brady199
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.Hell, I'll go into the 2nd round and take David Harris instead of Merriweather right now.
Why would you take Harris? Because he got a lot of tackles playing in a garbage defense? Sorry, thats a pretty poor excuse.
Tough call. He didn't have a very good rookie season and took him until the superbowl to get adequate playing time. It's not like the Pats had stellar safeties in front of him on the depth chart. James Sanders was supposed to back up Harrison at SS while the FS spot was supposed to be wide open between Wilson and Merriweather. I was really dissapointed in Merriweather because Wilson isn't very good and it was Merriweather's spot to lose. He didn't take advantage of it and the Pats were forced to start James Sanders at FS. With that said, it's easy to say that Beason or Harris should have been the pick because of their statistics but Merriweather showed he can be a playmaker too (he just couldn't keep his hands on the ball). I think next season Merriweather will be a completely different player and start at FS opening day. I just hope he's not the next Mike Rumph. So yes, Merriweather was the right pick.
Saying it now: Meriweather will be a top 5 safety in this league within 2 years. I wouldn't trade him for anyone, and really the only player that's anything to brag about after him in the first round was Beason.
Well, my guys were Meacham and Spencer at that spot. If the Patriots knew they were getting Moss, then Meacham was probably out of play. But I didn't think Meriweather was a first round talent then, and I don't see it now. I would have taken Spencer then, and I'll stand by that decision.
Since this is hindsight, 20/20 and such, wouldn't it have been great to have Spencer on the roster when Colvin went down?
Oh, and knocking David Harris because he has a garbage DL in front of him is doing a dis-service to his abilities. He wasn't out of place, and was one of the Jets top 4-5 defenders. He would have looked great here in the ILB rotation.