remember the playoff loss to the Ravens last season?...Ray Rice didn't get his yards in the red zone running the gaps...he got them by getting to our safeties, especially Chung...over and over and over..it was horrible to watch...the DE on the right side of the Pats line was consistenly sealed off and Rice just abused Chung and the nickle who came up to fill...over and over in the 2nd half. I was very disappointed in the lack of pressure and penetration by the front seven.
so far this season, they've added a LB with very good speed yet a rookie...so yes, ?.
they've added a CFL defensive standout in Armstead...tall ,rangy and demonstrated quickness off the edge...a ? as far as translating from the CFL to the NFL but if recent past CFL standout D lineman are any indication, a seemingly very good gamble.
Cherrington...in the proper range for interior D linemen...we'll see....just like we waited to see with a Kyle Love....but you can't do that here with all these 20/20 hindsight "experts"...they all clamored with questions about keeping a Love on the roster, they'll do the same now, using Love as their defense...idiotic but...it's the product of ESPN fantasy league know-it-alls.
Tommy Kelley?..already getting the "he's a dog faker" Moss treatment from 2006. Could be but then again, he has shown proven ability to play inside effectively. Give me a choice between him and Love and I'm willing to take that chance in training camp that Kelley has something left in the tank.He could also turn out to be a Haynesworth...the thing is, if you don't try him, you never find out...which continually escapes the "knowers!!!!". To them, he's already garbage because he was with the Raiders...just like Moss.
and I just love how not one of the "experts" here ever even mention Jason Vega...he looks like a younger Ninkovich, has CFL experience and a seemingly good work ethic, local roots...it's just that the "knowers" completely dismiss any chance that he can make the Patriots roster because, you see , the Pats are so bad that why would they want a 25 year old that is a carbon copy of Cameron Wake down in Miami?
Forston, Grissom, Francis, Bequette...who knows?...we get to find out this summer....just like NO ONE knew about Deaderick or Love before THEY showed in camp...but that's not good enough for the genius parade of "knowers". The Pats D line is "horrible!!!!" because, well, trust them, they just KNOW it is.
It's like the totally idiotic "Brady is slowing down!!!!" posts that pop up every season since 2007...slowing down from WHAT????? He's Tom "Cement Shoes" Brady for krissakes...Steve DeBerg still THREW a tight spiral in his 40's...as long as the Pats protect Brady in the pocket, there's no reason to think he can't keep throwing passes like he always has...but no, there's "experts" here who have these super secret methods that unequivocally demonstrate that "Brady is slowing down!!!!!!". Once again it's this ADHD riddled need to find anything newer because it's just better.
I look at the PROVEN record of our Patriots team since BB took the reins and I AM optimistic that the moves he and the staff have made ARE meant to improve the team...why that has become such a dirty rotten bad thing around here is very puzzling to me.