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24New EnglandBrandon Meriweather - S25CarolinaJon Beason - OLB26DallasAnthony Spencer - DE27New OrleansRobert Meachem - WR28San FranciscoJoe Staley - OT29BaltimoreBen Grubbs - OG30San DiegoCraig Davis - WR31ChicagoGreg Olsen - TE32IndianapolisAnthony Gonzalez - WR

slash83

Im not sure id trade Meriweather for any of those players only cause I havent seen enough of him yet, im sure thats going to change next season. If I didnt have any faith that he could become a really good saftey id give him up for Beason quick, but I like what I seen from him late in the season, just needs to hold on to the damn ball....

ALP

the only player that i would even consider would be beason...but hes too small for our scheme...so nope, meriweather was fine

i just hope we had used the second 1 pick

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Hell, I'll go into the 2nd round and take David Harris instead of Merriweather right now.

Mangold74

Harris should have been the pick. I still don't understand why they didn't take him.

cstjohn17

I would take Spencer, LaMarr Woodley, Staley, Weddle before Merriweather. But most of all David Harris.

sebman2112

Really, it's a stupid question, and for a few different reasons.

1) We don't actually know how good of a Pro Meriweather will eventually develop into. He could develop into one of the top 2-4 FS's in the league, or just a good starter. I think he'll eventually be mentioned as a top 3-5 FS, but I obviously don't have a crystal ball...

2) Some of the players who put up better rookie numbers could go into a slump, and their rookie season ends up being their best as a pro. Injuries have also derailed a number of promising careers.

3) The Patriots could have selected any number of the players who went after Meriweather, if they truly wanted one of them. David Harris is a good example, as the Patriots could have selected him at 28th overall, and had both Meriweather and Harris on the roster. The rumor circulating the day before the draft had NE selecting him too, but they obviously didn't see the value. Remember, at the time their trade with the 49ers looked like a discount in San Fran's favor, but they stunk it up in 2007, and NE turned that 4th into Randy Moss, so everyone forgets NE (at the time) took a discount to trade out of the pick.

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Seels

Saying it now: Meriweather will be a top 5 safety in this league within 2 years. I wouldn't trade him for anyone, and really the only player that's anything to brag about after him in the first round was Beason.

DaBruinz

Why would you take Harris? Because he got a lot of tackles playing in a garbage defense? Sorry, thats a pretty poor excuse.

sebman2112

Yea, it seems a lot of Patriots fans are forgetting a number of those tackles came 10 yards plus downfield, too. I'd like to have David Harris on the Patriots roster, but not at the expense of dropping Meriweather. Also, they would need to draft a Safety in the first two rounds this year, and last year was the stronger Safety crop. Also, that Safety wouldn't have Meriweather's year of experience in the system.

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