Method to the Madness: How Belichick Rules the Draft

No, it's not about deflated balls. Perish the thought. This article is well worth a read.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/bill-belichick-nfl-draft-new-england-patriots/

During his time in New England, Belichick has taken advantage of the misguided general managers and personnel men of the NFL by trading down over and over and over again. Some of the moves haven’t worked out, because Belichick isn’t a soothsayer, and there have been times when Belichick has traded up and been happy with his return. In terms of the Approximate Value from his assorted draft maneuverings, though, Belichick has built a monstrous record of success. It is impossible to imagine the Patriots appearing in this year’s Super Bowl without his massive returns in the trading market.

In Bill I trust!

It's a remarkable record by BB and the Pats. The value added would make Warren Buffet blush.

The only question I've ever had about BB's drafting is about being slow to address the interior OL issues with higher OL picks which only just got addressed with Stork this year.

BennyBledsoe said:

The only question I've ever had about BB's drafting is about being slow to address the interior OL issues with higher OL picks which only just got addressed with Stork this year.

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A fair amount of DB and WR failures too.

I think he has often thought he could get away with UDFAs like Andruzzi, Neal, Connelly and Wendell. Maybe Scar had something to do with that.