PATRIOTSFANINPA

Looking back at the draft a week later I was wondering...If the Bengals had gone another way,Do the Pats stay put and take Gresham at #22 and thereby changing the whole picture of the first round including the move for McCourtny,possibly affecting Denver's move for Tebow and Dallas's move for Bryant and maybe changing the whole bottom of the first round and possibly changing the second round a bit?

I think the Pats had Gresham set as thier first round pick since he was the preimier TE, but when Cincy opted for Jermaine instead of Bryant or any other player, I think the Pats were willing to drop down and let the draft take its course since they knew no other TE would likely be picked for a while.

What do you think?

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apple strudel

Personally I think we were targeting Alualu or Mathews at 22, but it's possible we were targeting Gresham. If we were we didn't want him too badly because everybody knew the Bengals would take him based on their needs, so we only would have needed to trade up a little to get him.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

The Bengals were said to have been interested in a few guys like Mathews and Bryant among Gresham of course,I really don't know if NE was zeroing in on Gresham and hoping he would fall or maybe they weren't,I do think NE was definately going to take 2 TEs in the draft no matter how or where they got them.

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midwestpatsfan

I am thinking no, and I say this because of BB talking about Gronks ability to be a good blocker, which Greshaim is not. I think BB likes the thought of Gronk to be a blocker first and a reciever second. Probably not what us fans want to hear, but that way Gronk is on the field on every down rather than just on passing plays. He has more versatility in that capacity.

SeauOUCH

The Pats were not targeting Gresham in the 1st round, they were targeting McCourty & Pouncey.

I bet BB would of taken Gronk in the 2nd with Gresham still on the board.

WhiZa

Where did you hear Pouncey's name? That's the first I hear the Pats were interested

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SeauOUCH

A regular poster on a different board with an inside source ( he's made lots of credible posts in the past ) posted just before the draft that Pouncey & McCourty were the 2 guys the Pats were targeting in the 1st round.

Considering he was right again ( & nobody had McCourty on the radar ) I chose to believe him.

Mark Morse

Gresham was not on their Board! His agent is Tom Condon and BB refuses to draft anyone that has Condon as his agent. This stems from the Ben Watson holdout. Watson had to fire Condon to get into camp!

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eagle eye

BB said in his press conference that McCourty would be his pick at 22 and the only reason he traded down was because he was comfortable that the teams then picking ahead of him both times he traded were not taking a CB.

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bakes781

I beleive that.

1st I don't think the drop off from Gresham to Gronk is much at all. In my mocks I had Gronk ahead of Gresham. I think the higher ceiling is clearly in Gronk's favor.

Just about every prospect from Florida was a target so Pouncey would be no different. His versatility would certainly appeal to BB.

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