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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.We still need to re-sign or replace Vollmer, Lloyd and Edelman. Also, we all want us to sign a pass-rusher.
If we want Edelman, we will have to move quickly. He is the highest WR on the nfln board.
I hear you and agree with you, but it doesn't appear that Belichick is very concerned about retaining him or it'd likely have been done by now considering it's a lower money deal.
And NFLN's "board" of WR rankings is certainly questionable depending upon what teams are looking for. There are players out there like Llyod, Hixon, Henderson etc who have all offered about 10x what Edelman ever did as a WR. Even comparable players like Cribbs, Stokely etc could be considered to have shown a lot more despite their issues such as age/injury etc. That's not even bringing up guys like Moss etc. I think it all depends on what a specific team would be looking for in a WR--but Edelman certainly hasn't shown anything at all that would lead him to be the "#1 WR available" besides maybe some gadget plays and ST ability.
We still need to re-sign or replace Vollmer, Lloyd and Edelman. Also, we all want us to sign a pass-rusher.
If we want Edelman, we will have to move quickly. He is the highest WR on the nfln board.
I agree with you evaluation of Edelman. I think folks recall the beginning of the season when Edelman was our #3 WR and was getting reps at #2. After all, the media discussed this issue for over a month, as we did.
Umm... you can't be including the RFA's...
It's NFL network's board of UFA's. I also saw Evan Silva's list which had Edelman as the #1 WR option available. I'm not exactly sure what they're smoking.
I don't know much about where the draft strength positions are but, if we bring Lloyd back (hopefully) we then draft a young WR (or 2) and either get one of the two remaining FA RTs or draft one, and then shore up the DL
I'd assume we would also spend a pick or two towards a CB, and other OL position
My opinion would be that DL, S, and WR are 3 very deep/strong positions in the draft this year.
I would have to think we see at least one DL and one WR taken without a doubt.
Even some of the lower level players like L.Robinson etc have shown much more of an ability to play the WR position better than Edelman, which makes their list look stupid.
We still need to re-sign or replace Vollmer, Lloyd and Edelman. Also, we all want us to sign a pass-rusher.
If we want Edelman, we will have to move quickly. He is the highest WR on the nfln board.
My reading between the lines:
1) I can't believe Vollmer won't be back. His market value has been established (around 4 years, $30M, $15M guaranteed) and the Pats have the short and long-term cap situation to handle it. The Pats haven't been tied to any other big money FAs and they always spend to the cap. Brady has a 5-year clock ticking and it makes little sense to have him constantly looking out of the corner of his eye for edge rushers. Nothing else makes sense (assuming his health checks out).
I hear you and agree with you, but it doesn't appear that Belichick is very concerned about retaining him or it'd likely have been done by now considering it's a lower money deal.
And NFLN's "board" of WR rankings is certainly questionable depending upon what teams are looking for. There are players out there like Llyod, Hixon, Henderson etc who have all offered about 10x what Edelman ever did as a WR. Even comparable players like Cribbs, Stokely etc could be considered to have shown a lot more despite their issues such as age/injury etc. That's not even bringing up guys like Moss etc. I think it all depends on what a specific team would be looking for in a WR--but Edelman certainly hasn't shown anything at all that would lead him to be the "#1 WR available" besides maybe some gadget plays and ST ability.
Even some of the lower level players like L.Robinson etc have shown much more of an ability to play the WR position better than Edelman, which makes their list look stupid.
I'd like Edelman to stay here due to his work with Brady, his knowledge of the offense, his gadget play success, and his ST ability--but I don't think we'd be seeing the kind of complete receiver that they are attempting to suggest as their #1 current choice.
DL Alan Branch is the perfect fit for this team and we could run a huge 4-3 under front as a base.
LDE - Armstead 6'5 300 lbs
3DT - Branch 6'6 325 lbs
NT - Wilfork 6'2 325 lbs
RDE - Jones 6'5 265 lbs
Avg height - 6'45
Avg weight - 303.75 lbs
What we need is not a huge dline. What we need is a D-line who can put pressure on the QB. A DT who can hold his ground OK against the run but put pressure up the moddle. A LE who can rush the passer. We can stop the run, but not rush the passer. A huge D-line does not solve that.
Jake Long received 4/36/16 as an elite 27 year old LT. That makes Vollmer's value 4/20/8 at best.
4/30/15 you'd have to be crazy. Winston received 4/22 last year and he was the same age started every game since his rookie season and performed just as well in 2011 as Vollmer did in 2012.
We still need to re-sign or replace Vollmer, Lloyd and Edelman. Also, we all want us to sign a pass-rusher.
If we want Edelman, we will have to move quickly. He is the highest WR on the nfln board.