The New England Patriots currently have FOUR centers under contract for the 2012 NFL Season:
Dan Koppen
Dan Connolly
Ryan Wendell
Nick McDonald
Why would the New England Patriots even consider wasting a valuable draft selection on a center in the 2012 NFL Draft?
I never even came close to saying that, so I can't comment. Also, in case you haden't noticed, Bill Belichick doesn't necessarily
just care about the "2012 season" when it comes to drafting players in April. The pick would've been for the future, like many of his picks here have been over the years. If you're telling me that you would've been excited and happy about Dan Connelly as our "center of the future" you'd have to be lying. The pick was about the future.
The only thing I said about a center (besides Belichick looking at a 'safe' pick that may include OL--and that wasn't even in this thread) was that I thought there were better centers out there than Silotalu in the 2nd round who could be taken later and provide better value.
Also, Koppen wasn't signed until lunchtime today, so there were many people talking about a center/interior lineman possibility---it certainly wasn't "my idea." Talk of center + an additional interior lineman was a very popular subject.Unfortunately, I can't take the credit for that one.
I was commenting solely on Silotalu, and the prospects of there being better value with passing on him and taking a center later in the draft.
Notice how you didn't even point out the most important comment from my post that you quoted, which was : "Exactly the reasoning that I still have for resigning Koppen to a low (1-2) year deal. There are many attributes and traits that go into being a center here, and part of me still believes that he can do some things better than Connelly."
My wish for for Koppen to resign, NOT to draft a center, so it seems as though you missed the point.