Pats select OLB Shawn Crable with 78th overall pick - Page 4 - New England Patriots Forums

JoeSixPat · 04-27-2008, 05:45 PM

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From Reiss' Pieces:

When the Patriots were on the clock with their first selection of the third round, 69th overall, they had settled on their draft choice. A team official phoned Michigan linebacker Shawn Crable and the connection was made. As Crable was about to be informed of the pick, the phone in the Patriots' draft room rang. It was the Chargers, wondering if the 69th pick might be for sale -- in exchange for a 2009 second-rounder and a 2008 fifth-rounder. The Patriots quickly processed the information and told Crable they were still interested in him and hoped he might be available with their next third-round pick (No. 78), but something had come up with a trade. They wished him well, wondering if they'd be speaking again. Nine picks later, the Patriots rang Crable's phone again -- this time to pick him officially.

Always nice when a plan comes together!

unoriginal · 04-27-2008, 05:50 PM

Sounds like the Pats will have to compensate Crable for quite a few Anytime minutes.

fair catch fryar · 04-27-2008, 08:46 PM

Crable rhymes with Vrabel. Coincidence....I think not.

If Bill Belichick thinks he'll be a good LB, then I think he'll be a good LB. Pass the kool-aid.

***Terry Glenn is a cowgirl*** · 04-27-2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fair catch fryar

Crable rhymes with Vrabel. Coincidence....I think not.

If Bill Belichick thinks he'll be a good LB, then I think he'll be a good LB. Pass the kool-aid.

Kinda cool...

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 07-28-2010, 06:06 PM

BUMP:

So many high hopes - so much dissapointment

captain stone · 07-28-2010, 08:24 PM

I didn't like the pick then, and I obviously don't like it now.

Cliff Avril should've been the choice then, and obviously should've been the choice now.

Chicken Legs = another bad pick in another bad draft by Bill.

reamer · 07-28-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by captain stone

I didn't like the pick then, and I obviously don't like it now.

Cliff Avril should've been the choice then, and obviously should've been the choice now.

Chicken Legs = another bad pick in another bad draft by Bill.

I don't always find myself in agreement with you, but here I agree 100%. I wanted Avril as well, for a whole variety of reasons, and was upset when we took Wheatley and then Crable. I kept rooting for them, hoping they'd prove me wrong, but in the end it looks like we wasted both of our third rounders, as well as our picks in the second, fifth, and sixth rounds. Mildly depressing.

***patchick*** · 07-28-2010, 11:07 PM

To keep myself honest, I just searched to find what I said about Crable back when he was drafted. Sure enough, I wasn't high on the pick at all.

I would feel all smug and knowing about that, except that in the same post where I expressed my doubts about Crable I talked about how much I liked the O'Connell pick.

MaineMan · 07-28-2010, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by captain stone

I didn't like the pick then, and I obviously don't like it now.

Cliff Avril should've been the choice then, and obviously should've been the choice now.

Chicken Legs = another bad pick in another bad draft by Bill.

Ya gotta remember, 2008 was the last Pats draft in which Pioli and Dimitroff were involved. Pretty interesting how the two drafts since they left have been more productive so far. Of course, Atlanta's last two drafts, with Dimitroff as GM, have been pretty decent. The Chiefs? Not so much.

The point being that BB doesn't deserve all the blame for previous poor drafts (and he probably doesn't deserve 100% of the credit for the past two, either).

captain stone · 07-29-2010, 08:09 PM

Wasn't Dimitroff hired as Atlanta's GM after the '07 season?

And just as I'm not letting Bill off the hook for not fixing the RB problem (in the Harvey Unger thread), I'm not letting him off the hook for the lousy drafts of '04, '06, '07 & '08 either. Pioli (& Dimitroff) may have been giving him bad advice, but Bill still had the final word. Besides, neither Pioli nor Dimitroff suggested to Bill that he draft Ron Brace instead of Connor Barwin.