First, I want to make clear that I wasn't referring directly to Patsinthesnow during my rant. The "you" in the post was plural and includes all those who actually think BB would destroy his chances at competing for a title for the sake of a landing a one player who plays a position BB feels is the most replaceable on the field.
OK Billy, point one. My experience comes from the same place your's should. By closely watch closely how BB has sustained an elite team for the last 13 years. It comes from watching other NFL teams build great teams. It comes from watching teams who attempt to create fantasy football teams, like you are proposing FAIL time after time. the Pats won 3 titles and only had a single 1000 yd receiver ONCE.
Point 2. The Pats were in 2 superbowls in the last 10 years (no one has been in more), and the lack of a great WR wasn't the reason they lost either of those games. We had one in 2007 and we still lost, and it 2011 our best WR dropped a pass that would have won the game. (not that was the only reason)
Point 3. I've never understood the term "deep threat" Last season, there wasn't a single game where we didn't have a WR open deep. Everyone from Gronk, and Edelman to Boyce and Dobson. Some worked out, some didn't but the fact is they WERE deep threats.
Point 4. Jackson has a fantastic year last season. He's a great talent. I'd love to have him. I'd love to have Charles Johnson too....and Agib Talib, and Allen, and a healthy 26 year old Vince, and an first team all pro at every position. But the problem is I live in the real world, and NONE of that is going to happen. The problem is that YOU and those like you, want to build a fantasy football team, while Bill has been the most successful football coach in the last 13 years NOT doing it that way.
Point 5. There is no way we could add Jackson and still do the nitty gritty things that HAVE to get done if we are to have another chance to win in 2014. What is so frustrating for me is that there is no other fan base that should better understand this than US! Yet we continually have threads like this which are beneath us. This is thread you'd expect to find on JI. We've had 13 years to learn how its done up close.
Perhaps I should just ignore it, but I think we should be better. There are so many reasons why signing Jackson SHOULDN'T happen, and most of them are obvious. This thread should have been talked about and dismissed about 160 posts ago. It was a non-starter from the beginning, and that it goes on is driving me NUTS.
But I am better now. I have had my say past the point of redundancy. Feel free to carry on. I promise I won't interrupt again
