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It means quite a bit to a lot of true football players.
You must have not played football because if you did you would know that it dosnt mean anything, all that matters is that you end up on the left hand side of the scorecard and eventually win it all.
So what? You know who else was a 3rd round pick? Justin Tuck. Woodley was a mid-2nd rounder. James Harrison wasn't even drafted. Just because every team passed on a guy doesn't mean that he can't be good, and doesn't even mean that multiple teams didn't like him a lot. And I only bring those names up because they're the specific guys that you keep harping on.
Are we now comparing Justin Tuck, Lamarr woodley and James Harrison to Crable, TBC, and Woods?
I'm making an educated guess based on the fact that we've already seen it fro them. Or maybe you missed the part where Seymour got 8 sacks (more than any other 3-4 d-lineman in the league), Mayo said that he's going to be rushing the passer more this year, and where Meriweather got 2 sacks in the last 4 weeks after the secondary shored up a bit. I don't know any of this for a fact, but at least I'm basing it on something.
Yeah I also missed the part where we were Very average in the Pass Rush Category. If it was as easy as you said it was why didnt we do it last year? Mayo may blitz more and so may Merriweather and then again they may not. With the additions of springs and company will it be better? I would hope so but Mayo was good in coverage last year and I dont know that he will be "tinkered" with too much.
Different scheme, different responsibilities. He has a track record as being a competent third-down pass rusher in this system. Don't know if he can replicate it this year, but he doesn't necessarily have to. We only need 1 or 2 of these ifs to come through.
If he was so "Competent" then why did we let him walk so easily?
Ok, so which is it? Brown has never seen action in an NFL game either, and Crable had a lot of success in college too. As a super-awesome extra bonus, Crable has a year of professional coaching and education in the Pats' system. And you know why you didn't see a lot from Woods last year? Because his jaw was broken. It's not anymore.
Brown had 23 sacks in his career 13.5 in his last season, He was a RS Junior.
Crable had 17 sacks in his career as a RS Senior 7 in his last season. Have you seen both play?
Obviously, none of these guys are sure things, but the fact that you're still harping on that just shows how appallingly low your reading comprehension is, since I addressed this at length in the post that you quoted. Maybe if I put it in bold you'll get it? Probably not, but it's worth a shot I guess:
every team has question marks. Even the examples that you cited had massive question marks leading into the seasons that you mentioned. Woods hasn't shown any less, from the perspective a fan, than Woodley had in 2008 pre-TC or Tuck had in 2007 pre-TC. Neither had proven that they were starters in the league, and you know why? Because it's impossible to prove anything until you're put in a position to prove it. Pierre is being put in a position to prove that he's a starter. If he can't do it, we have other guys who will get a crack at it.
If that's the biggest question mark that your team has, you're in pretty good shape. If you'd been a Pats fan before they started winning SBs, you'd understand that.