ALP

Nobody is perfect, even BB, and one of his main weaknesses as an GM is drafting wr's...

we've had TWO good WR selections since 2002, and that is SAD
dont believe me?:
Examining draft history at receiver - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

if nobody on the patriots can evaluate a college WR, then bring in someone who can, its really not that difficult

im starting to get annoyed at missing on all of these WR's, its proving to be a really BIG drawback for this team, and we CANNOT keep relying on FA for WR's

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Bertil

The jury is still out on how well the Floyd Reese influenced drafts will pan out. I like the results so far, but we're only two years in. Safety and wide receiver will no doubt be addressed in the 2012 draft. Of course, I could be sorely mistaken.

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TriplecHamp

The Giants seem to be churning out WR. Steve smith Pre injury, Hakeem Nicks, Mario Manningham, Victor Cruz and they have a couple of other guys who are up and coming. It seems like the Pats look for gold in the second and third and come up short more times than not but most teams do. WR has a low success rate in the first and it only gets lower. Get em early.

andrewgarrr

Most teams fail at drafting WRs.

Correction: most teams' draft picks fail.

PATSYLICIOUS

Honestly wish we wouldn't even draft RB/WR/DB anymore. Our best successes have always come through FA/trades at those positions.

LB/OL/DL/TE we haven't been perfect but the success rate is probably alot higher compared to most teams.

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MoLewisrocks

Floyd Reese influence on the draft hasn't been felt yet because he doesn't have any... He's the contract negotiator. Caserio is the director of player personnel. He is responsible for the college and pro scounting departments... The guy he replaced, Pioli, is the GM in KC these days... And the guy who used to handle college scouting under him is the GM in Atlanta these days. We didn't successfully draft WR's on their watch either beyond in 2002...

Just because a WR makes it somewhere else isn't remotely indicative of whether or not he will make it here. Branch is the inverse of that equation...

It's beyond difficult to scout for skill position players for this offense because no college plays one that remotely resembles it...

PATRIOTSFANINPA

OLB is just as bad,if not worse in Belichick's draft decision making

WR and OLB are areas that,if we had taken the right players,might have meant at least 1 or 2 more SB wins by now.

You simply can't rely on aged FAs in these areas ever year.

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Sciz

Knee-jerk reaction much?

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ALP

must have missed the link

if 9 years is knee-jerk, I'd love to see what patience is for you

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scott99

I think the whole draft process employed by BB may have to be overhauled. Except for the Mankins pick in 2005, Mayo pick in 2008, Mccourty, Gronkowski and Hernandez picks in 2010, and maybe the Solder pick this year, the drafting has been anywhere from disappointing to brutal.

It's obvious that maybe the quantity over quality draft process that BB uses obviously is not successful.