Not sure why you are down about it, this team has been getting better not worse. And while they have a decent number of free agents of their own to deal with there is an unprecedented number of players on the market and they are in a good position for free agency and the draft. They may not get our binkies but they always seem to improve the team, especially in free agent settings like this, where they do the better job scouting all of them than their opponents; much like UDFA.
I have no idea where they are going with their plans this offseason but i really think they will be a better team come August than they were last season, and the opportunity to start getting that done starts now.
Where are you getting this idea that they are getting better?!?
The Pats seemed great going into the 2011 season. Chung and
Meriweather with
Sanders as a fantastic backup. McCourty and
Bodden as starters along with Arrington as another great backup. Wilfork,
Warren and Wright/Brace/Deaderick as a solid line. Not to mention
Haynesworth and Ochocinco, who were both low risk experiments, BOTH which did eventually FAIL. Then BB decided to sign every OLD DE out there, Anderson and Carter to name a few, both of which did help a minuscule amount. Carter got 3 or 4 sacks against the Jets, which really padded his stats. The offense was without a true number one receiver which obviously made it hard to win the games they lost.
The players bolded are no longer with the team.
Now its one thing to get rid of talent while you have a younger guy their to succeed him, its an entirely different thing to get rid of talent and bring in another random player and think that player will do just as good if not better. The defense was terrible because of one thing, a pass rush. Yet BB for some reason continues to address it as if it will fix itself. BB has already proven enough to me and any
real TRUE Patriots fan, especially after last year. So honestly I am in no position to say anything, much like 98% others on this board. (Other than opinion)
At the end of the day, it's Belichick vs Belichick out there. If he wants to cut talented starters in hopes that their backups or newly acquired FA's will succeed there positions, he gets to deal with the consequences.
If he does not want to get a #1 WR or a top LB/DE then he has to deal with working that much harder to make sure the guys making chump change out their are in the right position to make a play, and even when they completely mess up, it's on him.
