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I have seen many posts that have indicated that our OT's are aweful (apparently including Vollmer) that we should have given up Mayo and Butler in order to upgrade the position in the last two drafts by drafting Clady and Oher. We also would have to have given up a 2nd rounder, but we used a second on Vollmer so that is a wash. We also would have to have lost Edelman and Tate, but that isn't a big deal.
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We spend literally years discussing the necessity of rebuilding the defense and making it younger and and faster. HOWEVER, even when we get studs like Mayo and Butler, this board wishes that Belichick had decided NOT to upgrade the defense and instead upgraded our OT's. Over the past two years, Belichick has picked up Vollmer and LeVoir. The consensus seems to be that we should have brought in Oher and Clady instead of Mayo and Butler. Then, of course, we would have no need for Vollmer. Besides, we would have given up up the equivalent of the 2nd we used for Vollmer.
OF COURSE, these same posters would then have been criticizing Belichick's failure to upgrade the defense.
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I am quite satisfied that Belichick brought in Mayo and Butler. I was also glad that he tried to upgrade the secondary with Wilhite and Wheatley. In fact, I would have preferred one more high pick ILB in 2009. It is great to have James Sanders as our #4 safety. That's great depth. Somehow, I would rather have Sanders as our #3 safety and also have Guyton as our #3 ILB and spot player at OLB.
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We are building a fine young fast defense. I know that it is early, but I hope that Belichick uses all our top draft choices for defense, except for filling our need at OG if Mankins and Neal both don't come back.
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We spend literally years discussing the necessity of rebuilding the defense and making it younger and and faster. HOWEVER, even when we get studs like Mayo and Butler, this board wishes that Belichick had decided NOT to upgrade the defense and instead upgraded our OT's. Over the past two years, Belichick has picked up Vollmer and LeVoir. The consensus seems to be that we should have brought in Oher and Clady instead of Mayo and Butler. Then, of course, we would have no need for Vollmer. Besides, we would have given up up the equivalent of the 2nd we used for Vollmer.
OF COURSE, these same posters would then have been criticizing Belichick's failure to upgrade the defense.
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I am quite satisfied that Belichick brought in Mayo and Butler. I was also glad that he tried to upgrade the secondary with Wilhite and Wheatley. In fact, I would have preferred one more high pick ILB in 2009. It is great to have James Sanders as our #4 safety. That's great depth. Somehow, I would rather have Sanders as our #3 safety and also have Guyton as our #3 ILB and spot player at OLB.
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We are building a fine young fast defense. I know that it is early, but I hope that Belichick uses all our top draft choices for defense, except for filling our need at OG if Mankins and Neal both don't come back.
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