Re: John Clayton \"New England one of the biggest losers on first draft day\\\"
Overall I tend to agree with Clayton. To a point.
The Mayo pick was OK. Not great but OK. I believe Rivers may have been a better choice but Mayo was projected early so we cant be down on it yet as it may turn out ok.
However the rest of the day certainly was a loser for the Pats After waiting all day long, anticipating some kind of a move by them to move up a bit in the 2nd round...nothing happened and then came the 2nd round pick after many hours and they draft another 5-9 cb midget who soaking wet doesnt weigh as much as a sack of flour.
Clayton is pretty much on target with this one and many fans here just dont want to agree with him because of his past history coming down on the Pats a lot and his participation in the spygate fiasco.
However in this instance I think he is correct. Overall the Pats can be considered in the losers bracket as of now.
Its not easy agreeing with Clayton but realistically this time he is pretty much on target.
The Pats were very, very lackluster today.
A lot of this post is very, very shortsighted. I mean, even if we accept your ridiculously fervent (and, imo, off-base) premise that the Patriots went one for two on their picks, how on Earth does that qualify them as "losers?"
I understand you preferred Rivers to Mayo, but can you please acknowledge the OBVIOUS FACT that the Patriots clearly did not? Everyone knew Cincy was taking Rivers at #9 when Ellis went to New Orleans. You think the Patriots didn't? How many times PRE-DRAFT did we have to hear that they saw Rivers and Mayo as similar, but preferred Mayo for you to be convinced by, and satisfied with, what transpired?
"Lackluster?" Why? Because they didn't trade up and take the CB you had on your list? I don't claim to know much of anything about Wheatley, but I do know this - the Patriots got that pick in IN RECORD TIME. They obviously feel very strongly about this guy.
"A midget?" You seem to think a player who's about half an inch shorter than All-Pro Asante Samuel is too small to be effective.
Listen, I don't mind divergent opinions, but please at least have the intelligence to back up said divergent opinions with something approaching savvy. Can we please boot some of the newbie myopics who have taken over this once awesome site? Please?