mgteich

Belichick has three weeks including a bye to assess potential trades. After that, all that we an acquire are street free agents.

As has been pointed out many times, this year it is the patriots that are in need. It is the patriots that are looking to find players. A player could be at almost any position. Obviously, Belichick looks for value.

I think the most likely acquisition would be at running back. OG, DL, OLB, and CB are all possibilities.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

I think without any notable additions this team would all but giving up on this season....they need help in several areas and need it soon as we are looking up in the standings

A trade for an OLB is a must,Banta Cain is not getting to the passer...not a surprise though

RB is another or Brady might get murdered passing so often and CB is a mess

We obviously will not get trades in all those areas but we need ONE at the least and a solid vet at that

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SuperPatsFan

Realistically, depending on the position, it'll take at least 2 weeks to develop a basic familiarity with the system. Then probably another 2 to become reasonably competent. So we're looking at a minimum of 4 games after a player is acquired before he becomes effective in the system.

Ongoing development should, of course, continue indefinitely.

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Rob0729

Odds of the Pats making a trade to acquire a player are slim. I doubt the Pats make a trade. I think the defense will improve with experience (although it may never be great).

PATRIOTSFANINPA

Sure,they have the potential to improve...question is how long would that take?...more than half the season?

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QB12

I'm in the minority. I don't believe we need to add anyone to be a Super Bowl contender. What we need, however, is more consistency, across the board, and we need the offensive line to run block better. If we can run more effectively, and keep opposing defenses on their toes, we can punch our ticket to Dallas.

SuperPatsFan

The probability of the Patriots trading for a player who ends up playing more than 300 snaps throughout the remainder of the season is close to 0. This team is building for the future.

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wdkantro2

Odds of a trade are slim. Odds of trading for an RB are slimmer. BB just got rid of the only RB he ever invested anything legitimate in (other than Dillon, maybe); he's not bringing another in who doesn't know the system. Not saying I agree with that approach, but that's the truth.

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mgteich

We have Taylor, Morris, Green-Ellis and now Woodhead. What makes you think that we run better with Faulk gone? If we knew that Taylor and Morris would be at 100% and available for almost the reps for the rest of the year, then perhaps we don't need a running back. As of now, we have Green-Ellis backing up Taylor and Woodhead backing up Morris.

We could use some insurance or updrade now, actually for the second half of the season. As a bonus, perhaps we could acquire a runner that we want to keep for 2011. BTW, I suspect that at least one of Green-Ellis or Woodhead will be tendered at 1.8M next year, assuring that they stay.

sashasaurav

Does Indy have a Solid RB ?

I think Fred taylor is a lot better RB than Joseph addai .. We just need Running game to set up play action or screen's that's it ...i think Fred taylor and morris are good for it ..