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- No starters, my major concern.
- No 1st round stud
- Too many reaches
There weren't that many studs to begin with this year...unless you had say a top 5 or top 8 pick
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- No starters, my major concern.
- No 1st round stud
- Too many reaches
F MINUS
i dont care what anyone else thinks, this is the all time worst BB draft ever
Count me as extremely disappointed.
I'll give BB benefit of the doubt on Collins and Logan Ryan. Dobson is the tall receiver -- the X-- that everyone is clamoring for.
But with their own 3rd round pick at 91 (the pick that was offered to Pittsburgh for Sanders) -- that was a wasted pick. If BB loved Harmon, he could have signed the kid as an undrafted rookie free agent, and the kid who NO ONE knows, would have happily signed. But for BB to claim, Harmon represents good value at 91, is for him to be a bit disingenuous. NO TEAM was expected to draft "this gem" in the 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th rounds. Most experts had him as a "priority free agent". Kipper had him as his 42nd ranked Safety for Pete's sake. How can it be GOOD "VALUE" when the Patriots could have in all likelihood, had him as an uncontested free agent signing for a $25,000 signing bonus. He may have a 3.8 gpa but last I checked that does not make him a good football player. If he came in as an undrafted player, he would then represent good value if he earned a roster spot based on TC competition. As it is, if Harmon is good value, BB is admitting Tavon Wilson (another unknown, he positioned as a "value pick" last year) was a mistake after his rookie year.
I'm sorry. I believe BB is a great coach. I believe he is a good GM. But I am not buying into investing a valuable 3rd round on an unknown when a number of attractive WRs like Bailey, Patton, Rodgers or any number of highly productive DL and OL are available.
Draft picks are a scarce commodity. When you use them to grab a 1st or 2nd round highly rated, productive players who fall to you in the late third round, that is a VALUE PICK. Picking someone who likely would have been undrafted in round 3-- that on draft day called A REACH (politely).
D only person that moved the needle was Dobson.
You know nothing. Why don't you retire to another board because you clearly didn't scout anything that any of the other three picks are able to do for this team.
Hmm ok then a random dude from Rutgers who no one wanted was a good pick and another corner from Rutgers the last one we drafted from there couldn't even play corner.
Collins has tools, but can he put it together who knows? You know everything though. It is really cute how mad you get that I won't tell you the Patriots are the bestest ever.
I know this - I know A LOT more than you do. Go retire to the CBS message board and bother someone else.
You know nothing. Why don't you retire to another board because you clearly didn't scout anything that any of the other three picks are able to do for this team.
Wow...I am amazed how quickly people fly off the handle around here as soon as the mighty Belichick is questioned. "You know nothing"?? that is a little extreme to say the least. I honestly think that outside of the blatantly obvious studs, BB & Co's ability to evaluate talent is mediocre at best.
Stay awhile and observe that poster. You will grow a similar taste for his opinions.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Although I should probably state upfront that my opinion of BB has soured over the years.
If you notice he replies to any of my posts disagreeing with BB the GM by calling me a jackass or a disgrace. It really is quite cute how mad he gets when his idol is questioned.
It's funny..I always considered myself a Patriot fan through and through. But lately I feel it's more like I am a Pat's fan despite BB. Now that may sound extreme, but over the years I have just grown tired of his antics. He Comes across as very egotistical, and I firmly believe it has a negative effect on the organization. His win/loss record is hard to deny however.
I think he's the best coach bar none in the NFL, but leaves much to be desired as a GM. I also truly believe he has to show people he's the smartest and that is why you get WTF picks like Tavon Wilson and Duron Harmon.
A lot of the moves BB has made have been awful the last few years and it is the greatness of Tom Brady covering up for the mistakes. And then posters here have the audacity to say Brady sucks when we lose in the playoffs.
Brady's in his mid 30s he's going to have a bad game in the playoffs after carrying a band of losers on defense for 16 games every single year and having to be pin point accurate passing to smurf wide outs and good tight ends that all operate in the middle of the field.
Brady is asked to do way too much and is given way too little help, when he retires people will realize that the teams 2010 on would have been absolute **** without him.
So for all the people on here who bash anyone that questions BB by saying "LOL YA WE SUCK AND GO 2-14 EVERY YEAR!!" you should realize that if Tom Brady wasn't covering up for all the holes the actual result wouldn't be too far from 2-14. (In before "but, but 2008 but, but Matt Cassel!!", that was the easiest schedule ever and the team got ***** slapped by almost every good team they played that year. Also they were worse by 7 wins ) Also don't even try the garbage about how they were the 2nd or 3rd team ever to go 11-5 and not make the playoffs. They didn't make it, end of story. Just like they didn't win the Super Bowl in 2011 or last year stop living in your delusional hypothetical worlds where everything is ok because if Gronk was healthy we'd be 2x champs. Get real the team has holes and is filling them with hot garbage.