Re: Pats release Greg Lewis, claim UDFA S Bret Lockett (Jets, Browns)
Cool! A chance for more people to b!tch about Belichick blowing a vital draft pick (in a crappy draft class)!
Like me? Then let's go...
Once again, I was right, and Bill - once again - was wrong.
First Alex Smith, now Greg Lewis: swindled for 2 potentially valuable 5th-round picks which could've been used to acquire actual talent at positions of real need. Instead, they were wasted on 2 dime-a-dozen JAGs who could've been signed for free, and for less, as soon as they cleared waivers after they would've been released by their former employers. I fear that the same fate may befall us with Derrick Burgess, too.
If Bill wanted another TE for TC, then he should've drafted Ben Patrick with one of his end-of-6th-round picks in the '07 draft, or signed somebody younger than the prehistoric Kyle Brady that same year. I mean, he already had Baker, Watson, Thomas & DeVree, so all he needed was one more body anyway; and what he needed then, as we all know now, was a blocking TE - not another pass-catcher.
As for Lewis, he would've been released by the Eagles as soon as its draft picks started signing and the TC roster became set at 80. People here in Philly were literally laughing at us for giving them anything at all for this slow, slight JAG.
Something is def. amiss in the Pats' pro personnel dept. Whether it's a brain drain that hasn't been replenished, or a lack of fresh input, or a surfeit of yes-men, Bill - and Bob & Jonathan - need to stop this bleeding of assets.