

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ChoWZa

I agree.

I think we let Maroney be the featured back of NE, let him know you have confidence in him. Let him get more carries to get some consistency. I still feel a lot of Maroney's problems last season were due to lack of carries. I know you have to earn your field time but backs need to develop consistency and work out loose ends. Dillon was/is a great back and was just what the Patriots needed but I don't think you need a 6million dollar RB in the Patriots system, they did win 2 SB's with Antwain Smith, after all.

shirtsleeve

The WR thing has been beaten to death. I think Maroney is supposed to be Dillons replacement. But I wouldn't mind signing Pass if the money is right. I have also called elsewhere to sign Leonard if he goes in the third. Not worth a higher pick to me.

patsgo

every year there is transistion, in football your real lucky to get qaulity production in your 30's ther are exceptions, rice, seau, brown,matthews, but not the norm. the pats are going through changes like every team and they have weathered the storm pretty good. im confident im bb and pioli they will reload, wiyh the draft and free agency, and they will be in a position to COMPETE FOE A CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH IS THEIR GOAL EVERY YEAR

Jimke

Corey Dillon was starting to slip but the Pats will miss his ability

for punching in a touchdown from up close. I don't think Heath Evans

has this ability.

iguide

To me there is no place on the team for Pass. Any player that drops the ball while reaching to grab an injury,(hamstring) does not belong nor deserve to be on the Pats! IMHO.

captain stone

I agree. Re-sign Evans, sign a vet FB (there are a lot available), teach Mills the FB position, and tell Pass to go play with the jest.

Instead of drafting a power back of the future with a first-day pick (all of which should be used on LBs and DBs), I would use a 2nd-day pick, sign a UDFA or two, and sign at least one vet FA before the draft. This way, if Maroney's not ready for prime time, then an Antoine Smith-type can help carry the load.

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