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I wanted to go back in history and see how each FA acquisition worked out for the Pats. The rating scale is based on $$$ for ROI. Comments welcome
0- Bad signing (never made team or bad ROI)
1- Made a decent contribution (slightly less ROI than what was expected)
2- Was a solid contributor (ROI right on)
3- Superior Signing (Above and beyond ROI)
Rookie FAs are not included and trades and signs (Dillon) are not counted.
2000
Joe Andruzzi -3
Aaron Bailey -0
Eric Bjornson -1
Bobby Hamilton -3
Jon Harris -0
Antonio Langham -0
Lance Scott -0
Otis Smith -2
Grant Williams -2
The Skinny: Andruzzi and Hamilton were great pickups. O-T-I-S was also solid
2001
Je'Rod Cherry -2
Mike Compton -2
Marc Edwards -2
Damon Huard -2
Larry Izzo -3
Marty Moore -0
David Patten -3
Roman Phifer -3
Anthony Pleasant -2
Antowain Smith -3
Chris Sullivan -0
Mike Vrabel -3
Ken Walter -2
The Skinny: XXVI was won with these guys. Arguably the greatest FA class in NFL history
2002
Cameron Cleeland -1
Scott Dragos -0
Christian Fauria -2
Chris Hayes -0
Donald Hayes -0
Rob Kelly -0
Tom Knight -0
Rick Lyle -2
Steve Martin -0
Ryan Phillips -0
Daryl Porter -0
Ratcliff Thomas -0
Rich Tylski -0
The Skinny: As good as 2001's was, this was terrible.
2003
Chris Akins -0
Larry Centers -1
Michael Cloud -2
Rosevelt Colvin -2
Don Davis -2
Brandon Gorin -1
Rodney Harrison -3
Russ Hochstein -2
Sean McDermott -0
Tyrone Poole -1
Dedric Ward -2
The Skinny: Not bad at all. Harrison made up for short-term miss on Rosey and long term miss on Poole.
2004
Josh Miller -2
Keith Traylor -2
The Skinny: Nice pickups.
2005
Monty Beisel -0
Chad Brown -0
Tim Dwight -2
Antuan Edwards -0
Doug Flutie -2
Artrell Hawkins -2
Victor Leyva -0
Wesly Mallard -0
Chad Morton -0
Chad Scott -2
David Terrell -0
The Skinny- Needed to do more here. Went on the cheap.
2006
Reche Caldwell -2
Jabar Gaffney -2
Martin Gramatica -0
Tebucky Jones -0
Mel Mitchell -0
Todd Sauerbrun -2 -Did well in the postseason
Chad Scott -2
Junior Seau -2
The Skinny- Nice group of pickups. I have a feeling Gaffney will be a diamond in the rough. Went on the cheap again.
Overall, 2002 and 2005 were terrible. 2000, 2004 and 2006 were decent.
2001 was one for the ages.
0- Bad signing (never made team or bad ROI)
1- Made a decent contribution (slightly less ROI than what was expected)
2- Was a solid contributor (ROI right on)
3- Superior Signing (Above and beyond ROI)
Rookie FAs are not included and trades and signs (Dillon) are not counted.
2000
Joe Andruzzi -3
Aaron Bailey -0
Eric Bjornson -1
Bobby Hamilton -3
Jon Harris -0
Antonio Langham -0
Lance Scott -0
Otis Smith -2
Grant Williams -2
The Skinny: Andruzzi and Hamilton were great pickups. O-T-I-S was also solid
2001
Je'Rod Cherry -2
Mike Compton -2
Marc Edwards -2
Damon Huard -2
Larry Izzo -3
Marty Moore -0
David Patten -3
Roman Phifer -3
Anthony Pleasant -2
Antowain Smith -3
Chris Sullivan -0
Mike Vrabel -3
Ken Walter -2
The Skinny: XXVI was won with these guys. Arguably the greatest FA class in NFL history
2002
Cameron Cleeland -1
Scott Dragos -0
Christian Fauria -2
Chris Hayes -0
Donald Hayes -0
Rob Kelly -0
Tom Knight -0
Rick Lyle -2
Steve Martin -0
Ryan Phillips -0
Daryl Porter -0
Ratcliff Thomas -0
Rich Tylski -0
The Skinny: As good as 2001's was, this was terrible.
2003
Chris Akins -0
Larry Centers -1
Michael Cloud -2
Rosevelt Colvin -2
Don Davis -2
Brandon Gorin -1
Rodney Harrison -3
Russ Hochstein -2
Sean McDermott -0
Tyrone Poole -1
Dedric Ward -2
The Skinny: Not bad at all. Harrison made up for short-term miss on Rosey and long term miss on Poole.
2004
Josh Miller -2
Keith Traylor -2
The Skinny: Nice pickups.
2005
Monty Beisel -0
Chad Brown -0
Tim Dwight -2
Antuan Edwards -0
Doug Flutie -2
Artrell Hawkins -2
Victor Leyva -0
Wesly Mallard -0
Chad Morton -0
Chad Scott -2
David Terrell -0
The Skinny- Needed to do more here. Went on the cheap.
2006
Reche Caldwell -2
Jabar Gaffney -2
Martin Gramatica -0
Tebucky Jones -0
Mel Mitchell -0
Todd Sauerbrun -2 -Did well in the postseason
Chad Scott -2
Junior Seau -2
The Skinny- Nice group of pickups. I have a feeling Gaffney will be a diamond in the rough. Went on the cheap again.
Overall, 2002 and 2005 were terrible. 2000, 2004 and 2006 were decent.
2001 was one for the ages.
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