Eric Rowe

BobDigital said:

Usually the taller you are the rarer the skill set of a CB is. 5''9-5'10 is the height of most CBs for a reason. To find the same skills in a guy that is 6'0 is not common and why those guys go in round 1. 6'2 or higher is near unheard of. Usually if you are that height you lack some skill but can use your height and the skill you do have to over come it (Ala Brandon Browner who while not skills used his size to bully CBs and knock them off the line).

Rowe at 6'1 is pretty tall for a CB and it is unlikely he has that natural quick twitch to quickly change direction at that size but I do think if he works on his game he can be a player like Talib who has the size to push a WR around to gain an edge at the line and the skill to hold on to it after he gains the advantage for 4-5 seconds while being very hard to throw over.

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Hammer of Thor said:

Nice response by Tom Curran here:
Curran: Unlikely Pats were 'fooled' in Rowe trade

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robertweathers said:

Fine. My original point is that if a 6-1 CB has the same cover skills as a 5-10 CB then I will take the taller player.

We have both made our points.

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BelichickFan said:

This is funny :

Mark Daniels ‏@MarkDanielsPJ 46s46 seconds ago
At the 2015 Combine, the top three, 3-cone drill times for DBs were Justin Coleman, Eric Rowe and Jordan Richards.

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AndyJohnson said:

That's like saying you'd rather date a prettier girl if she liked you as much as the homely one.

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JMC00 said:

Oh so the "whichever one is higher" thing applied for the 4th as well?

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robertweathers said:

That makes no sense.

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patriot1136 said:

Does J. Jones go since we have an abundance of corners now?

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AndyJohnson said:

Why draft an offensive playmaker for Brady in Round 1 when he makes everyone around him better. Use the #1 to help the team by spending it on a position that isn't going to be fine anyway because of Brady.

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reflexblue said:

I agree in general hes a liability, but if kline wash garbage what was cannon?

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AndyJohnson said:

Sure it does. You are ignoring the fact that you sacrifice other corner skills by using a taller player there.

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NG Pats Fan said:

Is it fair to ask tom Brady at 40 years old in 2017 to make everyone around him better? Perhaps we should go out and get young highly drafted playmakers to help take a load off an aging Brady so he doesn't have to put the ball on a dime every single time.

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robertweathers said:

Crissakes Andy. I'm not. I am saying if the coverage skills and quickness is the same I will take the taller player.

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NG Pats Fan said:

Is it fair to ask tom Brady at 40 years old in 2017 to make everyone around him better? Perhaps we should go out and get young highly drafted playmakers to help take a load off an aging Brady so he doesn't have to put the ball on a dime every single time.

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AzPatsFan said:

With this trade in the works, I can now see keeping short JJ for his gunner abilities was done, especially as they thought they would keep Daryl Roberts as IR.

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AndyJohnson said:

OK, I'm done, you just aren't going to get it.

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