ATippett56

Defensive tackle number one followed by safety number two.

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they sukk and are busts...we should have taken (insert any NFL player selected just before or after)...oh...and BB can't coach either...he hurt Gronk on purpose

PATRIOTSFANINPA

I think it's obvious that our starting tackles are more critical to keeping Brady safe and upright than our starting guards are.

The team doesn't skip a beat when Mankins and Connelly are out,but a game without Vollmer AND Solder would be a death sentence for Brady.

Avenger

Our backup G's are good in pass pro, lacking in run blocking.

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VrabelJr

I'm thinking a coverage Linebacker is a higher priority than a Safety at this point. Lots of middle of the field plays being given up. Spikes is below average in coverage, Mayo is average and Hightower is unknown.

manxman2601

Why complicate it? Best player available at a need position.

ctpatsfan77

To be precise, BB's vision is maximum utility: what player will help the team most, given the costs required to draft that player?

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patsfan-1982

35 million sounds like alot but Wes Welker 8+ million, Sebastian Vollmer 7+ million, Aqib Talib 7+ million.... they may not bring back welker and Talib has only played one game we will see how that plays out the rest of the season but Vollmer is a most sign,

as for Ed Reed i dont see him leveing the ravens if Ray Lewis comes back and plays one more year

SwedishPat

The tackles and Brady help each other very well. The tackles takes speed rushers and pushes them behind Brady. Brady has very good avareness and just steps up in the pocket

fester

But structure Vollmer and Talib (assuming he plays well and keeps his nose clean for the next three months) so that their first year cap hit is significantly below their average annual value but with decent guaranteed money for Vollmer, and some conditional/rolling guaranteed money for Talib, and the Pats can sign those three guys for a 2013 cap hit of $15 million without deferring too much money into the future.

I'm figuring Welker's cap hit and his AAV will be roughly the same in 2013 because he is getting up there in age/hits, and he will sooner or later go into decline, so the Pats don't want to get caught with a 10 million dollar dead cap hit when that happens.

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