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It was a flat-out dreadful stretch, an awful waste of opportunity, and doubtless keeps Belichick awake at night. And IMO it's exactly the right way to assess drafts, which is in the aggregate: Overall, are you getting good return on your draft capital?
What drives me crazy is the "I knew better" crowd on individual picks. It's simple logic that IF a pick has already proven to be a total dud, then odds are that whoever else you wanted instead will probably have been a better choice! But do you actually assess your total record? (There are posters here who go around shouting Tavon Wilson's name at every opportunity, while conveniently forgetting how much they railed against Sebastian Vollmer, did cartwheels over Darius Butler, and proclaimed the entire 2013 draft class a travesty.)
Ehh....
There were many here talking critically about the Patriots moves as the years went on, and those who did were getting savaged by the White Knights of the Kraftdom. Hell, I was on the other side of a lot of those arguments until the results from the 2008 offseason started to come in. Pointing out the problems of the team doesn't come with any requisite "Here's what I would have done!".