Belichick has discovered a new pot of gold…

SlowGettingUp · Oct 5, 2015

patfanken said:
:Let's make no mistakes here. None of these guys mentioned have been hidden away against their will by evil coaches who wanted them to fail. The bad news is that ALL these players cited in the OP have shown serious flaws with their previous teams. Their fall from grace is more complicated than just a scheme change or a coaching change. The fact is that none of them were playing that well.

Williams - This guy is likely the surest bet. Eventually he might be an OT, but for right now he is a perfect #3 TE. He eliminates the need to use a 3rd OT for the position, and offers a little receiving ability. He's already established a role and is getting regular snaps in the 3 TE formations.

Williams shows best how BB is always working the roster. He already had a decent, reliable guy at the position and essentially upgraded him, getting a bigger stronger blocker with equal hands, while giving up some speed. It's not a big move, but it's a move that makes it a better team

Here's what Williams himself has to say about the move when asked about the Pats:

It's very impressive. I can tell you that now. A lot of other teams will try to fit you to what they want you to do. I feel like at the Patriots, they say, 'This is what you do, and this is what we're gonna do with you.' It's that simple. They're not trying to change the pieces to the puzzle or anything. They just use what they have, and they put people into their system so that person's skills can be shown. That's the biggest difference from where I've been to now. It just keeps evolving and it's exciting. I can't wait to see it, to be honest."

MrNathanDrake · Oct 5, 2015

these are players that BB had his eye on in the draft but wasnt able to get them (or preferred someone else)…. when they become available for next to nothing, BB is quick to pull the trigger.

SlowGettingUp · Oct 5, 2015

And by contrast to the Pats, the Dolphins are trying to jam a 1-gapping Suh into a 2-gap hole, and it can't be a surprise that it's not going smoothly. The 2-gap guys need to be selfless and not care if they don't get the headlines. That doesn't exactly describe Suh:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...e-at-practice-seen-by-teammates-as-a-message/

Brady6 · Oct 5, 2015

MrNathanDrake said:
these are players that BB had his eye on in the draft but wasnt able to get them (or preferred someone else)…. when they become available for next to nothing, BB is quick to pull the trigger.

It is interesting that you say the couldn't get his hands on part. Hicks was drafted 89th in 2013 the Patriots selected Bequette 2 picks later.

Brady6 · Oct 5, 2015

Malcolm Butler is a great example of how superior our scouting is to other teams. He appears to be a legitimate #1 CB in his second season as a pro and made the best defensive play in the history of the SB as a rookie.

n6249c · Oct 5, 2015

patchick said:
I was thinking that watching Casillas too. A one-year-rental gig with the Patriots has become a golden ticket for young players neglected on other teams' depth charts.

Bill Belichick's Finishing School for Wayward Football Players. a/k/a the New England Patriots.

n6249c · Oct 5, 2015

Brady6 said:
Malcolm Butler is a great example of how superior our scouting is to other teams. He appears to be a legitimate #1 CB in his second season as a pro and made the best defensive play in the history of the SB as a rookie.

Great example of putting players in position to succeed. He was given the opportunity, it was up to him to show what he could do with it. He showed enough as UDFA in training camp to make the roster, and finally get the opportunity on the biggest stage possible - not imaginable, beyond imagining. "Malcolm, get in there!"

The Brandon Five · Oct 5, 2015

Brady6 said:
It is interesting that you say the couldn't get his hands on part. Hicks was drafted 89th in 2013 the Patriots selected Bequette 2 picks later.

Kam Chancellor was picked in the fifth round in 2010. Interestingly, the player selected before him was Michael Hoomanawanui (picked by the Rams). Even more interesting is that the pick used to select him was traded to Seattle by the Lions.

pheenix11 · Oct 5, 2015

Belichick's shadow roster just keeps expanding. I wonder if the other 31 NFL coaches realize they are his developmental league?

Simple Jack's Brother · Oct 6, 2015

I can see the 2016 ESPN headline now...New England Patriots lose 2017 1st round pick. "Said Roger Goodell of the punishment, 'The league had agreed to only playing checkers. Coach Belichick once again has harmed the integrity of the NFL* by habitually playing chess. This type of behavior cannot be tolerated.' When pressed for comment on Jim Irsay's most recent arrest for allegedly attempting to buy 3 tons of Colombian cocaine from an undercover DEA agent, Goodell responded, 'Did you hear what I just said folks? Bill Belichick has been playing CHESS....HABITUALLY!'"

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