Why can't you just admit your wrong? The author clearly separates the positions and evaluates them based on depth and production. We are one of the worst team @ wr CURRENTLY and if none of our rookies step up we will be the same playoff failing offence as in years past. Until one of our rookies threatens a defense deep we will continue to see safeties creeping up and taking away the middle because Amendola is a lesser Welker and the welker/gronk/hernadez offence fails in the playoffs.
" Ofcourse, the MiG-25 can't turn inside an F-4...it can't turn inside of anything.....It's not suppose to dogfight!!!!!"- MIG Pilot- the story of Victor Belenko.
Granted, basic comprehension most likely never been an emphasized or developed skill; however it does beg to question why the phrase.... "you are making the same mistake as the author" can't quite seem to register?
Since dumbing this down is impossible....the analogy route might be more fruitful.
Please note the quote above.
This is from the book about Victor Belenko, a MiG-25 who defected in 1976 with the highly prized and secretive MiG-25 Foxbot.
In the 60's and 70's, this aircraft was the most feared plane in the Soviet arnsenal because the very limited data on the aircraft made the plane frightening through western eyes.
When the MiG-25 was actually examined, the opinion was completely reversed and the aircraft was mockedafter going through the western evaluation process.
In the 1950's/60's American fighter aircraft philosphy emphasized a jack of all trades approach..fighter, bomber, high altitude interceptor...ect.
The MiG-25 was conceived under different circumstances. At the time, the Soviets were facing the propect of high altitude bombers. They needed to get a plane in the air that can shoot down these planes and they needed it quickly and cheaply........that became the MiG-25.
The initial reaction was to evaluate the airctraft through American eyes and the aircraft could never satisfy those demands.
Rumour even has it that some idiot on the evaluation team was emphasizing " allowing safeties to creep up".
Much later, Air Force dispensed with their standard evaluation process and actually evaluated the airctaft under the idea that it should be evaluated under what the Soviets were actually trying to accomplish.
Under this scenario, the ranifications were frightening because the Soviets developed an aircraft that fulfilled a crucial military objective in very short time and a little cost.
This would have been impossible in the US military establishment.
What's the analogy?
The author, the other guy and the rest of the clown car is using a standard evaluation method. It's most likely OK for the other 31 teams.
Your New England Patroits evaluate WR's differently because the emphasis of the offense are two TE's named Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernadez.
Do the current group compare favorably? Who cares?
Where they need to be judged is by what their roll will be in a New England Patriots offense that is unique in the league.
