JimmyCrackCorn

The NE Awesomes are having a remarkable year.

What will they look like in years to come? It's well documented that this is an OLD team. Adding another year is going to make them older, not more experienced. Moss will be gone after this year. You are short one of your two 1st round draft picks next year.

I'm not saying NE will stink next year, but could this be the peak? Is the window closing? Last chance? As if there weren't enough pressure this year

jman924

Don't worry, buddy. The Pats will continue to own your steelers far into the future.

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Kevin Faulk supporter.
Woo-hoo! Second Team baby!

QuiGon

What makes you so sure of that?
So in otherwords they'll have exactly as many 1st rounders this year as almost every other team in the League.
Well, this year could indeed be the peak but they are so overwhelmingly dominant that they will certainly remain a contender (and probably the favorite) for next year and going forward.

People like you have been saying "This is it for the Pats" to us for 7 years running now. As long as Tom Brady is QB, they will be among the league's elite.

JimmyCrackCorn

That's the difference. Without Brady, you are far from elite. You may not even be a contender. Take away Ben and we keep on truckin. That's why the Steelers have been winning football games for the last 35 years.

everlong

Pitt Key players 30+

Fanaca 31
Farrior 32
Haggins 30
Hampton 30
Smith 30
Townsend 32
Ward 31

Seau, Harrison, Bruschi, Colvin(30), AD(30) and Moss(30) are our key players who are 30+. Brady is 30 as well but QBs can to well into their late 30's.

So you have as much age as we do.

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Fixit

And that's why Roethlisberger is crazy overrated.

JimmyCrackCorn

To be direct. That simply isn't true. You have half a dozen players older than the steeler's oldest player and most of those players play either DB or LB. This is not an old man's position.

Fanaca 31 - He is gone after this year
Farrior 32 - His replacement was drafted last year Round 1
Haggins 30 - He is gone after this year and his replacement was drafted round 2
Hampton 30 - He plays NT!
Smith 30 - He plays OT!
Townsend 32 - We are deep CB and have a couple guys capable of playing for him today
Ward 31 - Possession receiver who's game can last another 3-5 years

These guys are all just a step over 30. You have many guys in mid-30's and a sea of players after that in same age range as the guys you post above. The Steelers always maintain a nice mix of vets and youth. Its well documented that the Steelers cut guys loose as they get old.

SteelerSteve

Yeah, free agency is not how to build long term success. The draft is, and when you look at it, what the Pats did in free agency is going to help them this season, and maybe next year. It seems to me that they are building up for a final run before they start going downhill and into a rebuilding phase.

jman924

I know! Everyone said the same thing in 2003, and 2004, and 2005...

I forget.
Is this the year the Patriots crumble?

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Woo-hoo! Second Team baby!

SteelerSteve

Obviously not this year, they are on a roll right now. Having said that, spending gobs of money on high profile players may be good for short term success, but whats going to happen whats those players are over the hill a gew years after you sign them?