First look at 2007 roster
 

All players under 2007 contract at this point:

Offense:

QB - Brady
QB - Cassel

RB - Dillon
RB - Maroney
RB - Faulk
RB - Charles

WR - Caldwell
WR - Gaffney
WR - Jackson
WR - J. Smith

TE - Watson
TE - Thomas
TE/FB - Mills

OT - Light
OT - Kaczur
OT - O'Callaghan

OG - Mankins
OG - Neal

OC - Koppen
OC - Hochstein

Defense:

DE - Seymour
DE - Warren
DE - Green
DE - Hill

NT - Wilfork
NT - Smith

OLB - Colvin
OLB - Vrabel
OLB - Woods

ILB - Bruschi

CB - Hobbs
CB - C. Scott
CB - G. Williams

S - Harrison
S - Wilson
S - Hawkins
S - Sanders
S - Jones
S - Mitchell
S - Andrews

K - Gostkowski
P - Miller
LS - Paxton

Re: First look at 2007 roster
 

Not exactly a Pile of crap there is there they need Samuel Back and Graham and WR (even though Gaffeny played better then anyone thought) and a couple LBs and we will be beyond great

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I'll repost my roster in a couple of weeks. I would add the ERFA's and RFA's to the roster listed. They're not going anywhere.

The first question, of course, is not the draft, or other team's free agents. The first part of free agancy is seeing who of our own we are able to re-sign BEFORE free agency. Even a couple of mid-level signings could be important: TBC, Evans, Seau, Mickens, Brown. The big two are just that: Graham and Samuel. We shall see. Obviously, we could transition one and franchise the other.

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I hope Seau comes back. Loved seeing him out there.. such a shame he got injured.

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I agree, the way he played ... it was almost reasuring having him out there

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I know we have like 50 safeties on the roster, but I'd like to see them draft a safety in the first round. We could use more speed on the defensive side of the ball.

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We need more speed in our front seven, IMO. Specifically at linebacker. It was glaringly obvious all year that Bruschi has lost a step. We need youth at inside linebacker. If we can keep Colvin and Vrabel on the outside next year we will be fine. But the inside linebacker position needs to be addressed.
BB/Pioli never replaced Ted Johnson. All they did was patch things up the last two years. I am still stunned that they couldn't find not even one young Linebacker worth drafting last year. Mays and Woods look like they have potential though. Hopefully, with some time in the offseason workout program and a good camp, they will do better in their second year.

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this is it right here. also the reason why we lost last night. speed at linebacker is a glaring issue. i love bruschi and seau but in the 3-4 they have to be able to cover the middle of the field so the olb's can bring the pressure to the qb. bruschi can no longer match up and neither can seau. they may be able to play the run well but the passing game is going to kill us.

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Eric Alexander was playing inside all night, not exactly and old fart. I agree that we need linebackers. HOWEVER, no defense in the league would have succeeded yesterday. They just were on the field too long.

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i agree that alexander isn't an old fart but he was getting roasted like a chicken at boston market last night. it will be interesting to see how the bear linebackers fair against clark and the other middle of the field recievers.