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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.There weren't any 1st round caliber pass rushers that fit the Pats scheme.Why do you think he took a CB over a pass rusher in the 1st round?
There weren't any 1st round caliber pass rushers that fit the Pats scheme.
Bingo. And nobody else chose a LB or DE from #20 until #31 (Hughes). So there wasn't some premier guy there that had slipped that the Pats passed on, or else one of these other teams would've jumped on him.
There may be a valid point that the Pats could have traded up a few spots, but they would have had to move all the way up to 15-16 to get Pierre-Paul or Morgan. That big a move would have cost a 2nd, as we had no 3rd at the time. And who knows, maybe they tried and were rebuffed?
And had they moved up, that would have eliminated the 3rd rounder we got for moving down (Price), the 4th round upgrade to #113 (which got us Hernandez), and probably one of our 2nd round picks (e.g., Spikes). So it wasn't just that we got our top CB, we also got all these other great picks. The whole success of this draft was set up by the moves from 22 to 24 to 27.
I know this question is not for me but....patfanken,
one question. I am sure BB went over film from last year and did much
review of where the team had problems and the best way to overcome
the defensive problems he saw.
Why do you think he took a CB over a pass rusher in the 1st round?
patfanken,
one question. I am sure BB went over film from last year and did much
review of where the team had problems and the best way to overcome
the defensive problems he saw.
Why do you think he took a CB over a pass rusher in the 1st round?
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Quite simply I think its a matter of immediate impact. The Pats clearly look at McCourty as some one who can start from day one in the secondary .....