The most Haynesworth did to help the team was getting cut. That sent a message to the team about giving effort on every play, and playing as a unit. The 2011 squad came together after BB sent that message.
There was every reason to think that Ochocinco couldn't fit with the Pats. He had made a career of freelancing routes, and was a poor fit for the Pats complex, precision offense which requires disciplined route running and close rapport between the QB and WRs.
Those were wasted trades that cost us cap space, draft picks, and the opportunity to address those positions elsewhere. They weren't catastrophic mistakes, but they had a cost.
Cousin Mayo,
I 8useually agree with you more than not. You are fair to me in my threads and responses, but I think Froob is correct with his assertion. If anything, BB underestimated the fact that Haynesworth made his salary for life and football wasn't important anymore. Snyder spoiled the stew for that man. If you had it to do all over again and you had a player like Haynesworth who could come in and dominate a game by himself, I would still take a bite of that apple. There are few players who could do so. Perhaps a Reggie White was an example.
Think of it this way. A sixth round Draft pick by NFL average is less than a 17% of a chance to make a Team. In your order of logic, Drafting a player is the same thing. A Draft pick has to be touted and evaluated by what he has done in the past. Not by what he could possibly do as a Pro. The failure rate of a sixth rounder is far higher than a Haynesworth should have been . He would not have been taken if he did not B.S. Bill about his desire to succeed and his love for the game.
In essence Haynesworth was the safer choice than any sixth round pick (O.K. Brady). It was attitude and a loss of hunger to expand his financial worth that were the elements that did not quantify his make up. He did not need to make the money. He was set for life.
The sorrowful part is he should have made the better effort for his own self esteem, BB gave him a God Blessed opportunity to redeem himself, and he chose not to. Worth a sixth rounder for that talent? Yes. But.........You can't read the heart.
I agree with you on Chad. I think BB loved the kid on a personal level. How could he not survive in our system? I think Chad is not a Mensa student. But, perhaps if BB would have allowed him to free lance more and play the game that made him successful, the end result would have been better. That is just not the Patriots style. TB is not used to trying to find out where Chad winds up, but rather that spot where he should have been. It was not all Chad's fault. The Patriots and BB have a way to success. Ocho Cinco was successful because he ad-libed. BB tried to jam a square peg into a round hole.
Moss could ad-lib but he knew where he was supposed to be first. Chad was thinking ad-lib on his route release. Moss was a very smart football player. Chad did not lack for effort here, It was teaching an "older" of new tricks. He was very hurt that this did not work. I think he loved it here. He was successful in his own methods. He did have the love for the game. Perhaps BB should have let him play his game for a few meaningful snaps to see what would happen.
Worth a fitth rounder? Without question.
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