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While PatSox and PatJew continue their lovefest, I guess I'll add my two cents:
There's always room for a third.
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Seymour could approach this from a contract year perspective. While technically it's not, it basically is. Another reason to anticipate a return to form.
The chance of him pulling a Full Monty are small, IMO, as Belichick has seen him playing in a defense similar to ours for two years.
However - as long as Seymour is his old self, Thomas kicks butt in his second year and Mayo does what we expect from a #10 rookie (flashes of brilliance with a few whoopsies mixed in) and we have no more than average injuries, all the stuff related to Hobson, Woods, Crable , etc, is basically moot. However we need one to come through as we'll almost certainly have one LB miss some time.
I think Adalius will have a much better season in 2008. He had the system "in his bones" by the end of last year and was the most dominant N.E. player in the Super Bowl.
I'm torn on Hobson. At first I was pretty excited, thinking he might be a solid starter like Morris since Hobson has been a tough opponent, like Morris, for a long time and the Pats have a good track record with opposing players they've scouted over a long period.I'm with most of your post except the Hobson part. I think he could be anywhere from total JAG SCRUB (think: Beisel/Brown with a bit more knowledge of the system) to good depth/spot starter.
I'm torn on Hobson. At first I was pretty excited, thinking he might be a solid starter like Morris since Hobson has been a tough opponent, like Morris, for a long time and the Pats have a good track record with opposing players they've scouted over a long period.
Lately, I've tempered my optimism, thinking that, unlike Morris, they didn't target Hobson at the start of FA and didn't give him a multi-year contract. Maybe because they were intending all along to use their high first-round on an ILB. But they couldn't count on that.
I think they were cautious because they've been burned before on players who couldn't make the transition to ILB. Hobson may have a lot more potential than Chad Brown or Beisel, but the Pats are now more cautious.
OTOH, I really don't think he'll be a JAG. They had plenty of time to scout this guy, they've now had practice converting guys to their system so the coaches have learned from their mistakes (we hope). I'm anticipating he'll become the Jarvis Green of the LB rotation, which is no JAG position.
Okay, a twisted argument, and not about Maroney or Seymour, but at least it's about football.
I'm torn on Hobson. At first I was pretty excited, thinking he might be a solid starter like Morris since Hobson has been a tough opponent, like Morris, for a long time and the Pats have a good track record with opposing players they've scouted over a long period.
Lately, I've tempered my optimism, thinking that, unlike Morris, they didn't target Hobson at the start of FA and didn't give him a multi-year contract. Maybe because they were intending all along to use their high first-round on an ILB. But they couldn't count on that.
I think they were cautious because they've been burned before on players who couldn't make the transition to ILB. Hobson may have a lot more potential than Chad Brown or Beisel, but the Pats are now more cautious.
OTOH, I really don't think he'll be a JAG. They had plenty of time to scout this guy, they've now had practice converting guys to their system so the coaches have learned from their mistakes (we hope). I'm anticipating he'll become the Jarvis Green of the LB rotation, which is no JAG position.
Okay, a twisted argument, and not about Maroney or Seymour, but at least it's about football.
Meant to mention Sammy Morris in the original post. That'll help, too.