Boston Jay
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I take it you have no idea who our GM is, I also take it you have no idea what the NFL draft is.
Are you serious? Hochstein. Hochstein. HOCHSTEIN!!!! He's barely even a backup. He doesn't play. He may not make the team THIS YEAR!!.
In case you haven't noticed, the Patriots loaded up on linebackers this year.
Jerrod Mayo
Victor Hobson
Shawn Crable
They'll fit in nicely around:
Adalius Thomas (31)
Mike Vrabel (33)
Tedy Bruschi (35)
Junior Seau (39)
Pierre Woods (Who?)
Eric Alexander (Who?)
Our linebacking core looks dominant for the future if Mayo and Crable pan out.
The point is, the Patriots are younger there. That's the point. The draft is how you replenish your team. And obviously Merriweather is less of a bust at this point than Poszlusny is. Have you given up on him?
In addition, another few drafts like 2007's (two for nine making the team, with Meriweather having bust written all over him as even some folks here admit?) and you may find out how easy it is to go from the penthouse to the outhouse.
Difference is, when he was playing (pre-season and first three games), Poz looked like he's going to be a good one. The injury was disappointing, but in what we've seen it looks like he has the goods. If he can't stay on the field it doesn't matter, I agree, but we'll see how that goes.
Meriweather, on the other hand, just looked lost most the time last year, at least when I was watching him (and from reading things here, it sounds like lots of folks here weren't too sure about him either). For ex., I've watched that SB a number of times, that last drive in particular, and on successive plays he blew it for you guys, first by not hanging onto a pick that was in his hands and second just getting screened right out of that second to last play by Smith that set up the TD. He was a rookie, so he may improve certainly, but so far he hasn't looked like the second coming of Ronnie Lott.
I was serious about that question above, BTW, re: Dimitroff--how much was he the trigger man on your drafts? Or was/is that Pioli? I don't follow you all closely enough to know that.
My analysis of what Poz brought to the Bills before the injury is much much less glowing than yours.
Meriweather is the furthest thing from a bust, he climbed the depth chart at the end of the season as is really coming on, as a matter of fact, he'll start at FS this year in a rotation with Rodney and James Sanders. Meriweather is the real deal. The 07 draft also includes two key guys that you chose to leave out, some no-name guys called Randy Moss and Wes Welker (our equivalent to our 2cnd and 4th round draft picks in 07).
Shouldn't first round picks start from Game 1, even on a loaded team like yours?
Shouldn't first round picks start from Game 1, even on a loaded team like yours?
I can tell you right now that sour grapes and jealousy are not the reasons. It truly is the arrogance. I don't care that the Pats won those Super Bowls...it's the arrogance of their fans that really gets on my nerves.
I don't think "everyone hates dynasties" is true at all. I don't hate dynastic teams...I start to if their fans become arrogant and ignorant, but I don't hate them just because they start winning.
Where did you get that crap? I loved the Steelers and Raiders in the 70s, and hated the 'Boys because they were (a) the NFC, (b) too goody-goody and loved by the League and (c) the Cowboys--'nuff said. Their fans being arrogant helped, too.
On Pats fans being arrogant, let me go see if I can find the thread "Who Else Senses a Blowout?" from Feb. 1. I'd guess you probably posted in that one. You should go find "Autopsy Report: New England Patriots", a humorous analytical piece written by a Giants fan about the SB and he hits the nail right on the head on Pats fans in there.
It isn't just the arrogance, it's also the bandwagon nature of a lot of them--there are folks out there who are "Pats fans" who couldn't pick John Hannah out of a lineup or know who Andre Tippett or Jim Plunkett were or even (as some Bills fans had great fun with this past season) know that their team lost two SBs before they won any.
Go check out that article I referenced--you'd fit right in.....
I should clarify above by stating that in my view not all Pats fans are arrogant or unknowledgeable or bandwagon--but I'd say that more than average are. That's somewhat to be expected when you're a winning team and the bandwagonistas come out--as they tend to be "all of the above". Everybody loves a winner, as the old saying goes.
It's funny, but I went on to FinHeaven earlier this year and thanked all those still posting there for being good fans--they stick to their team through thick and thin and no one should ever call those folks who were still there bandwagon fans.
The guys (and gals) here who aren't such bandwagonistas I feel happy for, as it's nice for the long suffering when a team turns it around, but I also suspect that some of those long-suffering know exactly what I'm talking about here, but may be afraid to speak up.....
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Your preaching to the choir, trolls we may be, but at least we can't be accused of hoping on the bandwagon.:snob: