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I wish we got steve smith instead of either LaFell or Sanders
 
isnt it belittling to edelman to say "anyone could catch 100balls in that offense!" Edelman is just a good player period. just like Welker was.

what pittsburgh has to do with this is that Sanders was the #2 receiver last year and still wasnt able to put up more than his 600-700yards a year average.
You can't deny the slot position is the focal point of NE's offense and has been for 12 years and every starter in the slot puts up big numbers. I love JE...I think he is even better athlete than Welker in this role...The fact remains, BB has never had a problem filling this role. Seeing Sanders thrive in Denver confirms to me that Sanders would have been great in the slot in NE. My main reason for defending Sanders is because of a "rose colored glass" statement: Sanders is a poor mans JE.................Right.
In Pitt last year, how badly did Big Ben need a #2. Brown was dominating in 2013...110 catches, 1500 yds. The passing plan always in Pitt is...Big Ben back in the pocket, waiting waiting.....waiting, tacklers bouncing off....defense breaks down......pass to Brown. Sanders #s this year are very similar in yds/catch...but a higher completion %.....he now has a more accurate QB that targets him successfully within the offense (not Pitts freelance)....aka ...a better fit. A perfect system WR....would have been great in NE as well
 
BB signed Sanders to an offer sheet the same day they signed Edelman ...at less than a third of Sanders price. $2.5 mill vs $715k. Revisionist history worked much better before the google box
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/11/pats-get-julian-edelman-for-bargain-price/

It wasn't revisionist history...just old man memory.

I forgot that they'd signed Edelman two years in a row.

Edelman's deal (after his unexpected breakout year) was 4/up-to-19. Sanders got 3/up-to-18. And Denver was after LaFell, too, by the way.

Hey, I wanted Sanders. Wanted him two years ago and wish they'd squeezed out the Steelers when they had the chance. Wanted him again this year. Always liked him. Always.
 
I wish we got steve smith instead of either LaFell or Sanders
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I get why he chose Baltimore.....big play passing game that takes shot down field and I doubt he would have considered NE. Regardless....all it cost was an extra million per year to get the stud of the Carolina pass catching offense.......but BB preferred the other guy.because he saw...________(fill in the blank)

Value?????
 
WOW. We get 2 paragraphs of rambling garbage instead of one.

Torry Holt and Marvin Harrison was listed at 6'0. Holt admitted he was slightly under 6'0 and Manning stated many times Harrison was quite his listed 6'0. Look dude I'm gonna argue over a half an inch or 1 inch or whatever. The point is those WRs can play tall in their game. They may not be 6'3 but they all can play like a taller WR due to speed and acrobatic athleticism. Just like Steve Smith could leap going over the middle century and reach to hull in a catch and hit the ground running. He didn't play like a slot just like those others didn't. That's my point. I brought up Marquise Lee because although just a rookie his college tape shows he plays very tall. I was very impressed with how tall he plays. As a matter of fact that is my favorite kind of wr. A WR bout 6'0 who is fast, shifty and quick like a slot WR limited to a ground game yet can leap and make long catches d well as leaping for a catch while in stride going over the middle. Marquise Lee and Paul richardson fit that mold. I was hoping patriots would draft one of them or Allen Robinson or Jordan Matthews.

BS. You said nothing of the sort in your original post. As for Marqise Lee (you can't even spell his name right and you claim he's your favorite kind of WR. Who was a healthy scratch this week, btw).

Sorry, but none of them played like Randy Moss, Calvin Johnson or Chad Johnson. There are 2 things you can't teach. Speed and height.

And I don't believe any team was interested in loser Lafell. He jumped on that $3 million because his own team didn't really want him back. He is a scrub,there's more to being a red zone Target than being 6'2! Lafell is a joke. He was just the cheapest option with starting experience. And Manning wanted Sanders all along because as good as the offense was manning said it lacked that player with blazing speed to strike fear in defenses due to getting behind them in a blink. He wanted that element added to the offense and Sanders is lighting it up and on pace to crush Deckers stats. And as for loser lafell even if another team was Dumb enough to want him as a starter he still sux! He is average at best with very little upside. He was a feeble attempt to add a playmaker. Britt would have been better at least he is explosive and has upside to get better. Why do people get so offended when a player sux. You don't win super bowls with players like lafell, you win by replacing scrubs with talent or players with speed athleticism,explosiveness and upside to develop

What you believe doesn't make a damn bit a difference.

How do you know Manning wanted Sanders all along? Like Manning has any say in the people who get signed.

Your mentioning Kenny Britt is a joke! Britt is the loser. Or have you missed the suspensions he's had. There's a reason why the Pats didn't sign him. Because he's not intelligent.

Actually, you DO win SBs with players like Lafell as a complementary receiver. Or do I need to point out the likes of David Tyree, David Givens, Charles Johnson, David Patten, etc, etc. Players who didn't have a lot of talent, athleticism and speed to strike fear in defenses but still had a large role in helping their team win the big one.

You might have expected Lafell to be more than a #2 WR, but most sane people didn't. Most sane people had the expectation that he'd come in and be a complimentary WR who would push Dobson and Thompkins.

Do yourself and everyone else a favor. Don't post drunk..
 
YES YES YES
I get why he chose Baltimore.....big play passing game that takes shot down field and I doubt he would have considered NE. Regardless....all it cost was an extra million per year to get the stud of the Carolina pass catching offense.......but BB preferred the other guy.because he saw...________(fill in the blank)

Value?????

He was going to visit the Patriots after Baltimore but the Ravens made him an offer he couldn't refuse. I would have loved Smith too, though he and LaFell fulfill different roles.

For a complementary receiver whose primary purpose is to be a blocker, LaFell played pretty well yesterday. Dobson was supposed to be the primary receiver but can't seem to stay on the field. Maybe by the end of the year we'll be singing a different tune, but it's not looking promising through week 3.

Sanders is a perfectly average receiver who will have the occasional big game as the #4 option in Denver's offense because a team is focused on taking away the Thomases and Welker.
 
Sanders is a perfectly average receiver who will have the occasional big game as the #4 option in Denver's offense because a team is focused on taking away the Thomases and Welker.

Sanders might well be Denver's #1 before long - might be now. Demarius Thomas isn't right. Something's wrong with the guy. And Welker might be dead by Week 6. I think he might have gotten another concussion on that vicious Thomas hit yesterday.
 
Sanders might well be Denver's #1 before long - might be now. Demarius Thomas isn't right. Something's wrong with the guy. And Welker might be dead by Week 6. I think he might have gotten another concussion on that vicious Thomas hit yesterday.

Julius Thomas will still be their de facto #1, but I think you're right on Demaryius. Still, while he's playing, defenses have to account for him.

It'll be interesting to see, if Demaryius and Welker do end up missing significant time, what the Broncos' offense looks like vis a vis the Patriots'. You'll be looking at similar personnel, with a top tight end as the top option and a smallish slot/outside guy as the best wide receiver. I think the Patriots' versions are better than the Broncos' in this case, assuming Gronk is healthy. The difference is the offensive line, I think. Manning's got a very good one and Brady does not.
 
Lafell was the least of our problems yesterday. If anything, yesterday showed that he can be a valuable aspect to this offense. he made some catches operating out of the slot when brady had time.
 
Maybe this had something to do with the Patriots not signing him.

Sanders has a screw in each foot, stemming from injuries he sustained in the Super Bowl following the 2010 season, and teams might be leery of signing the four-year veteran to a long-term deal.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10609547/emmanuel-sanders-faces-signing-issue-due-medical-concerns

Paying for year on a restricted FA contract was probably a good gamble from the Patriots' perspective with a view to extending him if things went well but a paying a player on a long term deal without haing that inside track to assess his health in its' entirety was probably too risky for their liking.

Let's wait to see how things go for the rest of the season before we draw conclusions any which way. Sanders is a talented receiver but success in the NFL is maybe as much about durability as it is talent.

And as others have highlighted earlier, Sanders also has a choice in this situation. He may just have balked at the thought of the Patriots complex offense (just speculation on my part I should add).
 
by now it should be understood that it is not necessarily the people that they bring in that are the problem......either that, or the player personnel people are really good at picking the ones who don't belong here........

I just hope they spread the ball out more before edelman gets hurt
 
by now it should be understood that it is not necessarily the people that they bring in that are the problem......either that, or the player personnel people are really good at picking the ones who don't belong here........

I just hope they spread the ball out more before edelman gets hurt

Hard to wait for other receivers to get open when the pocket is consistently collapsing. You have to go with the guys that get open the quickest.
 
And as others have highlighted earlier, Sanders also has a choice in this situation. He may just have balked at the thought of the Patriots complex offense (just speculation on my part I should add).

Sanders didn't have a choice. The Steelers matched the Patriots' offer, largely because other than Antonio Brown they didn't have anyone to throw the ball to and they were cap-strapped.

This offseason, the Patriots did not seem to pursue Sanders because his skillset would have been superfluous given Edelman's emergence as a solid starting WR last season.
 
laFAIL was actually decent with carolina, but like so many others just fail under the patriots system.

on another note...why did we let blount go? he's better than fumbler ridley. also a good closure in the 4th quarter. he ran right through carolina's stacked defense last night.

blount > james white/bolden/ridley
 
laFAIL was actually decent with carolina, but like so many others just fail under the patriots system.

on another note...why did we let blount go? he's better than fumbler ridley. also a good closure in the 4th quarter. he ran right through carolina's stacked defense last night.

blount > james white/bolden/ridley

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laFAIL was actually decent with carolina, but like so many others just fail under the patriots system.

on another note...why did we let blount go? he's better than fumbler ridley. also a good closure in the 4th quarter. he ran right through carolina's stacked defense last night.

blount > james white/bolden/ridley

Why aren't you talking about Blount's performances against BAL and CLE?
 
98.5 douchebags are going on about this right now and they aren't even trying to hide their glee.

Apparently if Sanders was here he would be having almost as much production as he is in Denver.
 
Denver run an incredibly simple offense, just like the Colts did. The Patriots run a system that is needlessly complicated.

Add into that the Patriots OL is complete junk at the minute means if a receiver isn't the hot read, chances are they aren't getting the ball.

Stop writing players off - it's 3 games. 3!
 
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