Revisiting the Marcus Cannon draft pick - Page 4 - New England Patriots Forums

woolster22 · 11-30-2012, 06:49 AM

Wasn't the cop in question in street clothes (dennard), in a red state where things get handled very differently than they do here? I seem to remember many people here suggesting the whole incident was blown out of proportion and hoping BB would give the kid a shot if he fell into the mid rounds, let alone the seventh.

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***cstjohn17*** · 11-30-2012, 02:32 PM

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How can you grade based on just one start? I'd like to see Cannon get more playing time before handing out a grade. Looks like because of the injury bug, he will get his chances to shine.

Like the Cannon pick! Really wish we could have a do-over on the Dowling pick however!

My grade is based on a comparison to a typical 5th rounder, most 5th, 6th, 7th round drafts picks don't play in the NFL at all. Starting one game is a big accomplishment for a 5th rounder.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/ful...3200&type=team

2011 Cannon
2011 Lee Smith, TE
2010 Zoltan Mesko <-- HOME RUN
2009 George Bussey, T
2008 Matt Slater <-- HOME RUN
2007 Clint Oldenburg, T <-- lets not talk about that draft...
2006 Ryan O'Callaghan, T
2005 Ryan Claridge, LB
2004 P.K. Sam, WR
2003 Dan Koppen <-- GRAND SLAM
2001 Hakim Akbar

supafly · 11-30-2012, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by woolster22

Wasn't the cop in question in street clothes (dennard), in a red state where things get handled very differently than they do here? I seem to remember many people here suggesting the whole incident was blown out of proportion and hoping BB would give the kid a shot if he fell into the mid rounds, let alone the seventh.

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I believe it was blown out of proportion. Then again, any kind of assault on an officer is obviously never a good situation.

We've seen many instances with players who were threatened with long prison stays etc (most recently the Jets pick), but it never comes to a fraction of what is predicted.

Since plea bargains are offered in 80% of all criminal cases, I would imagine that Dennard will plea down to a significantly lesser charge, end up with either a suspended sentence or probation, and possibly get a small 1-2 game suspension from the league (if they have that right, which is in question due to it happening prior to him being an NFL player).

Either way, I don't imagine that it will amount to much of anything and even if he somehow had to serve a smaller jail sentence it would be handled in the offseason like we've seen before with others.

It certainly was worth the gamble in my opinion.

TheBostonStraggler · 11-30-2012, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by supafly

I believe it was blown out of proportion. Then again, any kind of assault on an officer is obviously never a good situation.

We've seen many instances with players who were threatened with long prison stays etc (most recently the Jets pick), but it never comes to a fraction of what is predicted.

Since plea bargains are offered in 80% of all criminal cases, I would imagine that Dennard will plea down to a significantly lesser charge, end up with either a suspended sentence or probation, and possibly get a small 1-2 game suspension from the league (if they have that right, which is in question due to it happening prior to him being an NFL player).

Either way, I don't imagine that it will amount to much of anything and even if he somehow had to serve a smaller jail sentence it would be handled in the offseason like we've seen before with others.

It certainly was worth the gamble in my opinion.

A 7th round pick for a guy with projected starting ability that had a single incident that appears to be blown, to some extent, out of proportion? I agree it was worth the gamble