Best available FA's: LB & S

[BPF]

Linebacker:
Ed Hartwell,
Peter Sirmon,
Rocky Boiman and
Isaiah Kacyvenski.

Safety:
Shaun Williams and
Robert Griffith.

Are any of these players worth a look? or do we see how the draft stacks up and go from there?

 

[BradfordPatsFan]

I doubt you will see a large number of signings over the next month, league-wide. Instead, teams will focus on the draft and then after the first of May and/or rookie and passing camps, teams will fill out their rosters.

 

[PromisedLand]

B.P.F. = BradfordPatsFan ?

Coincidence? You decide...

 

[zippo59]

What about Sammy Knight? Has he been signed?

 

[Terry Glenn is a cowgirl]

Linebacker:
Ed Hartwell,
Peter Sirmon,
Rocky Boiman and
Isaiah Kacyvenski.

Safety:
Shaun Williams and
Robert Griffith.

Are any of these players worth a look? or do we see how the draft stacks up and go from there?

The draft is just around the corner... so... I would say draft first.

 

[BradfordPatsFan]

B.P.F. = BradfordPatsFan ?

Coincidence? You decide...

Yes, I have little else to do than reply to my own posts.

 

[Terry Glenn is a cowgirl]

Yes, I have little else to do than reply to my own posts.

You need 2 get a life man... and... so do I

 

[DaBruinz]

Linebacker:
Ed Hartwell,
Peter Sirmon,
Rocky Boiman and
Isaiah Kacyvenski.

Safety:
Shaun Williams and
Robert Griffith.

Are any of these players worth a look? or do we see how the draft stacks up and go from there?

You forgot Junior Seau. Him, as well as Hartwell and Sirmon are all worth a look.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

You forgot Junior Seau. Him, as well as Hartwell and Sirmon are all worth a look.

Gardner too.

 

[captain stone]

More available LBs:
Keith (son of Julius) Adams
Carlos Emmons
Randall Godfrey
Orlando Huff
Wali Rainer
Brandon Short
Raonall Smith
Donnie Spragan

More available Safeties:
Matt Bowen
Colin Branch
Mike Doss
Derrick Gibson
Donnie Nickey
Tony Parrish
Lance Schulters
Travares Tillman

The list is shrinking, yet nobody, save Adalius Thomas almost one month ago, has been signed to help a defense that allowed 32 points in the last half of football it played.

 

[DefenseRules]

The list is shrinking, yet nobody, save Adalius Thomas almost one month ago, has been signed to help a defense that allowed 32 points in the last half of football it played.

Sort of frustrating isn't it?

 

[zippo59]

Sort of frustrating isn't it?

You seriously don't think the Patriots have done enough in free agency?

 

[captain stone]

Sort of frustrating isn't it?

Just one or two more LBs, and a couple of DBs, incl. a FS, and I would be satisfied until draft weekend. I just can't see the FO relying on Wilson, Hawkins, Gay and Scott at FS, with Bruschi, maybe Vrabel, and the detritus at ILB.

 

[DefenseRules]

You seriously don't think the Patriots have done enough in free agency?

They've done great. I just don't think that they've done enough to improve the defense that's all. We NEED DEPTH on D, IMO. Our lack of depth on defense was greatly exposed by the Colts. If Seymour and Warren need a breather, who comes in for them? Green and Wright are good players, but we need one more reliable DL, IMHO. Marquis Hill is a waste of a roster spot. He has done Nothing in the 3 years that he's been on the team. Does he even help out on special teams? Le Keven Smith is a work in progress. A back up at Nose Tackle woudn't hurt either. Again, Green and Hill are OK, but we could use another big man to man the middle when Wilfork takes a breather. Inside Linebacker still concerns me greatly. Yes we could fill that need in the draft but I don't feel comfortable relying on a rooky to back up or start Bruschi and/Vrabel. Our defensive scheme is complicated enough for veterans, how much harder will it be for a rooky?
By the way, who is going to line up with Bruschi at ILB. Most people expect Vrabel to go back outside. If that's the case, who plays inside, Thomas? I'd rather keep him outside. I just have depth worries that's all. I like our starters but I worry about who we have behind them on the depth chart.

 

[BPF]

B.P.F. = BradfordPatsFan ?

Coincidence? You decide...

I've been tied up, but I wanted to clear something up. BPF does not mean Bradford Pats Fan and we are not one in the same. Purely a coincidence. I don't know much about Bradford but I'm betting Eastern and Southeastern Haverhill is better than Raleigh, NC.

 

[zippo59]

They've done great. I just don't think that they've done enough to improve the defense that's all. We NEED DEPTH on D, IMO. Our lack of depth on defense was greatly exposed by the Colts. If Seymour and Warren need a breather, who comes in for them? Green and Wright are good players, but we need one more reliable DL, IMHO. Marquis Hill is a waste of a roster spot. He has done Nothing in the 3 years that he's been on the team. Does he even help out on special teams? Le Keven Smith is a work in progress. A back up at Nose Tackle woudn't hurt either. Again, Green and Hill are OK, but we could use another big man to man the middle when Wilfork takes a breather. Inside Linebacker still concerns me greatly. Yes we could fill that need in the draft but I don't feel comfortable relying on a rooky to back up or start Bruschi and/Vrabel. Our defensive scheme is complicated enough for veterans, how much harder will it be for a rooky?
By the way, who is going to line up with Bruschi at ILB. Most people expect Vrabel to go back outside. If that's the case, who plays inside, Thomas? I'd rather keep him outside. I just have depth worries that's all. I like our starters but I worry about who we have behind them on the depth chart.

The best place to go for this is the draft. Free agency is useful for adding a few players here and there but using it to build teams is a dangerous thing.

 

[DefenseRules]

The best place to go for this is the draft. Free agency is useful for adding a few players here and there but using it to build teams is a dangerous thing.

You're probably right. At this point in the offseason, there is not much out there anyway.

 

[BradfordPatsFan]

I've been tied up, but I wanted to clear something up. BPF does not mean Bradford Pats Fan and we are not one in the same. Purely a coincidence. I don't know much about Bradford but I'm betting Eastern and Southeastern Haverhill is better than Raleigh, NC.

it's freakin scenic. We even have a ski hill!

 

[PromisedLand]

I've been tied up, but I wanted to clear something up. BPF does not mean Bradford Pats Fan and we are not one in the same. Purely a coincidence. I don't know much about Bradford but I'm betting Eastern and Southeastern Haverhill is better than Raleigh, NC.

As someone who spent most of my life where YOU live, I can tell you that Haverhill or any other part of Massachusetts is decidely NOT better than Raleigh or North Carolina. But don't tell anyone - they'll all want to move here and then it will be all crowded with traffic and overpriced run down old real estate like it is up there. BTW, has it stopped snowing yet?

Actually, there is one great thing you have up there we don't have down here: the Patriots - I'll grant you that one!