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We can use some depth and bring a rookie along slowly the first few years.
IMO there has to be one young LB in the whole county UNDER 30 that BB likes. Just my 2 cents.
That still leaves a spot at LB.No draft pick is going to be out Colvin, Thomas or Vrabel for a starting job in their rookie year. I believe that your standards are excessive and unrealistic.
I feel the same way about Rivers, the CB or the OT (Clady, Otah, Williams) who I like. A lot of guys I love in the 10-15 range. I'd probably even take the #2 next year to get it done.I'd rather trade down, and pick up a mid-second.
Rivers shouldn't be off the board before picks 12-16 so NE could take him there, have him under contract for 6 years, and pay him a lot less.
They could also use that pick on a top level CB (Rodgers-Cromartie or McKelvin), and use the second they aquire on a LB (Groves if available).
As a USC Alum I must be honest here. I love Ray alot more than Keith. He's quick to the Ball but for a Linebacker who weighs only 228 pounds he should be much more athletic in coverage and he's not. I would pass on him quickly.
try 241 lbs
There are too many good cornerbacks and it's too much of a need. Any OLB is going to be sitting the bench until Rosey or Vrabel leave , not worth the money you have to pay a top draft 10 draft pick. Someone like Talib, Flowers, Jenkins could come in and at least have the chance to make an instant impact. I say we draft down, maybe take Dallas' two picks and grab a CB with the first pick, and maybe Dan Connor with the second.
Trading down is what most of us would like to do.
Why is your main list here Flowers, Talib, Jenkins? I'd think about Rodgers-Cromartie and McKelvin with a mid-first rounder. Cason would be my option late first/early second.
The fact that there is some depth at CB suggest it would be a good year to pick one either at the backend of the first round, or somewhere in the second, and pick another CB in the 3rd/4th. The Patriots aren't going to draft strictly on "need", and a lot of other things are just as important (maybe even more important) when considering NE's selections. If anything they mainly draft to fill roles one or two years in advance, and don't generally expect their rookies to be full time starters.
Dallas isn't giving NE their two first rounders.
Dan Connor isn't among the LB's I'd like to see NE draft.
Keith Rivers would have some hybrid OLB ability, but myself (and some of the other posters who like him) are projecting him to ILB in NE's defense. So, vrabel, and Rosey wouldn't impact his playing time.