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That 1st game against Cinci was a GIFT for a king, they had no business winning that 1.
They had no business losing the Raiders game. It still evens out.
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Man, I wish you guys would stop quoting kilenfan. I have that stupid failure of a poster on my ignore list for being a complete waste of a human brain.
I had some interest in Dawkins this offseason, but I had concerns about adding an old safety to a defense that lacked speed in '08. As for Sharper, I knew the Patriots wouldn't have any interest. The main reason Sharper was shown the door in Minnesota was his tendency to freelance. That tendency leads to big plays...both ways. The Minnesota staff wanted Sharper to play assignment football and simply got fed up with him not following the gameplan. Obviously, this would be a huge red flag in the Patriots Defense.
In hindsight, I'd love to have either guy on the team this year. For a few weeks, McGowan/Merriweather looked like a great young tandem. Now McGowan is benched and Merriweather has made a number of notable mental errors. I still like Merriweather a lot, but maybe playing with a veteran safety would have been best for him this year.
Going back through the threads on this forum, I have been unable to find a single thread posted around either signing bemoaning the Pats' lack of interest in picking up either Dawkins or Sharper.
Great players having great years, yes. But Hindsight is always 20/20, and it's not clear that either would be having nearly as much success if the Pats had picked them up.
aqua4ever was a dolphin fan. I'm not.
Are you saying Dawkins wouldn't have been an improvement this year?
Is the original poster then an Aqua4ever too?
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Aqua4ever was as obnoxious as any poster ever was and you are giving him a run for his money. At least he wasn't a supposed fan of the Pats. If you treat(ed) your wife anywhere close to the way you treat your sports team, you must be divorced by now, or never found anyone to say yes.
The OP is respected, makes good points, raises interesting questions and didn't throw a needless trashing of Sanders in there.
Would Dawkins have helped this team, sure, as would countless number of other free agents - I bet other teams wish they had picked up Welker for a song too a couple of years ago..
You seem to have a need to trash this team and posters beyond belief.
Well...I am somewhat negative and disappointed in this season and make no bones about it. I still am hopeful for the year but I was pretty crushed after NO. I get so many insults from posters on here it almost wants to make me turn against the pats, even though I've been a fan since the mid 70s, longer than some of these jackals have been alive.
I don't insult other posters at all, unless they insult me.
Sure Welker was good, that's true. Wish they could hire a decent OC who could make the offense a little bit less predictable.
I concur. BB screwed up again, it looks like. Instead we signed the venerable James Sanders for a long term deal.
Re-signing lil' Jimmy Sanders was a(nother) waste of money by Emperor William. Also see Connelly, Dan; Alexander, Eric; Kaczur, Nick; et.al.
The guy I wanted him to sign as our SS for this season was Sean Jones. He played under RAC the past 4 years in Cleveland, so the transition would've been as seamless as a vet joining a new team could've been expected to make; he has the height/weight which I prefer in a SS; and he would've cost over $2M /year less than Jimmy the JAG.
P.S. to Klinefan: pay no heed to the delusional, KoolAid-drinking homers who are too blind to see that the Emperor is no longer wearing any clothes.
I concur. BB screwed up again, it looks like. Instead we signed the venerable James Sanders for a long term deal.