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I posted this comment in the other "I don't care, I can't stand it!" thread (Is this the worst FA period for the Pats in the last 10 years?), and received not one single response.
Perhaps I'll get a taker in this thread.
For those that believe the Patriots have not done a good job in the personnel department thus far in free agency, let me ask this:
Keeping within the harsh realities of the NFL's salary cap, what do you propose that the team should have done differently thus far?
If for example you suggest that the Patriots should have re-signed Revis, then use the contract he signed and keep your version of the 2015 Patriots cap-compliant.
At that point we can compare any of our versions of what the team should have been with the current one, and debate which roster is better.
I commented about this earlier, but ill do it again.
Preferably, I would have signed Revis and let McCourty walked (if thats what would have to be done to get revis). However, I would not have any clue whatsoever if Revis would have ever come back to the Patriots or what he would have taken to come back. Assuming 3 years 48M with 16M cap hits for each. I want to be mad at the front office for not resigning revis, but we dont even know if he wanted to.
I definitely would have let Wilfork and Vereen walk. Browner probably would have to have been a cap casualty too. my preference would be to keep him but realistically, i dont know if that was possible. I have been under the assumption that we could extend Solder to lower his cap hit, most importantly in the next 2/3 years in line with the Revis contract.
With Revis, I'd be ok with going with Harmon/Ryan/TWilson and Chung at Safety. Secondary would be some combo of Revis, Dennard/Arrignton, HArmon/Ryan, Chung. I prefer that to whatever we have now.
Draft
1st Round DLine: from my understanding, there are a bunch of good d line. couple that with our ability to draft dlineman pretty well over the years, i think a d lineman in 1st round.
2nd Round: either G or RB. preferably guard unless we can pick one up. before chandler i thought Tight End. RB: there are a few guys who could be great that may fall.
3rd-7th. Best players. Trades into 2016
thats my preference.
Now that the cornerback market is essentially JAGs, i dont know what we could do. this was the source of my frustration. We picked up 2 already, although maybe they can be good, they have question marks for sure.
In the draft, we have been pretty awful selecting Corners. i am not confident in that route.
So to me, the only thing we could do is trade for a CB. But whom is available. I dont supposed anybody on this board has any idea, i dont.
The holes i see: CB, DL, G, Pass Catching RB.
we have a really good team still. I just am frustrated about our corners