Mack Herron

kdels62

Jeez and you guys are critical of Jets fans' love of Revis.

McCourty is awesome though. I wanted Wilson but that thought that he'd be long gone and that McCourty would be a Jet. I was wrong and so far McCourty is showing he should've been the one I wanted.

Bella*chick

What a great article, I was a little stunned at the Samuel/Law rookie season comparison. There really IS no comparison.

McCourty is really special.

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chupa

Revis didn't "struggle" his rookie year. He was incredibly solid and consistent, he was the teams #1 corner from week 1 even though he missed most of training camp. In his second year he was already the teams best player, he was an under the radar name, but those who watched the team closely knew he was a top 5 CB at that time.

Saying that McCourty is a more advanced "career" path than Revis is ridiculous. You can't assume that players will improve exponentially every year.

hell, the pats, perhaps more than any other team, have seen young players make immediate impacts only to fizzle off/reach their peak early. Mayo and Merriweather are perfect examples of this.

Rob0729

Mayo is having a career year and only fell off last year because of injuries last year (he partially tore his MCL). The guy is having a Pro Bowl caliber season. Meriweather had a horrible rookie season and last year (which was his third or possibly this year) was/is his best year.

I do agree though that it too early to assume that McCourty is going to be an elite CB or have a Revis or better career path, but he is looking like he would be one.

ctpatsfan77

WTG. Not one, but TWO, bad examples that miss the point.

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Rob0729

You got to the Jets board and they will tell you how mediocre Mayo is and his leading the league in tackles is only because the Pats' defense is on the field so long. They kinda imply that he would have something like 50 tackles if the Pats' defense wasn't on the field so much. I think chupa is one of those Jets fans.

Also, in terms of McCourty, many of them think he sucks too. Those Jets fans say most of his INTs were gifts and that since the Pats give up a lot of points, it is McCourty's fault (as if there are not 10 other guys on the field with him on defense).

When I said that Mayo was Pro Bowl caliber and that McCourty is on his way to that level, they just mocked me as if there couldn't be a Pro Bowl player on the Pats' defense.

kdels62

It's embarrassing when I'm a Jets fan and other Jets fans say really dumb things.

Meriweather was pretty much a bust to the casual eye until two seasons ago. Mayo had a good rookie year, an injured second year and an under the radar third so far. Very similar to David Harris actually.

As for the Revis thing. He was awesome his rookie year and after his second year he was a top 5 CB and the best in his 3rd year. McCourty has shown awesome ability and I hope that Wilson catches him sooner rather than later.

chupa

Mayo is an Excellent above average player. However, after his rookie year patriot fans were anointing him the next ray lewis. He has not improved dramatically from his great rookie year. You can say he was hampered by injuries all you want, but you are PROJECTING rookies to all pro players. Using the logic in the article, Mayo should be the best LB in the league. He is in his third year after all, and that is when Revis supposedly took the big leap. McCourty could pull a hammy next year, and then be above average again his third year.

Meriweather struggled early in the year (didn't he lose his starting duties?) and has not shown significant improvement after being hyped early in his career.

McCourty plays in a very safe zone scheme and alghough he is the #1 corner, he plays in the 31st ranked secondary in the league.

drew4008

Something I find interesting is that Monson, the CB analyst used in the article, says that Brandon Flowers of KC is the 2nd best corner in the league. I don't really follow KC that much (on the defensive side of the ball at least), so this is news to me. Is he really that good?

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