VJCPatriot
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.i wiill also go on record and say that meriweather doesnt drop any ints next yr.....and in fact gets 2 tds too
He has the worst hands ever. I bet Vince Wilfork has better hands... I don't recommend it but if you are silly enough to watch the last Giants drive in the Superbowl focus on Merriweather. There were lots of other missed plays but he had his chances as well:
1) makes a nice play on the ball and then jumps up and, and... lets the ball go right through his hands... the ball was a total floater
2) 2nd last play, maybe 3rd last... it was a 3rd and 11 and he loses Smith in the flat and allow him to pick up 12 yards and the first down. Brutal play, at a minimum he has to stay with him, tackle him in bounds short of the 1st down
Merriweather was the 4th Safety taken in round 1, think about that. I doubt it if there ever has been 4 safeties taken in round 1. From what I have seen from Merriweather a player with similar impact could have been taken in rounds 2-4. Hopefully he hits the weights and playbook hard and steps up his game, he hardly looked like a 1st round talent.
Anybody but that punk Meriweather. The only thing I ever saw him do this past season was hit guys late or run his mouth. Terrible pick...
I would have traded the rest of the team's picks (since none made the team) to move up and take Nelson or the Texas safety (Griffin or Griffith, can't recall). Both looked to be doing quite well toward the end of the year and certainly made more of a Year 1 impact than Merriweather (who I like a lot).
Nelson was an impact player his rookie year. I remember saying I liked him, but people kept putting him down for his wonderlic score. Looked like I was right. I don't think we had the ammo to move up for a Nelson though, so it's probably a moot point.
Harris was always at the point of attack and a big reason their defense started to come around last year at the half way point was because of him.. He has the ability to be a special player..Yea, it seems a lot of Patriots fans are forgetting a number of those tackles came 10 yards plus downfield, too. I'd like to have David Harris on the Patriots roster, but not at the expense of dropping Meriweather. Also, they would need to draft a Safety in the first two rounds this year, and last year was the stronger Safety crop. Also, that Safety wouldn't have Meriweather's year of experience in the system.
Harris was always at the point of attack and a big reason their defense started to come around last year at the half way point was because of him.. He has the ability to be a special player..
Well, 1st off, Sanders played both safety positions and how can you be disappointed in Meriweather when he had to get around both Wilson and Sanders to see playing time? The Pats defense is one of the most complex in the league. Yes, you think he should just be able to walk onto the field and start? Sounds to me like your expectations are unrealistic.
Mike Rumph sucked from day one. Meriweather was brought along slowly and didn't suck. Also, the Pats tried to use him at CB in TC and that certainly didn't help his ability to learn the safety position.
I am not going to predict that Meriweather will win the starting job opening day. He's got competition from Sanders and Harrison. Now, you are probably asky why I say both Sanders AND Harrison. Its because those three are vying for the two starting safety positions. And whether people on this board like it or notm, Sanders has Belichick's vote of confidence as being a starting calibre safety. He's said as much on several occasions. So has Rodney Harrison.
BB has sent verbal bouquets to a player upon many occasions and traded or cut the guy shortly thereafter. If he's trying to trade Sanders (one can hope can't we?) he would not go negative and I am sure a pat on the back by BB is well known in the locker room as .....yeah Bill....right. Think back to TBC.
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Nobody is arguing that he doesn't.
Now, go back and watch some of the games where he racked up a bunch of tackles. For instance, that 20 solo tackle outing. A number of those tackles came down field, and not "at the point of attack". It's not actually the type of slight you might think it is though.