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Impact of Brady's injury on the Draft
If Brady is out for the year, IMO the team is not elite and will be in a dog fight for the last playoff spot. Maybe 10-6 or 9-7, we al hope for pick 32 but if they don't win they will be around 18-25. For me this means I can stop glossing over the top 20 picks because now there is some potential they could slide to the Pats.
I guess the other impact is that they may be drafting a QB in the first 3 rounds. |
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I think we could be drafting almost anywhere now. Cassel could lead us to the playoffs or he could totally fall apart. IN NO WAY am I rooting for draft position but just in case it all goes wrong, as least it's there. I don't think we'll be drafting a QB in the first 3 rounds though, we did that a year ahead of time.
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I think Cassel will lead us to the playoffs but we won't a superbowl which is what I want.
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We still have a very easy schedule this year.
We'll go 11-5.. maybe 12-4. We'll end up with a pick in the 24-27 range. |
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In recent years I have watched Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson win Super Bowls on the coattails of defense and special teams. Rex Grossman and Kerry Collins came close. I am still hopeful that a Super Bowl is in the cards. This team is probably better than our first two SB winners.
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I am a BIG fan of OL. You win on the line. If we can't block better for Brady
next year we are hurting. I want a stud OL in the first to protect him the rest of his career. The jury is still out on Cassel but it does not look like he can carry a team to the SB. We just drafted Kevin O'Connell so I don't see a need yet. Lets bring in a Vet QB and hope Tom is trady to go next year. I would love OL and a pass rusher with the first 2 picks. A LB,DB, and TE in the later rounds. |
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In any case, there's lemonade here: if Cassel truly does stink up the joint, the Pats can get a high draft pick. [I'd rather they make the playoffs, but giving BB another top-10 draft pick to work with wouldn't entirely suck, either.] |
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If the value is there, I would draft an OLman in the very 1st round. I would also draft another one later, but preferably not the late-round junk that was Dan Stevenson, Clint Oldenburg, Corey Hilliard & Mike Elgin.
A blocking TE must be aggresively persued, via either the later rounds or UDFA, or both. And I'm always on the hunt for CBs. |
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Damn they need some speed on defense, a pass rusher and some overall attitude. The only nastiness in their game was at the very end when they were getting whipped, I actually saw Warren get mad, that was the only good sign from the SD game. |
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