03-02-2007, 09:04 PM
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Re: Here's one reason Adalius may sign with the Pats...
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Originally Posted by Crazy Patriot Guy
I remember that. I was up late surfing the net when I went to projo.com. The picture on the Patriots team page had changed and though there was no article yet, the caption said that Colvin wasn't leaving until a deal was done. I instantly tried to come to the board and it was down. It was down for several days. That was rough.
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You mention projo.com, it was Tom Curran who broke the story of why Colvin would sign, and coincidentally tied into the thread I started. Here's how it went down:
On that other forum, my name was VT -- here was the thread title and content:
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Originally posted by VT
"It's obvious - BB wants Colvin..."
I remember BB saying how impressed he was with Colvin but I couldn't remember the source of his comments. Did some digging, found what I was looking for -
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Bill Belichick Press Conf. Transcript - 11/7/2002
You talk about (Brian) Urlacher but it's hard to overlook Colvin. I mean that guy is really a good fast football player. He is probably one of the smallest rushers in the league, but also one of the most effective. He has got tremendous quickness and even though he plays end in a lot of cases as well as linebacker, again this is a guy that has big time speed off the edge, pass rush ability, is very, very instinctive. People try to run plays on him, you know draws, screens, shovel passes, stuff like that, to take advantage of his up-field speed rush and they just can't get him. This guy is really good.
Colvin is just really an outstanding blitzer and pass rusher. Now he is good at everything. He is very instinctive in the running game. Even though he is not a real big man, he plays with explosion and strength. But what makes him really effective as a blitzer is he ends up being the fifth rusher, not the fourth. So you get a 3-4 team like the Steelers, well you know those linebackers are coming because they only have three down linemen. Whereas when you get a four down line team and they bring that fifth rusher and match him up on a back or a tight end or get him to come off the edge, he can be really tough to block. Now they put him down on some of their third down stuff and playing as a true defensive end. And he is very effective there too with his hand on the ground where he is just coming But when you add in the blitz element to that and make him as a fifth rusher, not the fourth, then defensively you can really create some mismatches and they do a good job of that. Urlacher, he is a different style of play. Urlacher is good, but he is a different style than Colvin. Colvin brings his own style but I think it's every bit as effective as Urlacher. He just does different things.
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Originally posted by VT
It seems rather obvious to me that a defensive mind like Belichick may secretly salivate when thinking about what he would do with a player like Colvin. I'm hoping Colvin is also aware that BB is a coach that will put him in a position to make plays -- which is exactly what all good players want.
If I were Colvin, I'd sacrifice a few $'s and accept the Pats decent offer , play for a recent Super Bowl winner that still remains competitive and be with a coach that will maximize my abilities.
It's obvious our D has some needs but Colvin represents much more than just filling a need -- he's an impact player. We all know what that can mean in terms of wins and losses.
Second and lower tier FAs only for the Pats is not written in stone -- Let's make him priority #1.
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Here's what one of the posters wrote:
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Congrats to VT who pulled out BB's November press conference in a thread yesterday. Curran used the same reference in his article. I hope VT got a thanks e-mail from TC.
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Here was Curran's response:
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Originally posted by Tom Curran
I had actually asked the Pats PR staff for the pre-Bears transcripts BEFORE VT posted every pertinent quote from them. So as you might imagine I was really excited when I saw the ballbuster post them about 14 hours before they'd be in the paper.
Twisted minds think alike.
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Hey, this was fun -- thanks for the memories. 
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