emoney_33
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What I am trying to say about the 2007 draft was the players that the Patriots actually selected have not had any impact in the NFL. You cannot take away the fact that the Patriots picked 9 players in that draft and the only one that has had an impact in the NFL has been Merriweather. These 8 players that the Pats selected have had no impact at all. Why should the Pats staff get a free pass just because we traded for Moss and Welker?
4th round Kareem Brown: 1 game played in 3 years
5th round Clint Oldenburg: 2 games played in 3 years
6th round Justin Rogers: 32 games in 3 years, 24 tackles
6th round Mike Richardson: 17 games in 3 years, 13 tackles
6th round Justise Hairston: 0 games in 3 years, PS player
6th round Corey Hilliard: 5 games in 3 years
7th round Oscar Lua: 0 games, out of football now
7th round Mike Elgin: 0 games in 3 years, PS player
I am not saying that it was a bad draft as a whole because we greatly improved our team with Moss and Welker, but the players that we actually drafted have not been very good and the team does deserve some scruitiny for it.
You are arguing we should scrutinize the 4th-7th round picks in a poor draft of a season in which we had the best team ever? How many players from the 2007 draft 4th round or later made it in the NFL? I mean we know the low percentage of hits on 4th-7th rounders already, and 2007 wasn't a deep draft at all.