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patsgo · 05-01-2007, 09:25 PM

private recap for club members

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stressed m erriweather was best the best cover safety in the draft very physical, can play corner

2)was surprised Kareem Brown was available at 4

3)Rogers will play linebacker

4)Richardson was a surprise at 6 can play corner or safety good depth

5)lua was his sleeper pick compared him to cassell

6)all the o lineman are developmental type players

stinkypete · 05-01-2007, 09:42 PM

I love the Lua pick. He looks the part to me. I know that Claridge, Mincey and, to an extent, Kleko have been busts, but Lua looks the part. I think he will be a major part in this defense a few years from now.

Pats726 · 05-01-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by patsgo

private recap for club members

1)
stressed m erriweather was best the best cover safety in the draft very physical, can play corner

2)was surprised Kareem Brown was available at 4

3)Rogers will play linebacker

4)Richardson was a surprise at 6 can play corner or safety good depth

5)lua was his sleeper pick compared him to cassell

6)all the o lineman are developmental type players

Was Hairston memtioned at all?? Interesting to hear about him....

zippo59 · 05-01-2007, 09:56 PM

With Meriweather we finally have a center fielder type safety which we have been lacking the last two years. He can lay the wood too.

patsgo · 05-01-2007, 09:56 PM

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Was Hairston memtioned at all?? Interesting to hear about him....

was mostly joking around that he was from his alma mater, mentioned he played at rutgers not much else

patsgo · 05-01-2007, 10:00 PM

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With Meriweather we finally have a center fielder type safety which we have been lacking the last two years. He can lay the wood too.

both pioli and dimitroff the director of college scouting stressed his ability to blitz

zippo59 · 05-01-2007, 10:04 PM

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both pioli and dimitroff the director of college scouting stressed his ability to blitz

He can absolutely play in the box as well. He is very physical and loves to hit, But I am looking forward the most to seeing him cover the middle of the field from the likes of Dallas Clark etc. He is a very well rounded safety.

***BelichickFan*** · 05-01-2007, 10:16 PM

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both pioli and dimitroff the director of college scouting stressed his ability to blitz

We really miss Rodney's blitzing when he's out, it'll be good to have another good blitzing Safety.

SeanBruschi54 · 05-01-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by patsgo

private recap for club members

1)
stressed m erriweather was best the best cover safety in the draft very physical, can play corner

2)was surprised Kareem Brown was available at 4

3)Rogers will play linebacker

4)Richardson was a surprise at 6 can play corner or safety good depth

5)lua was his sleeper pick compared him to cassell

6)all the o lineman are developmental type players

O man i didnt even know about this. Dammit.

Cool work and thanks.

Anything else of interesting info?

Did he go into detail about any of the players you just mentioned?

Will Rogers play ROLB or LOLB? Project guy? Strengths weaknesses and how they view him?

Richardson i know is a project CB but would love more info.

In what way did he compare Lua to Cassel? In the terms of great player not being able to start because of even better play in front of him?

Why was he surprised Kareem was there at 4? He was a BOOM or Bust type player. Round 4 seems about right.

pats63 · 05-02-2007, 02:08 AM

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With Meriweather we finally have a center fielder type safety which we have been lacking the last two years. He can lay the wood too.

I saw the senior bowl and I thought Merriweather was the best safety playing...