Johnny Handsome
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I think BB and Pioli should put their personal feelings aside and trade for Moss or trade our whole draft for Calvin Johnson.
It's the only considerate thing to do.
I know I should have more faith in BB but this is too high a price to pay for this guy! I know alot of you are questioning this move but is there anyone besides me that's hoping for the Fins to match? (they won't I know)
I know I should have more faith in BB but this is too high a price to pay for this guy! I know alot of you are questioning this move but is there anyone besides me that's hoping for the Fins to match? (they won't I know)
Not your money nor mine they're spending. I think our powers that be have a reasonable track record. Let them decide.I know I should have more faith in BB but this is too high a price to pay for this guy! I know alot of you are questioning this move but is there anyone besides me that's hoping for the Fins to match? (they won't I know)
It wasn't my wish that the Pats give up a 2nd round pick for a player whose most redeeming quality (per this board) seems to be that he "plays real good against the Pats". I guess it hasn't occured to those posters that he will not be playing against the Pats defense/special teams if he joins the Pats
I know I should have more faith in BB but this is too high a price to pay for this guy! I know alot of you are questioning this move but is there anyone besides me that's hoping for the Fins to match? (they won't I know)
I don't want it to fall through.
So much so that I registered to the site just to respond to this one.
If the Patriots were to draft a receiver in the 2nd round that caught 67 passes for 687 yards next season... AND return punts and kicks (filling the old Tim Dwight/Troy Brown role), then everyone would dance in the Boston streets over it.
But there is a huge risk in drafting a WR. Look at last year's Chad Jackson selection. Jackson certainly didn't put up the above numbers.
So signing Welker, who's still very young, gives the Pats a PROVEN player, rather than a complete rookie. And one could expect that just as Caldwell and Gafney were made better by Brady, so, too, will Welker.
So that takes care of the loss of the 2nd round pick portion of the argument.
As for the salary being tossed around, take a look at the Pioli/Belichick history and you'll find example after example of fiscal responsibility. That track record should assure everyone that Welker's deal will be front-loaded, and MUST contain some poison pill clause in the contract (ie: the money is all guaranteed if Welker plays more than 5 games in Miami in a season).
So the money shouldn't be a concern... unless Belichick and Pioli have completely thrown out their past practices over a #2/#3 WR/KR/PR... and I doubt they have.
On top of that, Belichick has game-planned against Welker. He has watched him play pretty darn well against the Pats. So he's now taken one of the Dolphins' few weapons and made it his own.
And the Dolphins receive said 2nd round draft pick (bottom of the 2nd round), while New England still has 2 picks in the first 2 rounds... they just happen to fall at 24 and 28.
Not sure why all the excitement about Sammy Morris and Kyle Brady, who will be role players, but this one seems to make sense on almost every level to me.
Just my take.
When I initially heard about the deal, I thought the price of a 2nd rounder was too steep, but all you need to do is think of it this way:
We used our LATE second round pick to "draft" Wes Welker. I think that's a good draft pick. It certainly improves the team.
I know I should have more faith in BB but this is too high a price to pay for this guy! I know alot of you are questioning this move but is there anyone besides me that's hoping for the Fins to match? (they won't I know)