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I've been waiting to get back from a trip to post a reply to this....And BB the Coach is always saving BB the GMs Bacon. I like building for the future, but evey once in a while the team needs to take a shot at filling holes of immediate need like a Center for example. And i don't mean a fourth round coach em up Center, i mean a highly regarded first or second round CenterBB the GM hates BB the HC.
Of all the needs and he does this.
I've been waiting to get back from a trip to post a reply to this....And BB the Coach is always saving BB the GMs Bacon. I like building for the future, but evey once in a while the team needs to take a shot at filling holes of immediate need like a Center for example. And i don't mean a fourth round coach em up Center, i mean a highly regarded first or second round Center
And i don't mean a fourth round coach em up Center, i mean a highly regarded first or second round Center
I doen't pay attention to mel kiper, its more of a consensus thing. From what i understand Stork has injury problems thats why he fell to the fourth round. You can't seriously tell me that the 'best' center prospect would fall that far. Besides that i could have said tight end, or line backer or pass rusher or maybe guard. This team has been on the verge of winning it all that last couple of years. The interior offensive line has been getting TB killed in playoff games. If they could have held their blocks a little longer maybe TB could have connected on a TD to beat the Giants, or if we had a better pass rush he wouldn't have had to. Its great that this team is permanently building for the future, but there are holes more important at the moment than taking a QB maybe in three years replace Brady. These fourth and fifth round picks are ok on any given Sunday, but in the playoffs their average ability shows through against top flight defensive players.Good grief. They drafted the guy who won award for best center in college football last year. What? He's gotta be #1 on Mel Kiper's draft board, too?
I doen't pay attention to mel kiper, its more of a consensus thing. From what i understand Stork has injury problems thats why he fell to the fourth round. You can't seriously tell me that the 'best' center prospect would fall that far. Besides that i could have said tight end, or line backer or pass rusher or maybe guard. This team has been on the verge of winning it all that last couple of years. The interior offensive line has been getting TB killed in playoff games. If they could have held their blocks a little longer maybe TB could have connected on a TD to beat the Giants, or if we had a better pass rush he wouldn't have had to. Its great that this team is permanently building for the future, but there are holes more important at the moment than taking a QB maybe in three years replace Brady. These fourth and fifth round picks are ok on any given Sunday, but in the playoffs their average ability shows through against top flight defensive players.
I doen't pay attention to mel kiper, its more of a consensus thing. From what i understand Stork has injury problems thats why he fell to the fourth round. You can't seriously tell me that the 'best' center prospect would fall that far. Besides that i could have said tight end, or line backer or pass rusher or maybe guard. This team has been on the verge of winning it all that last couple of years. The interior offensive line has been getting TB killed in playoff games. If they could have held their blocks a little longer maybe TB could have connected on a TD to beat the Giants, or if we had a better pass rush he wouldn't have had to. Its great that this team is permanently building for the future, but there are holes more important at the moment than taking a QB maybe in three years replace Brady. These fourth and fifth round picks are ok on any given Sunday, but in the playoffs their average ability shows through against top flight defensive players.
I've been waiting to get back from a trip to post a reply to this....And BB the Coach is always saving BB the GMs Bacon. I like building for the future, but evey once in a while the team needs to take a shot at filling holes of immediate need like a Center for example. And i don't mean a fourth round coach em up Center, i mean a highly regarded first or second round Center
I doen't pay attention to mel kiper, its more of a consensus thing. From what i understand Stork has injury problems thats why he fell to the fourth round. You can't seriously tell me that the 'best' center prospect would fall that far. Besides that i could have said tight end, or line backer or pass rusher or maybe guard. This team has been on the verge of winning it all that last couple of years. The interior offensive line has been getting TB killed in playoff games. If they could have held their blocks a little longer maybe TB could have connected on a TD to beat the Giants, or if we had a better pass rush he wouldn't have had to. Its great that this team is permanently building for the future, but there are holes more important at the moment than taking a QB maybe in three years replace Brady. These fourth and fifth round picks are ok on any given Sunday, but in the playoffs their average ability shows through against top flight defensive players.
I can't disagree with either statement.
My view is that if the Pats draft a QB in Round Two after they've had three years to look at Mallett then they have decided to go in another direction. I wouldn't be surprised if they trade him now so they can get something for him before he becomes a FA; his trade value declines with every month and will be negligible in a few months.
Unless I'm mistaken (yes, it really does happen) at the time the Pats picked in the 2nd round, one center was gone and only two more were selected before they grabbed Stork. As far as we can tell right now, they didn't lose much by waiting and managed to pick up a chance at a QB for the future as well. They also went on to potentially add more OL help later with a couple more picks.
I think it's a mistake to think that the Pats are thinking too much about building for the future. I think what they're doing is obviously working, and is more about putting together a team to win every year. Piece by piece is the way Chuck Noll did it for the Steeelers in the 70's and it looks like Belichick has been taking the same approach with the Pats.
I doen't pay attention to mel kiper, its more of a consensus thing. From what i understand Stork has injury problems thats why he fell to the fourth round. You can't seriously tell me that the 'best' center prospect would fall that far. Besides that i could have said tight end, or line backer or pass rusher or maybe guard. This team has been on the verge of winning it all that last couple of years. The interior offensive line has been getting TB killed in playoff games. If they could have held their blocks a little longer maybe TB could have connected on a TD to beat the Giants, or if we had a better pass rush he wouldn't have had to. Its great that this team is permanently building for the future, but there are holes more important at the moment than taking a QB maybe in three years replace Brady. These fourth and fifth round picks are ok on any given Sunday, but in the playoffs their average ability shows through against top flight defensive players.
I doen't pay attention to mel kiper, its more of a consensus thing. From what i understand Stork has injury problems thats why he fell to the fourth round. You can't seriously tell me that the 'best' center prospect would fall that far. Besides that i could have said tight end, or line backer or pass rusher or maybe guard. This team has been on the verge of winning it all that last couple of years. The interior offensive line has been getting TB killed in playoff games. If they could have held their blocks a little longer maybe TB could have connected on a TD to beat the Giants, or if we had a better pass rush he wouldn't have had to. Its great that this team is permanently building for the future, but there are holes more important at the moment than taking a QB maybe in three years replace Brady. These fourth and fifth round picks are ok on any given Sunday, but in the playoffs their average ability shows through against top flight defensive players.
I completely called this.
"Garoppolo in the 2nd"
And you all laughed at me. Told you so.
Heres my answer to multiple replies like yours....If the pats continually draft for the future they will remain a very good to excellent team that will win 12+ games a year and continue to go to the playoffs just like they have been for the last Ten years. But just like the last ten years they'll make it deep into the playoffs but won't have quite enough to get a ring. Its great fun watching the team win that many games a year, but i want what the players want...more Rings.So your complaint is that the Patriots need a pass rusher and help in the interior of the offensive line.
They took a pass rusher in the first round.
They took two offensive linemen in the fourth round and one in the sixth. Then they drafted a pass-rusher in the sixth as well.
Your complaint then is that they didn't spend ALL of their picks addressing the problems you're most worried about -- only most of them?
And if your reply is that fourth and fifth rounders are meaningless, then why do we even bother drafting at all after the top two rounds? This despite the fact that we just made a Super Bowl run with a roster that was nearly one third undrafted, and quarter backed by a sixth-rounder, throwing primarily to a seventh rounder and an UDFA, with an UDFA and a street free agent starting on the offensive line, etc etc...