How did GB and Indy do when their qb's went down?
BB makes plenty of mistakes but make no mistake about it he brings in premium talent whether it be Mankins, Moss, Welker, Mayo, McCourty, Gronk, Talib, Revis and possibly Jones and/or Solder if either one can make a small leap this year.
The Patriots have drafted 54 players since 2008, 31 of them are no longer on the roster, for those of you playing at home that is 57% of the players selected. I labeled Vereen, Ridley, Collins, and Slater as a starter (despite that not really being the case) which gives us 13 starters that came out of the draft since 2008, that is 24% of our picks.
- Jamie Collins-Starter
- Aaron Dobson-Starter
- Logan Ryan-2nd string
- Duron Harmon-2nd string
- Josh Boyce-3rd string
- Michael Buchanan-3rd string
- Steve Beauharnais-3rd string
- Chandler Jones-Starter
- Dont'a Hightower-Starter
- Tavon Wilson-3rd string
- Jake Bequette-3rd string
- Nate Ebner-3rd string
- Alfonzo Dennard-Starter
- Jeremy Ebert-Not on roster
- Nate Solder-Starter
- Ras-I Dowling-Not on roster
- Shane Vereen-Starter
- Stevan Ridley-Starter
- Ryan Mallett-2nd string
- Marcus Cannon-2nd string
- Lee Smith-Not on roster
- Markell Carter-Not on roster
- Malcolm Williams-Not on roster
- Devin McCourty-Starter
- Rob Gronkowski-Starter
- Jermaine Cunningham-Not on roster
- Brandon Spikes-Not on roster
- Taylor Price-Not on roster
- Aaron Hernandez-Not on roster
- Zoltan Mesko-Not on roster
- Ted Larsen-Not on roster
- Thomas Welch-Not on roster
- Brandon Deaderick-Not on roster
- Kade Weston-Not on roster
- Zac Robinson-Not on roster
- Patrick Chung-Not on roster
- Ron Brace-Not on roster
- Darius Butler-Not on roster
- Sebastian Vollmer-Starter
- Brandon Tate-Not on roster
- Tyrone McKenzie-Not on roster
- Rich Ohrnberger-Not on roster
- George Bussey-Not on roster
- Jake Ingram-Not on roster
- Myron Pryor-Not on roster
- Julian Edelman-TBD
- Darryl Richard-Not on roster
- Jerod Mayo-Starter
- Terrence Wheatley-Not on roster
- Shawn Crable-Not on roster
- Kevin O'Connell-Not on roster
- Jonathan Wilhite-Not on roster
- Matt Slater-Starter
- Bo Ruud-Not on roster