~ Ascension of a JuggerNaut ~

patsfan13 said:

A conservative appraisal but fully justified, You left off Mesko, Ridley, Mallett, Deaderick, Pryor & Edleman.

Really amazing when you look at it.

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Off The Grid said:

Fleeting Dominance...Fleeting Glory​

Most FootBall Dynasties get only one shot at it.

The Browns of the 50's.

The Lions of the 50's.

The Packers of the 60's.

The Steelers of the 70's.

The Miners of the 80's.

The CowBoys of the 90's.

Every one of these teams won an impressive series of Championships in a short period of time...But every last one of them, with the sole exception of the Miners, were completely done after 7 to 9 years...And while the Miners hung on and pulled one more out'f their hat in 1994, they were clearly no longer the Alpha Team, having been supplanted by the CowBoys...and for them the ensuing years have been grim, indeed.

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My point is this: the nature of FootBall is absolutely brutal, most so to those who succeed: The Evolution of Strategies, the most innovative and disruptive of which often take several years to produce these brief periods of dominance, ultimately produce counter strategies that eventually thwart and ultimately obliterate the hard earned advantages of the entrenched architects of that dominance. Thus, it's no coincidence that great teams tend to go a long, long time before returning to The Top.

But I believe that we're about to witness a dramatic exception.

Dawn of a Dynasty's Renaissance​

You see: Every last one of those Dynasties were eventually allowed to grow old.

The New England Patriots??

Not so much.

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Coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots ~ via an unprecedented series of advantageous Draft Day Trades ~ have unleashed an astonishing TIDAL WAVE of young, powerfull, and brilliant Talent...And its lead elements have now, collectively, reached a Critical Mass of Experience and Applied Talent where ~ in joining forces with extraordinary veterans such as Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork, Jerod Mayo, and others ~ they are poised to simply sweep the rest of the league away.

2 Outrageous Predictions​

I'm predicting 2 things to transpire in the next 3 years:

1 ~ The Patriots are about to become the first team ever to win 3 consecutive Super Bowls.

2 ~ The Patriots will soon become the first team ever to go 19-0.

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Full Disclosure: I am a full-blooded Yankee ~ a native of New England.

And I am an unrepentant guzzler of Patriot Kool Aid!!

That being said...

Whither such a lunatic pair of predictions??

Simple.

3 amazing Draft Classes:

An Historically Unprecedented Influx of Talent​

2009

SS Pat Chung
DL Ron Brace
SC Darius Butler
RT Sebastian Vollmer

2010

CB Devin McCourty
WB Rob Gronkowski
DF Jermaine Cunningham
MF Brandon Spikes
SE Taylor Price
XE Aaron Hernandez
MF Dane Fletcher

2011

LT Nate Solder
DB Ras I Dowling
XB Shane Vereen
RG Marcus Cannon
TE Lee Smith
TE Will Yeatman

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That's 17 Starting Caliber Players, many of outstanding talent!! And that's not even including guys that Coach Belichick stole off the waiver wire, like Danny WoodHead and Rob Ninkovich, or the deep swath of exceptional depth that he's augmented that team with, in the later rounds of these same Drafts.

Ladies and gentlemen??

That 3 year haul is not only astonishing.

It is unprecedented.

The last time anything even close to this transpired, was with the 1989-1992 CowBoys.

And that haul ~ though immense ~ is eclipsed by the seismic impact of Coach Belichick's vast orchestrations.

Same As It Ever Was: A Vision of the Future​

The deeply talented but inexperienced CowBoys of 1989-1991 first learned to play together...and then learned to win together.

A 3 year incubation period...and then they exploded onto the world of FootBall like the Wrath of GOD.

And that team ~ respectfully submitted ~ had neither Coach Bill Belichick, nor Field General Tom Brady.

Ladies and Gentlemen?

The FootBall world has absolutely no idea what's about to hit it.

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ay-yo said:

I agree with your general premise that a JuggerNaut is ascending and multiple titles are on the way.

I'm personally hoping Brady gets 7 titles to best Jordan's 6.

Unfortunately I think you over-rate the draft classes a bit. For instance Price, Butler and this years rookie class haven't proven to be starting caliber yet. Some rookies from this year probably won't be starting caliber.

HOWEVER, what you haven't mentioned is that there is no reason why these great draft hauls can't continue.

It's perhaps Bill greatest piece of genius and it really is a shame he doesn't get more credit for it. I'm surprised teams keep falling for the same trick to be honest.

I'm talking of course about trading a 3rd for a future 2nd, trading a 1st for a 2nd and a future 1st or similar trades. Every one of these trades vastly improves your chances of making a quality draft selection. Until teams stop making these trades there is absolutely NO REASON to believe the amazing draft hauls won't continue. :rocker:

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Off The Grid said:

Yes!!

I left those guys off deliberately, but they were specifically included in the comment about Depth.

However, I heartily agree with you: they are also VITAL to our potential Glory!!

Believe it or not, I was actually reigning it in a bit!!

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patfanken said:

WoW, OTG, that sounded like one of your mock drafts. r Now no one here appreciates you enthusiasm than I.......BUT THAT post was something that I would expect to see on JI. While I agree with a lot of your assessment, getting to the superbowl, especially now when you can't stock pile talent, there is a lot more to winning superbowl than talent. You need to be very lucky over the course of the season in getting good bounces, getting good calls or at least not too many bad ones, and above all, staying healthy.

What i can agree to is that over the next 5 years, at least, the Pats will be in the mix to win a superbowl every year.

That's about all we can ask, and that in itself is a remarkable accomplishment.

I think people forget sometimes is that this franchise was solid winner even before 2001. From 1994 on the Pats have been a pretty strong franchise, Certainly nothing near what has been accomplished over the last 10 years, but relatively speaking a sujperbowl run and only 3 losing seasons since the 5-11 team Kraft's first year. When you think about it. That's amazing/.

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danam404 said:

Is it just me or does this guy's (or girl's) posts annoy the bejesus out of anyone else?

with all the italics, font changes, squiggly lines, and mindless ranting reminiscent of that guy standing in copley with the sign board talking about how god is going to smite all of us...

is there a block user option on this board? After a full season of these ridiculous posts last year im not quite sure I want to do it again.

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danam404 said:

Is it just me or does this guy's (or girl's) posts annoy the bejesus out of anyone else?

with all the italics, font changes, squiggly lines, and mindless ranting reminiscent of that guy standing in copley with the sign board talking about how god is going to smite all of us...

is there a block user option on this board? After a full season of these ridiculous posts last year im not quite sure I want to do it again.

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Off The Grid said:

:rocker: 3 Peat Coming!! :rocker:

Resistance is Futile


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Off The Grid said:

I can honestly say that I have never seen ONE exception to the rule:

Lowlife, degenerate scum like yourself, probably 18 beers or so into a case of Millwaukee's Best and ripped out of your MIND...NEVER have the courage to say that sort of thing to a guy's FACE.

Let's tally it up, shall we?

1 ~ You call me "inbred".

2 ~ You call my family "inbred".

3 ~ You insult every native of New England.

And you did so...why??

Because I posted something positive that had nothing to do with you.

And you do so, not in person ~ never in person, your type!! ~ but on the InterNet, being the drunk coward that you are.

Good luck with that.

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