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patrick willis is the best defensive player in the nfl-period. ed reed is next. it looks like most posters were going with filling the Pats' biggest need-olb, not necessarily the best player. but how does bb draft? not by need. he takes bpa-unless its a position thats absolutely locked down.(...

as a longtime pats fan living in nc for the past 17 years, ive seen all of peppers career with carolina. im 50/50 on whether id want him, assuming the pats did and carolina liked the compensation-two BIG ifs. He was close to his old self last year-but in '07 he was worse than any Pat's olb...

Thanks for the replies ,y'all. (thats how we say it here in NC). Dante is the man. Hes done it year in, year out. I remember when he had a lot less to work with than this group, and always had a solid unit. The Pats are loaded, but the ol is the only unit im at all concerned with. (providing...

okay,I'll take that as a "no".

Can anybody who's been following the whole preseason closely give me some reassurance on why our ol will be ok? Yes, we had 3 probowlers last year. Yes, mankins is one of the best guards in the nfl. Yes, koppen is a topflight c. As a unit, they were top 3 nfl last year-until the SB. They got...

oswlek-agreed. but the pats D best suits their personnel-it maximizes strengths and minimizes weaknesses-thats all any coach/scheme can do-the rest is up to the players. oth, a lot of the d's youre referring to are gambling D's-that go for big plays-sacks,ints-but also get burned a lot. i'll...

as a response to the "other" thread: this type of D works well IF you have a strong run defense-that is the #1 prerequisite. it is predicated on not giving up big plays, but stiffening in the red zone. you will often give up a lotta yards. it works very well vs. explosive,fast offenses. why...

thanks for the post. i laughed out loud at work when i read it. i have never understood people (usually dimwitted national media) that dont get how funny belichik is. he has ALWAYS been funny since hes been with the Pats. very dry,sly humor. ive always found him much funnier than the Tuna ever...

jacky- no offense,man, but your nfl acumen is amazingly lacking. The pats have ONE, count em, ONE current weak spot on their team-wr. after k,p and fb-wr is the LEAST important unit of an nfl team. but,yes, it is STILL IMPORTANT. how long have you watched nfl football? do you really think the...

emoney- i DO consider childress a horrible wr, but i agree with the rest of your post. there isnt anything bb couldve done differently-im just stating the facts of the situation-that wr is the weakest unit we got-it doesnt matter how many good tes we have-you have to have SOME minimal threat at...

First, I agree 100% with most people here-the Pats DO hold MOST of the cards. branch can be franchised. I also fault branch's agent for never making a counteroffer. I think chayuts reasoning is simply this: the Pats wr corps is very weak w/o deion,(true) and brady desperately wants him...

AJ- my 2 cents: we are fine at olb. we are NOT fine at ilb. beisel worked out hard in the offseason and added 10 lbs of muscle-i was anticipating an improvement in his game-but every report indicates he has REGRESSED, not improved. still early in the preseason-but hes the biggest disappointment...

JR4- you said "a lot more 4-3"-i assumed that to mean that the pats would become PRIMARILY a 4-3 team. as I said before, the pats have successfully used the 4-3 over the last few years-but a lot of that success is due to it being a change of pace from their 3-4. they would NOT be successful with...

arrelbee- I agree only to a point. yes, when the pats have plyed the 4-3-they have excelled-like the jags game. As amatter of fact-the best pass rush ive seen generated by the pats has been from the 4-3-primarily because seymour, whether playing dt or de, gets turned loose from his 2 gap...

mikey-youre right about ONE thing-espn now sucks. But i agree with shmessy,patschick et al about the rest of your post-garbage. How long have you followed the pats? how do you think theyve been able to become only the 2nd team in history to win 3 out of 4 SBs? and be in contention now and for...

JR4- The Pats are not practicing significantly any more 4-3 than they have the last few years. They do NOT have the personnel to be a fulltime 4-3 D. As I said previously,tho-they have used a lot of 4-3(and other looks) the last few years,while maintaining the 3-4 as their base. That will not...

JR4- okay-im NOT being cranky. (im shakin in my boots at keegs calling this a cranky response) BUT-i really thought you had a better handle on the Pats and their personnel than to suggest a 4 -3 base D-thats something only a casual fan would suggest. Im not trying to be aknow-it-all. but,cmon...

flutie- 1. i would bet my left nut brady had already told bb exactly how he felt and 2. brady HAD to say this publicly. that was the whole point of being a LEADER-letting his teammates and everyone else know he had their backs. it WAS a totally classy way of doing it. said nothing negative...

tomase has questionable credibility, so i would take this with more than a grain of salt. he doesnt know a lot about the Pats-and seems like the type of irresponsible "journalist" who would write anything for a scoop. i will believe its actually fractured when the pats come out and say so. even...

Thank you, Tom Brady. I can guarantee you that's what BB was saying to himself.(and not sarcastically). BB WANTS branch here. He also has to be thrilled when his qb shows ,once again, why he is the unquestioned best qb on the planet-because besides his football skills, he is the BEST leader of...