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In the Starting Line-Up
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Understanding that a million things can happen between now and Week One, here's a quick post-Draft view of the 53-man roster.
After thinking about this draft class, clearly the goal wasn't to improve the D. The O will be deeper... but better? For certain, the ST should be much much better. Because so much of the offseason emphasis seems to be on the ST, I decided to breakout the roster projection into three: O, D and ST.
Offense (24)
QB Brady, UFA, Cassell
RB Dillon, Faulk, Pass, Moroney
WR Branch, Jackson, Caldwell, Brown, Childress
TE Graham, Watson, Thomas
OT Light, Kaczur, Gorin, O'Callaghan
OG Mankins, Neal, Stevenson
OC Koppen, Hochstein
Defense (20)
NT Wilfork, Smith
DE Seymour, Warren, Green, Hill
OLB Vrabel, Colvin, Banta-Cain, Mincey
ILB Bruschi, Beisel, Claridge
CB Samuel, Hobbs, Gay, Scott
S Harrison, Wilson, Hawkins
Special Teams (9)
K Gostkowski
P Miller
LS Paxton
ST Izzo, Mills, Jones, Sanders, Mitchell, Andrews
Year over year comparisons -
QB Flutie --> UFA, Considering all we got from Flutie was a drop kick, it's not a hard act to follow
RB Evans --> Moroney, Should be a significant upgrade, even if only on ST in the first year
WR Givens --> Jackson, If Jackson lives up to expectations, should be an upgrade; but there's some major risk if it doesn't work out
WR Davis --> Caldwell, Have to call this an upgrade, actually
WR Johnson --> Childress, Childress's gradual progression reminds me of Givens... time will tell
TE Fauria --> Thomas, I really like the Thomas pick-- this is perfect
OT Ashworth --> O'Callaghan, Let's call this a push for now
OG Mruczkowski --> Stevenson Some reason for optimism
DL Wright --> Smith Swapping one project for another
OLB McGinest --> Mincey Really unfair comparison-- no way Mincey can fill this void
ILB Brown --> Claridge Does the fact that BB didn't draft ILB indicate confidence in the redshirt rook?
CB Poteat --> Scott Could be Warfield or Poteat, but I pick Scott will win out in TC
K Vinatieri --> Gostkowski Poor kid... anything less than perfection will start the waterfall of second guessing
ST Chatham --> Mills I'm very high on Mills as an eventual backfill for Izzo
ST Stone --> Jones Tebucky is an elite gunner in the NFL
ST Davis --> Mitchell Based on age alone this is an upgrade, but by all accounts Mitchell is an impact STer
KR Dwight --> Andrews Let's see what Andrews shows us in TC... Maroney could easily win this role, in which case Andrews is a rookie cut
After thinking about this draft class, clearly the goal wasn't to improve the D. The O will be deeper... but better? For certain, the ST should be much much better. Because so much of the offseason emphasis seems to be on the ST, I decided to breakout the roster projection into three: O, D and ST.
Offense (24)
QB Brady, UFA, Cassell
RB Dillon, Faulk, Pass, Moroney
WR Branch, Jackson, Caldwell, Brown, Childress
TE Graham, Watson, Thomas
OT Light, Kaczur, Gorin, O'Callaghan
OG Mankins, Neal, Stevenson
OC Koppen, Hochstein
Defense (20)
NT Wilfork, Smith
DE Seymour, Warren, Green, Hill
OLB Vrabel, Colvin, Banta-Cain, Mincey
ILB Bruschi, Beisel, Claridge
CB Samuel, Hobbs, Gay, Scott
S Harrison, Wilson, Hawkins
Special Teams (9)
K Gostkowski
P Miller
LS Paxton
ST Izzo, Mills, Jones, Sanders, Mitchell, Andrews
Year over year comparisons -
QB Flutie --> UFA, Considering all we got from Flutie was a drop kick, it's not a hard act to follow
RB Evans --> Moroney, Should be a significant upgrade, even if only on ST in the first year
WR Givens --> Jackson, If Jackson lives up to expectations, should be an upgrade; but there's some major risk if it doesn't work out
WR Davis --> Caldwell, Have to call this an upgrade, actually
WR Johnson --> Childress, Childress's gradual progression reminds me of Givens... time will tell
TE Fauria --> Thomas, I really like the Thomas pick-- this is perfect
OT Ashworth --> O'Callaghan, Let's call this a push for now
OG Mruczkowski --> Stevenson Some reason for optimism
DL Wright --> Smith Swapping one project for another
OLB McGinest --> Mincey Really unfair comparison-- no way Mincey can fill this void
ILB Brown --> Claridge Does the fact that BB didn't draft ILB indicate confidence in the redshirt rook?
CB Poteat --> Scott Could be Warfield or Poteat, but I pick Scott will win out in TC
K Vinatieri --> Gostkowski Poor kid... anything less than perfection will start the waterfall of second guessing
ST Chatham --> Mills I'm very high on Mills as an eventual backfill for Izzo
ST Stone --> Jones Tebucky is an elite gunner in the NFL
ST Davis --> Mitchell Based on age alone this is an upgrade, but by all accounts Mitchell is an impact STer
KR Dwight --> Andrews Let's see what Andrews shows us in TC... Maroney could easily win this role, in which case Andrews is a rookie cut