slash83

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...pers053108.htm

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mcsully

Last year LB was a concern due to age and possible lack of depth.. After going 18-1, and the drafting of two young LB (plus the addition of hobson), my concern is DB..
But a sack happy front 7 will help that back 4..

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

Good news about Crable. It sounds like they really like this kid, especially since they kept in close contact with him throughout the draft. I hope Crable can see a lot of playing time this season.

apple strudel

I think we have more depth at CB this year than last year, which would have helped last year with Hobbs so banged up. If Bryant can be 85% of Samuel, Webster plays a decent nickel, and Wheatley comes along, that's a decent secondary. And that's totally discounting Wilhite, just for argument's sake. Throw in Williams and an improving Meriweather and overall, I'd say our back 8 has improved tremendously.

bradmahn

A year older does not mean a player is worse off than the year prior...

I don't see any reason to be concerned with Adalius's age (31 in August) and Vrabel is coming off a career year, despite being the oldest he had ever been. Belichick has shown that he is not only capable of getting valuable play out of early-30s LBs, they can be play-makers and starters.

There is nothing wrong with Bruschi and Seau - in fact they can still be great assets - but the problems that arise with their age is more in that they are no longer as adept in coverage and are significantly more effective when in a rotation; they cannot be relied upon as full-time players.

The advent of age can be dulled with good depth and I feel this group of LBs has the potential to be scary deep.

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DaBruinz

Honestly, being sack happy doesn't mean a damn thing. Hurrying the QB is more important. QB hurries = more interceptions and bad throws. That equals more turnovers, more 3rd and longs and more chances for the offense to get the ball in good field position.

The Pats were 2nd in the league in sacks last year. Just remember that.

PATSNUTme

Bingo! Can't get a sack on every play but pressure can be brought on every play.

I sure do like the sacks though because that ends the play for neg yards. But I'll take good pressure all the time.

JoePats

Along those lines, I wonder how close the "hurries" standings and the "sacks" standings are. Logically you would think that they are very similar but I'm sure there are a few teams that are good at closing the play and others that aren't.

Rob0729

Wonder why this is in their whispers column since all the local media have been talking about Mayo and Hobson all last week as potential starters.

FirstAndGoal

How long until NEInsider shows up to report this?