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Yeah, I know nothing about Valentine but he was supposedly hurt all year until the bowl game.He had ankle and leg issues last year. Just have to see....
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Yeah, I know nothing about Valentine but he was supposedly hurt all year until the bowl game.He had ankle and leg issues last year. Just have to see....
Unfortunately, this may be the reason he was pickedJust thought of an advantage to picking Valentine in the 3rd. Only way we could have got a 3rd round pick to the practice squad without him being claimed by another team
We see the ancillary impact of the commissioners penalty. The Pats lost more than a first rounder this year and a fourth rounder next: the Pats lost a first rounder, a third (do they take a qb if Brady's not suspended?) as well as a spot on the 53 that would otherwise go to a different depth player. That's a huge hit to take and it's manifesting itself in a bunch of different ways. Makes me hate Goodall even more every time I see him hugging some former player.
Valentine is a more refined player than a project. Providing he has a good camp he'll be part of the d-line rotation Week 1 playing 20 or so snaps a game.
You know more about him than I do, for sure. I only saw a few minutes of film. He holds his position off the snap. He gets good arm extension. That's all the good I see.
He's fat, doesn't pursue, doesn't need to be double teamed, doesn't keep the legs moving, fires out high, doesn't get to the ball off the point of attack, can't shed his blocker well and has limited technique once engaged. That's the bad I see.
Much of that could be that I saw garbage internet film, or he was hurt, or he just played to his assignment. Obviously, the Pats see a lot I don't see and know a lot I don't know. I don't really get the pick and I don't see this guy getting snaps at his current level. I'd love to be wrong.
I now realize why so many UDFAs succeed with the pats
I am so excited.....we still have 8 more picks to go......we're going to be the ones in the dumpster fishing around for gold at the end of the show
I wish Sepiroth would come in and prevent BB from wasting draft picks.
I don't get the need for you to attack my length of rooting for the pats.What problems has BB not addressed?
Seriously, you're whining as if you're clairvoyant and can see the future and know that all the moves aren't going to pan out.
BTW, since you joined late, the Pats won 3 SBs without a " big play fast WR".
That was why I mentioned opportunity cost. They pretty much could have picked any other position at that point in the draft instead of QB and that player could have helped the team.how did they move them further away? Might not have moved them closer, but they hardly detract from the team.
Your post sums up my actual thoughts much more specifically.That's not fair. There are only two seasons where I feel that Belichick the GM really let the team down. That would be in 06 and 13, and at least in 13 he was expecting Hernandez to still be on the team. In 07, 11 we should have won the Super Bowls we were in with the talent we had on the field but the plays were not made. 08, 12, 15 we got screwed by awful injuries. 10 we were in a rebuild mode. And in 09 we just sucked and a savvy draft pick or two wouldn't have saved anything.
Source?I just read we would of drafted Jaylon Smith if the Cowboys didnt wtf.
Should of traded up.
I hope this works. Video of ESPN's coverage of the Valentine pick.
Not for nothing but I guess I don't see why you would expect every single draft pick to be directed towards that goal. They're building a program to sustain the roster multiple years out. The team is mostly set - if any team were depending on late 3rd rounders to immediately help them win the Super Bowl this year then I would just think they probably weren't SB caliber in the first place. Just out of curiousity I see the Broncos drafted TE Jeff Heureman in the 3rd last year, a position of need for them after losing Julius Thomas. He tore his ACL and never played. They still won the Super Bowl.Didn't meant to sound like whining but I thought some draft picks last night esp the QB will not help the pats this year.
I am not clairvoyant but I am pretty sure the QB drafted will not help the Pats win the 2016 super bowl.
yup I was saying beofre he couldnt win the job over a scrub there
Like that bust Brady who couldn't even win the starting job in college.