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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.Oh, Jeez, not another he-wasn't-drafted-so-therefore-he-can't-play post.he wasn't drafted.
But you guys really don't know what you're talking about. Three games? Three? That's how many games you arm-chairers are going by. Pitiful.
Woods has a lot of work ahead of him. His tenacity has been called into question by me. I hope I'm proved wrong, but I don't think Belichick is going to sit on his laurels with the OLBers we have now.
That sounds bad. I'm expecting big things from Stephen Neal and Sammy Morris and Fred Taylor this year.The fact that you don't like Woods, makes me think he'll do a good job this year
Finally, the truth is out!Yes, Woods did have a strange college career. Belichick has gone on the record before with his insight into the matter, and from where I'm standing Belichick is an awfully good evaluator of football talent.
Finally, the truth is out!
Woods was a colossal disappointment in college after his big sophomore season.
Notwithstanding his elite size and excellent combo numbers (which, truth be told, I wasn't aware of until Pat Chick gave it to me), he wasn't drafted in 2006.
2006 Patriots Draft Board
Do you believe we drafted a guy in the sixth round who many suspected didn't have the physical skills to make it in the NFL?
BTW, the 2006 draft class looks pretty sh-tty to me, BradyFTW. Definitely a down year--with the exception of Gostkowski.
Some people have an idee fixe that they can never let go.
Fact: We have four positions to fill at LB.
Fact: we have four veteran incumbants, All with starting experience. Those four produced a Top Ten rated Defense, even though they were wracked with injuries, in 2008.
You seem to believe that there is a glaring hole there; but most would disagree. It is not even as if there was no depth. Inside we have two established veteran, ex-starters, Bruschi and Lenon, available as reserves.
Outside we have two veteran starters, Thomas and Woods. It is not as if there was no depth. Outside we have a proven veteran pass rusher in TBC, and a high draft pick, a prized rookie from 2008, who has had a year to orient, and spend in the weight rooom, as all said, was needed. A third reserve has spectacular size and speed.
Two of the four are Probowl quality; and a third is an aging ex-probowler. A LB squad, hardly bereft of talent.
Overall, this Defense is faster and younger than any of the Belichick era. It has the potential to be the deepest and BEST too.
I find myself having to constantly defend Woods as if he were a star; he may develop into one. But at minimum, he is a creditable, good-sized, speedy, quick, young, veteran, SOLB starter. If he is the weakest of the starting 11; which I don't concede; he is hardly a glaring weakness either, but a better than average starter.