Personally I think Hobbs is a little hit or miss. I don't think he was all that great of a returner last year. He had the big return in the Jets game and didn't do much after that. I will take someone who is consistantly going to get you an extra 2 yards than someone who once a season will take it to the house.
I think we have exhausted this argument. You don't think STs is worth enough to use starters and I am willing to risk a good RB if we had a good back up RB.
If you want to say that you don't trust Alexander to be that back up than that is something I could by into. Again all I was saying was that the fact that he doesn't play STs meant nothing because Maroney does.
Personnally I would perfer to get McFadden and have to young stud RBs and than I don't have to worry about injury as much.
McFadden doesn't make sense for the Patriots, and that's not even going into how moronic it would be for the Patriots to select him at 7th overall, or even in the first round.
What yourself and some others (armen) seem to miss is the fact that he's more similar to Maroney, than dissimilar. In other words, if they were going to bring in another back he should be a better short yardage back, or have some other skill that isn't necessarily one of Maroney's strengths. I think Maroney's developed a stronger between the tackles running game, but his strength is bouncing it to the outside, and working in space. That is McFadden's main strength, as well. Also, despite seeming like a bigger back, DMac has thin legs, and goes down on first contact to easily. So, he's not the type of RB I'd want to share carries with Maroney.
Morris worked out well in rotation with Maroney because his strength is between the tackles running, and he's a better blocker (although Maroney started to develop as a blocker during 2007). If Morris is completely healthy (and stays healthy) then he should continue to be a nice backup/rotational RB behind Maroney.
Now, I only bring up my interest in a possibly falling Stewart because at that point in the draft I believe Stewart would become the BPA, and while I like Sammy, I also think Stewart would be an upgrade, especially in the long term (Sammy turns 31 in a week or so). That would also allow them to move Sammy over to FB, which would then allow them to cut either Evans or Eckel, and upgrade two positions with one draft pick. Stewart can also return kicks, and busted an 88 yard TD in college.
I've also got some interest in Chris Johnson as a returner and future replacement for Kevin Faulk. Steve Slaton could be of interest in the third round for that 3rd down RB role, as well. But, I have no idea if the Patriots are looking for someone who can eventually take over for Kevin. I liked Lorenzo Booker last year, and they interviewed him, and put him through some private workouts, so they did seem to have some interest in RB's who fit that 3rd down back/WR role in 2007.
Getting back to McFadden, I honestly don't think he'll ever live up to all the hype, but that's beside the point. Which is, he doesn't make sense in rotation with Maroney.
