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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.From the CHFF article, interesting perspective:
For the record:
- The Patriots went 10-6 last year with Branch and scored 23.7 PPG.
- The Patriots went 12-4 this year without Branch and scored 24.1 PPG.
- The Seahawks went 13-3 last year without Branch and scored 28.2 PPG.
- The Seahawks went 9-7 this year with Branch and scored 20.9 PPG.
we so far seem to have gotten the better of the deal, but lets see what our 1st rounder from seattle turns out to be. The article is fairly decent but the stat stories tell only one side. Alexander and Hasselbeck missed some decent time, so its no suprise they barley got into the playoffs. Also how many more times does Brady have to air a ball 30+ yards to only see it go through gaffney or jacksons hands, branch would have caught each one of those. At any rate seattle is crazy for taking another WR & putting that much stock into it, they already had a decent core.
two words: bull sht
for the last time: it's not that Branch was an elite talent or was worth whatever he made from Seattle.
His value to THE PATRIOTS -- and the reason he was worth a premium to THE PATRIOTS -- was the RAPPORT and CHEMISTRY between him and the QB.
Bottom line is we could've afforded him if we'd simply called his agent down to Gillette and locked him in a room until we got a deal done. letting him shop around was amazingly ******ed.
anyone -- and I like Kerry and the CHFF guys -- but I mean anyone, who doesn't think we did NOT want to keep Branch and had it all planned out like this, is simply clueless.
If you don't realize we'd be:
A: unstoppable
B: coming off a bye week
C: hosting a game this week
D: on our way to a 4th SB
then you're delusional.
Not saying we're doomed as we stand...we have a shot.
But you can't put a price on a championship and IMO, Branch is worth way more THIS YEAR on OUR OFFENSE than he is to anyone else.
The Chargers are going to score next week.
Our offense has to win the game.
Next week, we're asking Tom to take a guy who was 3rd string in SD and a guy who was in the past year, cut by HOUSTON and cut by Philly after a poor training camp...let's be honest here, REJECTS -- the worst WR corps in football...and to somehow hang with one of the most scary offenses I've ever seen, an offense that can score whatever it needs to -- no matter how far behind they are....and against a defense that doesn't give receivers any time to separate.
If things break our way who knows...you just have to wonder how much easier it all would've been.
it's now time to move on...spinning the numbers doesn't change the fact that it's a far steeper climb right now without DB...can this offense play at a high level for the next 3 games against playoff caliber defenses? No matter what DB does in Seattle, that remains the ultimate question for the Patriots.
Nobody is pulling harder for this team than I am...you have to understand how difficult it is to do what they're doing right now...this is essentially a rebuilding year (to some extent every year is a rebuilding year for our team).
I'm too damn proud of them to pretend they're not disadvantaged...that's probably the best way I can put it.
Next week, we're asking Tom to take a guy who was 3rd string in SD and a guy who was in the past year, cut by HOUSTON and cut by Philly after a poor training camp...let's be honest here, REJECTS -- the worst WR corps in football...and to somehow hang with one of the most scary offenses I've ever seen, an offense that can score whatever it needs to -- no matter how far behind they are....and against a defense that doesn't give receivers any time to separate.
If things break our way who knows...you just have to wonder how much easier it all would've been.
Good rationale. If you disgree then you are wrong.two words: bull sht
for the last time: ... ... ...
anyone, who doesn't ... is simply clueless.
If you don't realize ... then you're delusional.
:agree: You got this right on head of a nail....It is the scheme and Tom Brady makes the reciever core....Gaffeny and Caldwell are good recievers......GO PATS!!!:rocker:I always wonder... if Branch had been drafted by the Texans, would have ever become anything more than a role player :agree: slot receiver? He might have been just like Jabar Gaffney. He looks like it now. The only reason he was ever a star was because he was on the receiving end of a career game in front of a national audience.
It's not just Branch. Look what happened to Givens. He got a payday from the Titans. Has he transformed their team? Has Patten transformed the Redskins?
Honestly, by this point in the season, I think Gaffney and Caldwell look and play a lot like Branch and Givens, respectively, in the scheme. So, is it really the receivers, at all?
Or maybe is it the scheme and the future HOF QB that's throwing the ball?
Or is it the Front Office that just knows how to find players they can work with... in the draft, off the street-- wherever?