The_Riddler

Hard to believe that BB passed on this guy not once, but twice and could have literally stolen him at the top of round two. I went nuts on draft day when he by passed him (twice) and I still shake my head on what he didn't see in this guy.

First game starting for the Bengals (8 tackles, 4 solo - and will get better week after week), a play making blitzer that would have fit perfectly in our defense with Mayo. Now look at our LB situation ? A real head scratcher back in April.

sieglo

Who the **** posts this thread after last night's game?

JackBauer

Just because he fits on the Bengals doesn't mean he's a good fit in the Patriot's system.

How freakin' hard a concept is this for people to understand? Did you even watch the game, or are you just looking at the stat line?

letekro

Because he likes Mayo and Guyton? We needed depth at LB and S, we went with Chung. If Sanders had gone down and we had Malauga you'd be complaining that we didn't have any S depth. Riddle me this....

rsd

He drafted an ILB (McKenzie) in the 3rd. Unfortunately he is on IR. Nothing you can do about that.

mayoclinic

Thank God for someone with common sense.

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DarrylS

Every player does not fit our system, do not know a lot about him regarding his ability to grasp our system.. but our O and D configurations require a very high level of intelligence.. BB has a specific size in mind when he drafts for the positions of the front 7.

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patsox23

Not only that, but the word was that BB and the gang considered McKenzie comparable to Maualuga and get better value drafting him later. Unfortunately, he got hurt.

DaBruinz

Why do people keep saying this? Who cares what Maualuga did for the Bengals? I don't. He's a free lancer. He has trouble digesting the play-books.

To say that he'd fit "perfectly" is such a crock and shows a lack of knowledge about the player in question and the defense you want to insert him into.

mgteich

1) All players who play for other teams are really not much good, and wouldn't do well for us.

2) McGowan is much better able to start than Chung, so the comment about an injury to a safety is not very relevant.

3) I too would have preferred an ILB to Chung. In the end, I guess If Mayo or Guyton were to be injured, we'd see Thomas move inside. Note that we don't know whether McKenzie will play inside. He is an OLB after all.

4) Maualuga is dumber than dirt and would not be able to understand the complex system that the patriots run.